Magical World

Magical World is a collection of pieces for the intermediate pianist inspired by the titles of poems from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six by A A Milne.  They are lyrical and atmospheric, as well as playful in character.

Stars

Stars is a collection of pieces for the intermediate player depicting 14 constellations of the night sky.  The pieces are atmospheric musical paintings inspired by their titles:  Unicorn, Great Dog, Queen, Northern Crown, Pegasus, Noah’s Dove, Sails, Phoenix, River, Centaur, Bird of Paradise, Dragon, Chameleon and Swan.

Six Little Preludes and Fugues

Six Little Preludes and Fugues was written for the early intermediate/intermediate level pianist.  Each prelude and fugue is related, sometimes just in style but sometimes also in thematic material as well.  Playing a fugue is an art in itself.  It teaches much about form, but also about musical architecture and balance.

The Nine Glens of Antrim

The Nine Glens of Antrim are a very special part of Ireland.  Each of the nine pieces represents a glen, and explores the expressive and atmospheric ranges of the piano, evoking the beauty of the landscape through resonances of Irish music.  The pieces are early intermediate/intermediate standard.   Each one of them is designed to introduce… Read more »

Childhood Excursions: Are We There Yet?!

5 pieces, 32 pages. NFMC 2024-2028 Bulletin Selections for the Popular Piano Solo category: Riding the Rails (level 2), Night on the Town (level 3). Amy combines classical form with jazz language and sensibilities in these very fun pieces.  In this suite, Amy takes the performer through her most-treasured childhood memories in Ontario and Michigan,… Read more »

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 »