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A Day at the Beach
Amy Stephens
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Blues
Levels: Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9), Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
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 behind the music and to give students the opportunity to compose their own ideas. This book also helps students understand chromatic, whole tone, lydian, and blues scales, as well as complex intervals like 9ths and 10ths. Most of all, these rhythms feel really fun under the fingers! This suite was awarded 1st place for Composers Today 2022. 1. Skipping Rocks, 2. The Hang Gliders, 3. Tide Pools, 4. Riding the Waves, 5. Swimming with Dolphins
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A Jolly Little Jingle - Christmas Piano Trio
Rebekah Maxner
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios, Seasonal
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas & Jingle Bells arranged together in Christmas counterpoint.
Unequal trio: Part I Early Elementary, Part II Elementary. Part III has two options: Intermediate and Early Advanced (1P6H).
Package includes:
- Main book plus two removable practice sheets:
- Trio Part I Early Elementary sheet (with early staff notation)
- Trio Part II Elementary sheet (Level 1)
- Trio Part III, two options: Intermediate (Level 4) for smaller hands and Early Advanced (Level 7)
- Main book includes the complete score in two arrangements
It’s the most magical time of the year. Fresh white snowflakes swirl outside your window until the whole world looks like a glittering snow globe. Inside, the fire crackles and the house smells like baking and evergreen. And you can hear the most lovely sounds - the oven timer rings to announce that shortbread cookies are ready, tissue paper rustles as presents are wrapped, and Christmas music fills the air with bright excitement.
A performance favourite, book includes suggestions on how to make this an interactive performance to teach students and your audience alike about counterpoint. This truly is a thrilling listening experience, both for performers and audience! One piano, six hands.
Branches Anthology
Red Leaf Anthology
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, Red Leaf Anthologies
Levels: Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
Branches (2022) contains 13 Late Intermediate Piano Solos and takes teachers and students to new heights, branching out into greater complexity both technically and interpretively. This latest collection brings new life to the late intermediate student and offers the unique opportunity to sample the works of all 13 Red Leaf composers, including the newest members of the collective, American composers Wynn-Anne Rossi and Amy Stephens.
Canadiana Suite for Piano Quartet
Joanne Bender
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Quartets (2 pianos, 8 hands)
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Childhood Excursions: Are We There Yet?!
Amy Stephens
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Blues
Levels: Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9), Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
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, exploring places like the Algoma Railway to Sault Ste Marie, performances at Stratford, the waterfalls at Niagra-on-the Lake, the monarchs at Point Pelee, harvest time in Chatham and concerts in Detroit. The suite teaches arm and wrist fluidity, with each piece focusing on a different aspect of using elbow and wrist movements at the piano: drop-lift slurs, wrist rotation, wrist circles, side-to-side and in-and-out motions. This suite won 1st place in the Composers Today 2023 competition. 1. Riding the Rails, 2. Monarchs, 3. Night on the Town, 4. Waterfall, 5. Harvest
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Cloudburst - Piano Trio
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios
Levels: Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
The piano trio CLOUDBURST (Levels 5 - 7)has a gentle sunny beginning that builds to a crescendo when the rain cloud bursts open. An equally divided intermediate trio with gently rolling 8ves in lower part. Great for three "piano" friends of mixed levels and abilities. M.H. Duncan
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Cool Cat
Susan Griesdale
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
Level 3/4 - Way cool! This Cat is in no hurry and will have everyone tapping their feet to this slow groove.
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Cottage Days
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA)
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4), Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
COTTAGE DAYS is a collection of ten expressive summer soundscapes designed for the elementary and early intermediate pianist. The duet, THE DOG THAT WAS AND THE DOG THAT IS (Level 3-4) was included in earlier versions of Cottage Days and is still available separately.
Level 1: SUMMER LIGHTNING
Level 2: MISTY MORNING
Level 3: CICADAS, FIRE CIRCLE
Level 4: ROWBOAT AT THE DOCK (RCM), CATTAILS
Level 5: WATER LILIES (RCM), SANDCASTLES, AUGUST MOON
RCM: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Individual E-Pieces available at http://marthahillduncan,.com
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Daily Comforts, book one
Wynn-Anne Rossi
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
Daily Comforts book one is a collection of late elementary piano solos celebrating the everyday comforts in our daily lives. Using the inspiration of Haiku poetry, each piece creates an atmosphere to soothe the spirit and refresh the mind. Most of the pieces are 2-pages long, perfect for an inspirational supplement or recital. Book one titles include Chicken Noodle Soup, Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cozy Blanket and many more. Start each morning or finish each evening with sweet reminders of our Daily Comforts!
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Dust Bunnies
Beverly Porter
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
For 1 piano, six hands. A charming introduction to ensemble playing for second or third year students.
Fireweed Rag
Beverly Porter
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios
Levels: Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
After a short introduction played by each partner in turn, player 3 establishes the stride bass for this lively piece while the upper players take turns playing the melody with it's ragtime, rhythmic variations. In the middle section each player share in the melodic interest. Suitable for 3 players of equal ability
Fly, Butterfly, Fly for Piano Quartet
Joanne Bender
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Quartets (2 pianos, 8 hands)
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Hummingbirds: Solo for One Hand
Amy Stephens
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Solo Sheet Music - Piano
Levels: Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9)
4 pages, piano solo for one hand: right hand or left hand. NFMC Bulletin 2024-2028 selection: Difficult Class I piano solo. Classical form with rich jazz harmonies. The Hummingbirds captures the wonder Amy felt watching a mother hummingbird caring for her babies in the next she built in our fruit tree one foggy San Francisco summer. This piece is also found in the BRANCHES anthology with pieces by 13 Red Leaf composers.
