Piano Advanced Grades
Scherzo - Ballade
By Phillip Wilche
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$18.00
Composed 2006
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Sea, Air and a Cloud or Two...
By Stephen Yates
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$20.00
Composed 1994
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ISMN 9790720159294
Seduction of Andalucia, The
By Amanda Handel
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$20.00
Inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Granada (Andalucía), where an intense atmosphere of mystery, wonder and romance has prevailed over a thousand years, this music conjures scenes and impressions gathered from a legend titled “The Pilgrim of Love”. This legend recounts the adventures of Ahmed, a young Moorish prince from Granada who ultimately wins the love and gains the hand of Aldegona, the lovely Christian princess of Toledo. This great quest of forbidden love and seduction involves the unlocking of arcane secrets and ancient wisdom, fantastic spells, strange music and a conspiracy of birds. After many tests and trials, the couple’s desire to be united finally triumphs and they elope on a magic carpet bound for the kingdom of Granada - where they marry and live happily ever after as king and queen.
Composed 2014
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Seven Piano Preludes Op 28
By Alexander Burnard
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$33.00
Seven piano solos
- 1. (no title)
- 2. Puck
- 3. Soliloquy
- 4. Quips & Becks
- 5. (no title)
- 6. Ostinato
- 7. Based on: on "Wachet Auf", his favourite chorale
Composed 1942/46
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ISMN 9790720167510Shades
By John Spence
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$18.00
Solo piano, c.3'35. Grade professional
Composed 2011.
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ISMN 9790720115535
$15.00 for instant PDF download
Shoalhaven Suite
By Ann Carr-boyd
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$25.00
Solo piano suite of four movements. Advance grade
Composed 1999.
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Sight Reading Adventures - Book 3, Polyphonic
By Miriam Hyde
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$30.00
This book offers a wide variety of styles, keys, rhythms and textures within one cover - supplement to Books 1 and 2. students from 5th Grade upwards could attempt and profit by these examples. Not only is a polyphonic sight reading test given in the more advanced exams, but there is a special art in reading such music, and a special value to be derived from it
Books for Grades 1-3, 4-7 also available, and books Grade 8-Dip.
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ISMN 979072015830
Sight Reading Adventures - Supplement
By Miriam Hyde
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$20.00
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ISMN 9790720167817
Sight-reading for Advanced Pianists
By Katie Zhukov
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$80.00
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Compiled and edited by Dr Katie Zhukov
This new curriculum was developed to address lack of good sight-reading skills in many advanced pianists. It is based on research findings of a University of Queensland project that compared three different approaches to sight-reading training (accompanying, rhythm and style) and combined these into a single course. The new curriculum underwent two trials in four institutions and was refined following staff and student feedback. The students using this hybrid program had improved significantly in their sight-reading skills on completion of training.
The course consists of 10 weeks of materials that can be utilised in small-group tutorials or individual piano lessons. The curriculum can be used as a stand-alone elective course in sight-reading or as supplementary materials for keyboard skills or accompanying classes. Each week focuses on three areas: rhythm training, solo repertoire in four mainstream musical styles and duet playing. The pieces consist of examples from the traditional repertoire and are greatly varied in style: using artistically rich examples is a deliberate strategy, employed to increase student engagement with the process. The chosen works utilise a wide range of keys to address impact of key difficulty on sight-reading as highlighted by research. The level of difficulty is pitched 2-3 grades below advanced to correspond with typical sight-reading materials used by examining bodies.
The feedback from teachers who trialled the curriculum has been very positive:
“An excellent source for teachers and students alike – well-structured and containing interesting material. My students were keen to improve their sight-reading and found this approach very helpful. I enjoyed playing the duets with them, and found that the whole process gave me greater insight into their individual strengths and weaknesses, which in turn enabled me to assist each student better.”
Dr Arabella Teniswood-Harvey
Conservatorium of Music
University of Tasmania
“Katie Zhukov’s Sight-Reading for Advanced Pianists fills a void in the current sight-reading literature that makes it required reading for all aspiring pianists and their teachers. Of especial interest are the numerous rhythmic exercises that not only consolidate essential sight-reading skills, but also bring interest and variety to scale/arpeggio practice.”
Glenn Riddle
Lecturer in Keyboard
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
“Sight-Reading for Advanced Pianists is a tremendous resource for advanced and ambitious intermediate piano students in either private studio or tertiary settings. Underpinned by peer-reviewed research into the development of sight-reading skills, this text can be used as sequential material for a term’s coursework, or dipped into on a more informal basis.”
Dr Liam Viney, Director of Piano, School of Music, University of Queensland
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Silk
By John Martin
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$12.00
Composed 2010
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Silk - Piano Volume 1
By John Martin
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$50.00
A collection of eight pieces for piano solo. Advanced Grades
- 1. Twilight Tango
- 2. Hippopotomarch
- 3. Too much bover
- 4. Thorn of the Rose
- 5. Baggy Green Rag
- 6. Prohibition Prelude
- 7. Rainbow Dance
- 8. Silk
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Simply Beautiful
By Phillip Wilcher
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$8.00
Composed 2018
Recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on Simply Beautiful Wirr 123. Available online
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