Timothy Brown: In Style! Book 2: Piano: Instrumental Album

The fourth book in Timothy Brown's Bravissimo! series this volume contains nine original solos showcasing the composer at his very best.The various styles range from a swing to a lyrical waltz to a fiery toccata.All of these titles could be programmed on a recital and are good preparatory pieces to the late-intermediate literature.

In Grade 4 of Succeeding at the Piano students continue to cultivate musicianship and a passion for playing piano! New concepts are: triads and inversions; two octave scales; the circle of fifths; dominant seventh chords in root position; the trill; the key of B flat Major; 3 forms of E minor and G minor; diminished triads; refined pedal technique; sixteenth notes and sixteenth notes variants. Bach?s Prelude in C BWV 846 and classical themes by Brahms Liszt Mozart Beethoven and Grieg are interspersed with folk tunes and original solos by leading FJH composers. By reviewing the concepts of transposing musical forms intervals and technical tips Grade 4 supports the pedagogical foundation laid down in previous grades. The CD reinforces good practice habits with a short verbal pedagogical comment between the practice track and performance track. It also provides an opportunity to play with a string quartet accompaniment for some of the pieces. Engaging pieces in a wide variety of compositional styles reinforce valuable concepts presented in the Lesson and Technique Book. These compositions make fine recital festival and competition repertoire for students.Some of the selections are: Fantasie by Telemann; Minuet by Haydn; Musette by Gräfe; artistic arrangements of Tales from the Vienna Woods and Musetta?s Waltz; and outstanding originals by Timothy Brown Kevin Costley Mary Leaf Edwin McLean and Kevin Olson. Musicianship good practice habits and listening skills develop as students focus on ?Before Playing? and ?After Playing? points.

These 16 winning solos are guaranteed to keep your students practising! Chosen because of their wide appeal to kids and audiences styles include a tango a rag a waltz lyrical pieces and one polymetric piece.Some titles included are The Barbarian by Edwin McLean After the Rain by Kevin Olson Walkin’ the Bog Dog Boogie by Valerie Roth Roubos Sebastian’s First Prelude by Timothy Brown and many more! Your students will want to play every piece and all are suitable for a recital or an evaluation.Your students will want to play every piece over and over! All songsincluded are suitable for a recital or an evaluation.

Book 4 provides a perfect balance of styles to traditional repertoire with pieces by Judith R. Strickland Kevin Olson Valerie Roth Roubos David Karp Melody Bober Mart n Cuéllar and Timothy Brown. The free downloads help students learn quickly and motivate them to explore all of the offerings in this engaging book! Sure to please students and audiences alike this collection is a stepping-stone to the intermediate literature.

Novello New Choral Series-These words of this carol full of colours and rich in symbolism are from the Cherry Tree Carol a popular folk carol telling a legend which goes back at least as far as the Coventry Mystery Plays. The piece received its first two performances on the same day by Robinson College Choir and Clare College Choir in Cambridge and was later recorded by Robinson College Choir conducted by Timothy Brown. The main tune should have an easy-going lilt which turns into light sprightly dancing for the refrain.An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles.Jeremy Thurlow is a composer writer and pianist. His music has been described as ?seductive innovative full of freshness? by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic the Fitzwilliam String Quartet Rolf Hind the BBC Singers Endymion Carmen Elektra Peter Sheppard Skaerved Matthew Schellhorn and Sequitur (New York) among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition. As a musicologist he writes on French music in the twentieth century. His book on composer Henri Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III and he has written and broadcast on the music of Messiaen and many other 20th-century composers frequently appearing on Radio 3?s CD Review.