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If Dogs Could Talk
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA)
Levels: Early Elementary/Beginner/Prep A/B, Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
13 playful piano pieces designed to develop rhythmic and reading skills for eager beginners up to Level 2. They are short but are filled with expressive details, two handed dialogue and contrasting legato and staccato touches to help bring each musical story to life. M.H. Duncan
Beginner/Prep: SLEEPY HEAD (RCM), RUMBLE TUMBLE, THIS AND THAT
Level 1: AFRICAN KITTY, IF DOGS COULD TALK, TWINS, SUNNIER DAYS, LITTLE BIRD, MOONLIGHT
Level 2: I WANT TO FLY, PARTY PLANS, WHY?, FLYING HORSES, TALKING FISH
RCM: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Individual E-Pieces available at http://marthahillduncan.com
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Latin Tracks
Susan Griesdale
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Blues
Levels: Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
Level 4/5 - A catchy Latin Rhythm in cut time to get those feet tapping! (NFMC)
- NFMC Bulletin (USA)
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Limestone Etchings
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA)
Levels: Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9)
LIMESTONE ETCHINGS is a collection of piano works paired with original pencil drawings by artist Spencer Hope. This musical and visual collaboration honors the picturesque and historic city of Kingston, Ontario. M.H. Duncan
THE WAR MEMORIAL (RCM Level 8)
KINGSTON MILLS LOCKS (RCM Level 9)
ON THE POND (Level 9)
AT CITY HALL (Level 9)
RCM: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Individual E-Pieces available at http://marthahillduncan.com
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O'Yeah!
Susan Griesdale
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Blues
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
Grade 3 Level. A laid back, easy going tempo, this syncopated trio requires players to snap their fingers all together! Great fun! (NFMC)
- NFMC Bulletin (USA)
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Precipitations
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA)
Levels: Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9), Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
Seven highly contrasted “weather-related” soundscapes that make for exciting late intermediate to advanced recital repertoire.
Level 7: DRIZZLE, FIRST SNOW, SUNDOG (RCM)
Level 8: SUNSHOWER (RCM), DRYSPELL, HAIL
Level 9: RACING THE STORM (RCM Level 9)
RCM: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Individual E-Pieces available at http://marthahillduncan.com
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Rhapsody in Blue for Piano Quartet
Joanne Bender
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Quartets (2 pianos, 8 hands)
Levels: Advanced/Diploma (Grade 10, ARCT and up), Early Advanced/Advanced (Gr 8 - 9)
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Saplings Anthology
Red Leaf Anthology
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA), Red Leaf Anthologies
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4), Intermediate/Late Intermediate (Gr 5-7)
Saplings features twenty-one early intermediate piano solos and is the second anthology from the composers of Red Leaf Pianoworks. Following Red Leaf's first elementary volume, Sprouts, this collection raises the technical and interpretive challenges while keeping the repertoire imaginative and inspiring for both the teacher and performer.
Sprouts Anthology
Red Leaf Anthology
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA), Red Leaf Anthologies
Levels: Early Elementary/Beginner/Prep A/B, Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
Sprouts is the very first Red Leaf Pianoworks Anthology featuring two compositions from each of the ten composers of this collective: Joanne Bender, Martha Hill Duncan, Janet Gieck, Susan Griesdale, Rebekah Maxner, Beverly Porter, Teresa Richert, Peter Rudzik. This is a great introduction to music that combines charming originality with pedagogical value from these highly creative and talented composers. Open the sound samples to see videos, first a short Guide sampling one short excerpt from each composer. And secondly the playlist of all the pieces in the collection.
The Lion's Tale
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, Pre-staff
Levels: Early Elementary/Beginner/Prep A/B
Designed for the early reader, with a "read or rote" approach, these piano solos explore more contemporary sounds and colors.
THE SPARROW's SONG, PLIP, PLOP, HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?, TINY DRUM A SLEEPY WALTZ, THE CLOWN CAR, THE COOKIE JAR, HAMSTERS ON THE MOVE, KNOCK, KNOCK, TREASURE HUNT, PORCUPINE POLKA, ICE TIME, ECHOES AT SUNSET, THE LION'S TALE, MAGIC MIRROR, THE BIG DIPPER
Individual E-Pieces available at https://marthahillduncan.com
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The Sunken Garden
Martha Hill Duncan
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Collections/Books, RCM Syllabus (CA)
Levels: Advanced/Diploma (Grade 10, ARCT and up)
Inspired by the Sunken Gardens and Theater in San Antonio, Texas, these three pieces have exciting cross-overs and cover the entire keyboard with an improvisatory and contemporary sound palette.
THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN (RCM Level 10) is beautifully serene, set amidst limestone and water. Rising paths and steps wind from the bottom floor to the top edge.
THE RIVER (RCM Level 10) represents the timeless flow and the impact on the land by "the river" and is more improvisatory, as if the player is making it up as they go.
THE THEATER (RCM Level 10) The warm nostalgia and Hispanic flavour of my Texas heritage are embodied in this final piece of the set. M.H. Duncan
RCM: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Individual E-Pieces available at http://marthahillduncan.com
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Three to Tango
Susan Griesdale
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Blues
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
Level 2: Three to Tango has the players jumping over and under their partners hands! (NFMC)
- (CSS) Contemporary Showcase Syllabus
- NFMC Bulletin (USA)
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Turquoise Tangle
Beverly Porter
Categories: NFMC Bulletin (US), Piano Trios
Levels: Elementary/Early Intermediate (Gr 1-4)
The lilting, tango rhythm is introduced and played throughout by the lowest part with both harmonic and melodic interest for the middle player. Primo adds counter melodies and the sound of castanets in the high register. Rhythmic accuracy is essential for all partners especially after the quarter rests that punctuate the pulse.
