A Day at the Beach

5 pieces, 28 pages. NFMC Bulletin 2024-2028 selections from the Popular Piano Solo category: Skipping Rocks (level 1), Tide Pools (level 2), Riding the Waves (level 3). Super-fun pieces in Latin-jazz and jazz styles depicting sites at the beach. Each piece has an accompanying song construction activity page to help students understand the compositional devices… Read more »

Northern Petals – Trio for Six Hands at One Piano

TGR-PT001:  7 pages, ISMN 979-0-9001444-0-9   Dreamy trio for 6 hands at one piano. (Grade 4/5)   Northern Petals (4/5)   NFMC Bulletin 2020 to 2024 (USA)   This E-Book allows one copy for each performer.  See Hardcopy vs. E-Book vs. Studio License at the end of Sound Samples & Scores below.

The Puppy Inventions – Intermediate Piano Solos (2018 Edition)

Formerly published (2014) by Frederick Harris Music as Canine Inventions   TGR-PC006:  20 pages, ISMN 979-0-9001430-9-9   Ten quasi-Baroque inventions influenced by J.S. Bach but shorter and simpler. Each is in a different key with ornaments, tempo, dynamics and articulations explicitly notated.  (Grade 5 – 6)   On the Loose (5), In the Doghouse (5),… Read more »

Parking an Octatonic Truck

A collection of ten pieces ranging from Grades 1-8 that explores some of the more unusual approaches to composition such as polytonality, sympathetic reverberation, less traditional meters and clusters. John Burge used many of these pieces in the past as Quick Study repertoire for music festivals and as such, are put together in a logical… Read more »

Alive and Growing

Planet Earth is a dreamy gentle piece which uses beautiful harmonies to create a feeling of warmth and thoughtfulness for the earth. Play it freely and expressively.   Keep on Moving is a fast-driving piece which uses quartal chords to create a bold sound. Bring out the melody notes and keep the accompaniment soft. Keep… Read more »

Northern Menagerie – Intermediate Piano Solos

TGR-PC003:  28 pages, ISMN 979-0-9001430-2-0   12 pieces in a variety of styles and forms inspired by wild creatures of Canada. (Grades 3 to 7)   Squirrels (3), Bunnies (3), Bear Cubs (4), The Fawn* (5/6), Spirit Bear (6), Tundra Swan+(5/6), The Owl and the Sparrow (6), Garter Snakes (5/6), Chickadees **(7), Bats (6/7), Dancing… Read more »

Petals for Piano – Intermediate Solos plus a Trio at One Piano

TGR-PC009:  28 pages, ISMN 979-0-9001430-0-6   Ten dreamy solos named for the official flowers of the ten Canadian provinces. The trio for 6 hands at one piano, Northern Petals, represents the three Canadian territories. Each solo is in a different key. They explore a variety of technical challenges for the intermediate student and all, including… Read more »

Eleven Miniatures – Elementary to Intermediate Piano Solos

TGR-PC008:  20 pages, illustrated, ISMN 979-0-9001430-6-8   These 11 elementary to intermediate-level pieces explore a variety of moods and characters. Some of the bugs are playful, some are jazzy, some are delicate, and others are persistent or mysterious. Teaching notes included. (Grades 1 to 6)   Fleas (1), Ants (1/2), Termites (3), Beetles (3), Bumble… Read more »