Easy Steps is the “how-to” do it book for parents and teachers. Mrs.Willey, with writer, Cathy Wilson, explain in great detail how to teach children to read music, from the first flash card, to the sight reading and advanced etudes & rhythms, and through string quartets and orchestra. Includes tips to save time & avoid pitfalls, helpful and amusing anecdotes, and interesting success stories on related topics, e.g., learning perfect pitch, (p.36), diet & sleeping issues as related to reading music, advanced music reading, etc.
The DVD has Mrs. Willey’s music reading lecture, complete with children who demonstrate how they use the flash cards, books, and drills. It also has a more thorough overview of the educational materials available.
DETAILS: 193 pages in soft cover; DVD: 95 minutes, in plastic pocket at back of book, which includes lecture, children demonstrators. Educational materials demo: 22 minutes.
Four-part student ensembles, arranged for two or more pianos by Phillip Keveren. These ensembles feature favorite Christmas carols and hymns in graded books that correspond directly to the HLSPL Piano Method levels. CD accompaniments are available for all levels.
Each book in the Christmas Piano Ensembles series includes:
4 individual student parts for each song on perforated, tear-out sheets (Performance requires purchase of only one book per ensemble team)
A conductor's score with optional teacher accompaniment
Performance configurations for 2 or more pianos
Suggested instrumentation for digital keyboard
Contents:
• Angels We Have Heard on High
• Jingle-Bell Rock
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
• Silver Bells
Four-part student ensembles, arranged for two or more pianos by Phillip Keveren. These ensembles feature favorite Christmas carols and hymns in graded books that correspond directly to the HLSPL Piano Method levels. CD accompaniments are available for all levels.
Each book in the Christmas Piano Ensembles series includes:
4 individual student parts for each song on perforated, tear-out sheets (Performance requires purchase of only one book per ensemble team)
A conductor's score with optional teacher accompaniment
Performance configurations for 2 or more pianos
Suggested instrumentation for digital keyboard
Contents:
• Carol of the Bells (Ukrainian Bell Carol)
• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Kids of all ages will love performing these simple, winning duets by Carolyn Miller! When young students perform collaboratively it encourages listening and social skills from the earliest level, and any of these five easy equal-part duets would contribute to a wonderful ensemble experience.
Contents:
• Clap Your Hands
• Hopscotch
• Autumn Waltz
• The Penguins
• The Traveling Caravan
One of the classic arrangers of spirituals, the timeless work of Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) lives on in this newly engraved collection.
Contents:
• Balm in Gilead
• By an' By
• Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
• Deep River
• Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
• Don't You Weep When I'm Gone
• Go Down, Moses (Let My People Go!)
• Go, Tell It on the Mountain
• The Gospel Train
• I Stood on the River of Jordan
• I Want to Be Ready
• Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
• Little David, Play on Your Harp
• My Lord, What a Mournin', Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
• O Rocks, Don't Fall on Me
• Oh, Didn't It Rain
• Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass
• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
• Steal Away
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• 'Tis Me, O Lord
• Wade in the Water
• Weepin' Mary
• You May Bury Me in the East
Piano accompaniment recordings are accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Telemann: Concerto/G Maj – 4 Violins (INT)
for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones
In his poem Mending Wall, the inspiration for this piece, Robert Frost famously says “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” Mending Time, composed for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones, explores the many meanings of walls in life, from barriers of safety, to murals upon which the art and history of people are transcribed. This 'musical wall of sound' is intended to invoke reflection and encourage mending to bring unity in times of joy, contemplation, and consolation.
for Trombones, Bassons, Cellos, or String Basses in any combination
Contents:
• Coventry Carol
• Shepherds, Rejoice!
• In dulci jubilo
• O Sanctissima
• While Shepherds Watched
• Nun kom, der Heiden Heiland
• Gaudete!
• En! Natus est Emmanuel
• Psallite Unigemito
• Ding-Dong Ding!
Two Pianos, Eight Hands
Two copies included.
In Beatrice Miller's masterful transcription of Tchaikovsky's most-beloved work, the popular themes undergo several transformations that capture the spirit of the symphonic score. A must-have for every piano studio! A Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selection.
TTBB
Long a favorite among barbershop quartets, 'Heart of My Heart' is one of the real standards of quartet repertoire. Teena Chinn's fresh new arrangement is sure to be a hit for years to come. Try it; you'll love it!
