Welcome to Red Leaf Pianoworks!
Red Leaf is a collective of award-winning composers
who share a passion for creating new repertoire for today's student and performer.
Enjoy exploring our music through sound/score/video samples.
Have fun browsing!
NEWS!
Red Leaf at MTNA Convention in Reno, Nevada, March 2023! On Monday, March 27, 2023, 8-9 AM, our showcase "Turn Over a New Leaf with Red Leaf Pianoworks" presented by Amy Stephens and Martha Hill Duncan will feature their latest collections as well as those of June Armstrong, Joanne Bender, John Burge and Susan Griesdale. Make sure to drop by our trade table!
BRANCHES, our third anthology, was launched at the ORMTA Convention in July, 2022. It features 13 late intermediate piano solos (levels 6 and 7) from all of our Red Leaf Composers. Check out our Anthology Special E-Books! And you can listen to a sample of the music here. Made possible with a generous grant from the SOCAN Foundation.
Red Leaf is thrilled to welcome San Francisco composer Amy Stephens! Amy loves jazz and classical piano. Her award-winning Third stream piano suites published with Red Leaf include Scenes of San Francisco, A Day at the Beach and Childhood Excursions: Are We There Yet?! Check out her listings and listen to this amazing music!
80 Days Publishing is now distributing many of your favourite Red Leaf titles world-wide! For those who are outside of North America, you can now order hard cover collections within your own country, lowering the cost of printing and shipping substantially. Let us know where you live and if you've been able to take advantage of this. We're so excited to be available globally!!! Check out the 80 Days Publishing website.
Olivia Adams recently interviewed Martha Hill Duncan, Susan Griesdale and Rebekah Maxner for her Loud and Clear Podcast, which highlights women in music. It's a personal conversation with these three Red Leaf Pianoworks composers. Take a Listen!
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NEW BOOKS!
2022
Amy Stephens had just released three new piano collections.
Childhood Excursions: Are We There Yet?! - Musical scenes from Amy’s childhood adventures in Ontario and Michigan
A Day at the Beach - Amy’s musical journey to her favorite places along Hwy 1 in Northern California
Scenes of San Francisco - Musical impressions of Amy’s favorite places in this grand city
https://amystephens.com/wp/solo-piano-suites/
June Armstrong has a new collection – Music Box. A fresh, exciting collection of jazz and blues inspired piano pieces for the late elementary, early intermediate player, along with accompanying videos on exploring improvisation for each piece. You can look at and hear the music here.
Peter Rudzik – has two new collections. Chopsticks Variations for Two Pianos, Arctic Sonata for solo piano, both for Advanced levels
John Burge – has been busy releasing six new collections this past year. Seven Circles, seven pieces all inspired by different uses of the circle-of-fifths harmonic progression
Studies In Poetry in 5 volumes – Advanced level. Each volume consists of three etudes that use a title from some of my favourite books of poetry written in English as a springboard for the music
2021 and prior
Irene Voros - An exciting new collection by Irene Voros, Forest Friends will sure to delight students and teachers alike. 10 Elementary Piano Solos depicting life in the forest through jazz chords, lilting melodies, lively rhythms and marches. This is a 'must have' collection! You can see score samples and hear sound clips here.
Susan Griesdale's Dance Collection in three volumes - Dance, Danse, Danza - has just been released! Strikingly original, perfect for recitals and encores, from early advanced to ARCT/Diploma level, they are sure to make a big impression and will stand out in any performance program. Check out the videos and scores here.
Janet Gieck - Old Tyme Candy Shoppe. The pieces were composed for my candy loving students in Southwestern Saskatchewan. They have been arranged in an order of difficulty according to the learning sequence of Music Learning Theory. Many of the pieces move all around the piano (keyboard geography), and you will also find numerous key signatures and modes represented. May they satisfy your musical sweet cravings! Early elementary piano solos.
Teresa Richert has publishing rights back from the Frederick Harris music Company on Toy Collection with 11 elementary piano solos about "timeless toys". This collection will appeal to younger students and is fun learning for Christmas or any time of year!
Peter Rudzik has a new Elementary Piano Collection called Easy as Pie - cheery and quirky piano pieces inspired by all things edible! He also has a new duet collection Pop Goes the Weasel and Muffin Man. Crowd pleasers that are perfect to close any recital program. Exciting, fun to play and requiring a sense of humour!
SYLLABUS NEWS
The new RCM 2022 Celebration Series Syllabus has just been released and Red Leaf Composers have been included in all grade levels. You can download a list here to see the repertoire that is included.
Teresa Richert's piece, Sniffing Around from The Puppy Inventions (2018 Version) is included in the RSL Classical Piano Syllabus 2020 Edition. The piece will also be featured in the Rockschool Classical Piano Publication: Grade 3 (2021+).
Congratulations to June Armstrong! The ABRSM has three new pieces on their 2021-2022 Syllabus. Under the Acacia Tree from Safari, (Initial exam level), Butterfly from Piano Star, (Initial level) and Sunlight Through the Trees from Piano Star, (Grade 1 level).
We are excited to learn that Trinity College London has selected Orange Striped Zebra from his Truly Astounding Animals collection for the 2021 - 2023 Syllabus. Congratulations Peter!
Congratulations to Teresa Richert, Beverly Porter, Susan Griesdale, Janet Gieck and Rebekah Maxner for having Piano ensemble pieces included in the US National Federation of Music Teachers Bulletin for 2020-2024! You can list the trios chosen using the search function on the Browsing Red Leaf Music tab.
The London College of Music Diploma Syllabus 2019 has included Martha Hill Duncan's The River from The Sunken Garden. Congratulations Martha!
Teresa Richert's piece, Bouncing Ball from her Toy Collection - Elementary Piano Solos is included in the current syllabus of the Australian Music Examination Board's Piano series.
London College of Music has just released its 2022 syllabus including the following:
June Armstrong M for Moonbeam from Alphabet Step 2, Seaweed from Sea World Grade 2
Wynn-Anne Rossi Zingaro Dance Grade 2
Teresa Richert Sniffing Around from The Puppy Inventions Grade 3
Joanne Bender When the Rain Comes from Creatures Great and Small Grade 3
Beverly Porter Jitterbug from Lady Bug and Friends, Grade 4
Andrew Eales, Pianodao reviews June Armstrong's Dreams and Dragons
June Armstrong continues to consolidate her status as one of our most interesting, characterful and imaginative composers. As ever it is Armstrong's imaginative development of a central concept which is the key to the inspiration for all the pieces here, her gift for painting in sound and telling a story through her music as acute as always.
A review of Beverly Porter's Nightscape
"It is my pleasure to review this collection of 10 piano solos! All the imaginative titles highlight sights and events of the nighttime hours.....these solos range between levels 1 through 5. The provided fingering is very helpful and the pedal marking is designed to help the student develop the skill of sophisticated pedaling that is required to achieve the most musical effect. I thoroughly enjoyed playing these solos and look forward to sharing them with my students in the new teaching year.
Jean Ritter....Canadian Music Teachers, September 2019
Clavier Companion Review: "The
collection is a delight, and it deserves a place in every teacher’s studio".
