James Rae provides 18 performance opportunities for very beginning flute. The first piece, Opening Fanfare, is built upon a single note with few notes introduced in successive pieces in standard
A great start to trumpet performance, Rae's Child's Play includes 18 pieces in very gradual progression. The first piece is crafted around a single note, with the piano part adding context and style.
18 very easy pieces are designed to "take the younger beginner from day one to grade one," as Rae says. In fact, the very first piece, Opening Fanfare, uses a single note, focusing instead on
A comical mash-up of melodies for the holidays, for solo violin and piano.
It is a testament to Rae’s craft that he can compose a dozen pieces for beginning clarinetists and
For the clarinettist of intermediate skills, Rae has chosen 10 works from Brahms as an introduction to this important composer. Classic pieces such as May Night, Cradle Song, Love Song and
The virtuosic Carmen Fantasy is well known to flutists as an artistic mountain to climb. Demanding of a range of polished skills, the Fantaisie brilliante uses excerpts from Bizet's
These four atmospheric compositions for violin and piano were written at the intermediate level. They are suitable for both teaching material and recitals.
The second volume of Igudesman's In the Zoo follows the theme of the first, as more animals are described in music. Short pieces feature The Turtle (slow); The Kangaroo (hoppingly), The
Violinist, composer, conductor, actor, filmmaker, producer, and entrepreneur, Aleksey Igudesman has written a charming collection of ten descriptive miniatures for young students. Themed as a walk through a
This volume for solo violin and piano brings together the wealth of both literature and fine instruments that came from Italy. Includes O solo mio, Santa Lucia, Tarantella Neapoletana, Funiculi,
An introduction to the wonderful music of Italy in arrangements for students of intermediate skills. With so much great Italian music, Zamarin chose many of the immediately recognizable melodies from
Even St. Patrick could not escape the charm of the green island. Hardly any country appreciates its nature and cultivates its traditions more than Ireland. Irish folk music, with violin, flute, harp,
A wonderful performance piece constructed around a constant pulsating A. Dehnard, author of The New Flute, casts his flute part in eerie, ethereal forms, using wind, singing, and open hole
Originally for violin and piano, Widor's Suite Florentine is here arranged for flute and piano by Rien de Reede, with edits and revisions by Emmanuel Pahud. While there is some indication that the
Created with the beginner to intermediate-level student in mind, these new pieces for trombone and piano cover a variety of classical, jazz and world musical styles. Young musicians can address a range of
Written for a master clarinetist "down under," Rae's concert work Two Antipodean Sketches are two movements of opposite sounds. Cloudy Bay begins the work in a dreamy, reflective fashion,
The famous Shostakovich Waltz is immediately recognized by audiences, having also appeared in multiple motion pictures, such as "Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrik)" and most recently "Batman v. Superman:
Take a break from weighty classics with Rae's arrangements of ten "light classics." These easy to intermediate transcriptions include piano accompaniments that teachers can easily manage and guitar chords,
Twelve very easy pieces encourage beginning clarinettists to explore various styles of music. The piano accompaniment sets the stage for pieces as diverse as Tiger Tango; Rhino Rhumba; Polar Bear