I recently purchased some new music you might be interested in exploring with your students this year. Firstly, have a look at The Virtuosic Performer. Just about all the pieces in Book 2 were fantastic and around Grade 2-3 level.
I recently purchased some new music you might be interested in exploring with your students this year.
Firstly, have a look at The Virtuosic Performer. Just about all the pieces in Book 2 were fantastic and around Grade 2-3 level. Many of them sound and look amazing, but are actually quite easy to learn and perform. I particularly liked “Dance of Fire”, “Moonlit Evening” and “The Masked Horseman” – great for your boys!
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The Virtuosic Performer, Book 2 By Margaret Goldston. For Piano. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Intermediate; Late Intermediate. Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.16509)  (1) …more info |
Eric Baumgartner’s Jazz Connection series is also a great one to have on hand for students who like the jazzy-style pieces. Book 1 is Prelim/Gd 1 level and I loved “Funkasaurus” (great name!), “Easy Does It” and “Roadhouse Rock”. By Book 3, the pieces are really quite hard, but well worth checking out.
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Jazz Connection, Book 1 – Book Only (Nine Jazzy Solos/Later Elementary Level). By Eric Baumgartner. Willis. Late Elementary. Softcover. 24 pages. Willis Music #12552. Published by Willis Music (HL.406702)  (2) …more info |
Imprints is a great collection of solos by Chris Goldston. Check out “Castilian Evening”, “Silent Noon” and “At Twilight”, which were my faves. They are listed as “Early Intermediate” – around Grade 2-3 level.
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Imprints By Christopher Goldston. For Piano. Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Early Intermediate. Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.14662)…more info |
Toccatina by Susan Ogilvy is a great fun piece with fun rhythms and lots of chords that boys are sure to love.
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Toccatina By Susan Ogilvy. For Piano. Piano Solo; Solo. Form: Toccata. Early Intermediate. Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.3617) (2) …more info |
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Carly McDonald says:
I’ll take a look at those! Always on the look out for new material!
Speaking of gathering material, how do you keep track of everything you have? I’m forever trying to remember what book a song was in, or whether or not I have a certain book. Surely there is some sort of system out there to help with sheet music organisation?