Composer: Helen Marlais, Kevin Olson
In Book 4A of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students with creative, structured lessons and activities to further develop their sight reading abilities. New concepts include: sl
Composer: Helen Marlais, Kevin Olson
In Book 4B of this outstanding series, Helen Marlais along with Kevin Olson, provide students with creative and structured lessons to further develop their sight reading and rhythm abilities. New concepts include: rea
Composer: Helen Marlais, Kevin Olson
In Book 5 of the Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day® series, students learn about compound meters and cut time, chords and their inversions, and new music terms including dolce, meno, and sempre. Also, Book 5 incorporat
Composer: Helen Marlais, Kevin Olson
Book 6 of Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day® reinforces previous skills and adds new skills such as reading sixteenth-note rhythms in several different keys and includes combinations of rhythms such as an eighth note fo
Composer: Helen Marlais, Kevin Olson
Book 7 continues to develop student’s ability to sight read with ease, accuracy and musicality! Carefully crafted musical examples develop eye, ear, and hand coordination. New concepts are: sixteenth-note rhythms in 3/
In this beautifully engraved edition of Opus 36 by Clementi, McLean creates a pedagogical publication that preserves the intent of the original edition while adding a judicious amount of detail to guide the developing pianist. A “mus
by Melody Bober
Experience the sleighride from the staccato jingles to the joyous melody which passes from hand to hand. Features cross-hand arpeggios and interlocking hands tremolo.
Composers: Various
Book 5 contains 15 student and teacher favorites by composers Kevin Costley, Christopher Goldston, Valerie Roth Roubos, Edwin McLean, Mary Leaf, Kevin Olson, Melody Bober and Timothy Brown. These “crème de la crème” pieces are perfect f
Composer: Kevin Olson
Something’s Under My Bed is a clever solo for the elementary piano student that features a playfully mysterious melody, highlighted in the low register of the piano, staccato and legato touches, a moderate use of accidentals, and fu
Composer: Kevin Olson
This western style, four movement sonatina, truly captures the spirit of the pioneers who settled in the Wild West. The first movement Roundup on the Ranch, is full of energy and spirit that leads to the second movement, Ballad by th
Book 3 features more in-depth information about sonatinas (sonata-allegro form) and the classical era. Some titles not easily found in other collections, such as Sonatina in G Major by Le Couppey, and the complet
By Helen Marlais with Crystal Zimmerman
You will find refreshing repertoire for your Late Intermediate students in this book. Seven complete sonatinas written by Diabelli, Schmitt, Clementi, Chrétien, Gurlitt, Spindler and Agnesi comprise Book 5. Interest
arranged by: Helen Marlais and Crystal Zimmermanby: Various
In this final installment of the Sonatina series, carefully selected classical Sonatinas from well-known composers, to the lesser known female composer, Sophia Dussek (1775-1831). Each book in t
This advanced solo offers students an array of musical and technical challenges well worth the effort to master. Sonatine is a Debussy-style piece with an expressive impressionistic quality for the maturing musician.
Sounds of Madrid was awarded the 2009 Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Award. Written in 6/8 time and in the key of F minor, this intermediate level solo has a rich Mediterranean style characterized by an animated A section consistin
by Various
Consists of original compositions written at an early elementary/elementary level. This book offers students appropriate level duets that will give them the exposure and necessary tools for ensemble playing. These beginning duet lessons teach a
by Various
Consists of intermediate/late intermediate-level original compositions by Kevin Olson, Melody Bober, Wynn-Anne Rossi and others. These duets will further the students' exposure and experience of duet playing, reinforcing the students control o
A pianistic study in the key of A major, this pretty piece is a study in expression that requires voicing the right hand over the left hand. The left-hand arpeggiated chords fall under the hands and are easy to play. This opti
With a gentle, breezy introduction, this piece sets out to sea, navigating by starlight! New age rhythms and harmonies journey through the lively waves, becoming ever more familiar. Chordal in the right hand; the left keeping
by Kevin Olson
Even beginning students like playing fast, and the easy patterns in this piece let them go as fast as they can! The teacher accompaniment adds rhythmic drive.
By: Timothy Brown
The wistful lyricism of this romantic ballad in C major will appeal to your high school and adult students. L.H. plays arpeggiated octaves and tenths sustaining a gorgeous melody.
The SATP flash cards serve as an important tool in learning and reinforcing necessary information to succeed in music. They are presented in a clear and organized fashion designed to provide an easy way to drill new concepts and rein
Composer: Helen Marlais
With CD and Free Downloadable Recordings. Grade 2A presents new concepts such as: natural sign; eighth notes; note B below Middle C; musical form; balance between the hands; half and whole steps; damper pedal; major five-finger pat
By Helen Marlais
With CD and Free Downloadable Recordings. The terrific music in this book reinforces concepts from Grade 2A while introducing several more: introduction to the sonatina; interval of a 6th; Italian terms of poco, a tempo, pp, ostinato, fer
