These 10 elementary solos display the excellent writing style and attention to detail that many teachers have come to expect from Martha Mier. Students will experience culture from around the world as they are guided on a musical tour through Spain, England, Australia, Mexico, Japan, and the United States. Titles: * Firecracker Boogie * Sophisticated Rag * Farewell Blues * Daintree River Crocodiles * The Great Barrier Reef * The Wallaby Hop * English Primroses * España * Mexican Salsa Cha-Cha * Japanese Temple. "These stylish pieces help bridge the gap between method book pieces and classical literature." -Lynette Zelis, Clavier Companion
These 10 elementary solos display the excellent writing style and attention to detail that many teachers have come to expect from Martha Mier. Students will experience culture from around the world as they are guided on a musical tour through Spain, England, Australia, Mexico, Japan, and the United States. Titles: Firecracker Boogie * Sophisticated Rag * Farewell Blues * Daintree River Crocodiles * The Great Barrier Reef * The Wallaby Hop * English Primroses * Espa a * Mexican Salsa Cha-Cha * Japanese Temple. "These stylish pieces help bridge the gap between method book pieces and classical literature." -Lynette Zelis, Clavier Companion
Ragtime, jazz and blues are just some of the many colors presented in Martha Mier's Keyboard Kaleidscope, Books 1 and 2. These two collections feature a rich variety of sounds and styles for the pianist seeking adventure at the keyboard. Each collection contains seven solos. Book 1 is designed for late elementary pianists while Book 2 has been written at the early intermediate level.
Each story within Snapshots places the characters in situations where their past behaviors will be changed in a moment that is like a snapshot picture: freezing in time who they are in a moment but facing new challenges that will alter that snapshot and create a new reality. Eudora Welty’s quote “A good snapshot keeps a moment from going away” is a theme that permeates all of the stories in Eliot Parker’s collection of short stories, Snapshots. These stories are set in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. In the plots of the stories, the makeup of the characters is more interesting and important than the circumstances that the characters find themselves trying to manage. Each protagonist finds themselves in a complicated set of personal and professional relationships. By their nature, relationships are complicated. The protagonists in these stories are shaped by their backgrounds, life experiences, and expectations of other people. Conflicts arise for these protagonists when decisions and choices made by others alter the expectations and circumstances expected by the protagonists. In each of these stories, the lives, values, and beliefs held by the characters are deconstructed and each of them face a new reality brought on by an experience or situation that forces them to reexamine who they are and who they need to become. Each of these characters occupy a variety of professional spaces: cops, a rich, successful couple, convicted criminals, and others grieving the loss of a loved one and grieving the absence of love.
A striking collection of seven piano solos at the intermediate to late intermediate level that are wonderfully suited for recital performances. The spirited and energetic nature of these pieces will encourage pianists to perform with flair and showmanship. The fast finger action, stirring rhythms and dramatic sounds will captivate both the performer and the listener. You'll be eager to explore Bravo Book 2 after exploring all of the moods in this outstanding volume!
Module includes animated LCD screen, 5 spread ID buttons, an LED flash "picture taking" button, and a slideshow button includes 30 digital pictures" for the child to "take" .
The solos in Romantic Sketches, Book 1, will delight pianists who favor the Romantic style. Playing with musical expression is an important skill used in making music and is much more than just playing the notes on the printed page. Music written in the Romantic style is the perfect choice for developing this skill. These short, musical sketches will encourage students to play with nuance and sensitivity. Titles: * A Fond Farewell * Little Song * Medieval Festival * Morning Light * The Perfect Rose * Promises * Shadow Dance * Special Moments * Starlight Prelude * A Story from Long Ago * Summertime Waltz * Sun Showers
The solos in Center Stage, Book 1 were written to highlight the pianistic abilities of young pianists. Students will enjoy performing these solos at school talent shows, recitals, or sharing them with family and friends. Most of the pieces are original compositions. In each book, one solo is an arrangement of familiar American folksongs, thus enhancing the appeal of this collection to audiences.
Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the familiar official portraits and genius-at-work shots, these humble snaps capture creative giants with their guard down, in the moment, living life. Pablo Picasso stands proudly on a balcony with young daughter Maya—a tiny, meticulously inked annotation penned by an unknown hand proclaims that "he's very much in love." Jackson Pollock morosely carves a turkey while his mother, Stella, and wife, Lee Krasner, look on. A young Andy Warhol clowns for the camera with college friend Philip Pearlstein, and in a later shot more closely resembles his famously enigmatic public self at a gallery opening with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
