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Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology Volume II

By Katie Zhukov

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Grades Intermediate (5th) to Advanced (Dip.)
16 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian Women Composers 2018.  

Especially written and selected for this album as edited by Katie Zhukov and it includes a CD of each work recorded by Katie Zhukov.  

This second volume of new piano repertoire by Australian women composers is a companion to the Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology (2015) published earlier by Wirripang.

Commissioning new work from established and emerging composers provides an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard in the Australian classical music arena that tends to be dominated by live and recorded performances of music by male composers. Introducing new generations of piano students to music by women composers helps drive the grassroots campaign for gender equality in Australian classical music.
The pieces vary in style from Romantic to contemporary, neo-classical, and jazz-influenced idioms.
Each work is accompanied by the composer’s biography, composer comments and pedagogical advice. The grading will assist teachers is choosing repertoire of appropriate difficulty for study and as extra lists for examinations.

  • For Claire (Vivien Arnold), Grade 5, c.1'37
  • Prelude III (Jennifer Trynes), Grade 5, c.1'27
  • Nuages (Karlin G Love), Grade 5, c.2'59
  • Locrian Solitude (Jane Hammond), Grade 6, c.2'37
  • Honeyeater Waltz (Learne Faint), Grade 6, c.1'38
  • Time Travel (Jane Andino), Grade 6, c.1'56
  • Thinking of You (Betty Beath), Grade 6, c.2'30
  • Velvet Drop (Nicole Murphy), Grdae 7, c.2'08
  • The Stones Start Spinning (Amanda Handel), Grade 7, c.2'04
  • Star Dance (Keyna Wilkins), Grade 7, c.3'35
  • Illuminatio (Louise Denson), Grade 8, c.3'02
  • Crimson Rosella (Ann Carr-Boyd), Grade 8, c.3'08
  • Hot Wind, Red Dust and Rolling Weeds (Joanne Burrows), Grade 8, c.2'40
  • The Lost Waltz (May Howlett), Grade Dip., c.4'07
  • Sonata Neoclassica (Diana Blom), Grade Dip., c.4'44
  • Midnight at Mishka's (Jocelyn E Kotchie), Grade Dip., c.4'43

Sheet music samples and the complete works on YouTube

      These works are now available separately, see titles in catalogue.

      ISMN 9790720214191

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      Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology Volume III

      By Katie Zhukov

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      Grades Intermediate (5th) to Advanced (Dip.)
      15 piano works by Wirripang-published, Australian Women Composers 2020.  

      Again, especially written and selected for this volume as edited by Katie Zhukov and it includes a CD of each work recorded by Katie Zhukov.  

      This third volume of new piano repertoire by Australian women composers is a companion to the Australian Women Composers’ Piano Anthology (2015)  and Volume II (2017) published earlier by Wirripang.

      Commissioning new work from established and emerging composers provides an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard in the Australian classical music arena that tends to be dominated by live and recorded performances of music by male composers. Introducing new generations of piano students to music by women composers helps drive the grassroots campaign for gender equality in Australian classical music.
      The pieces vary in style from Romantic to contemporary, neo-classical, and jazz-influenced idioms.
      Each work is accompanied by the composer’s biography, composer comments and pedagogical advice. The grading will assist teachers is choosing repertoire of appropriate difficulty for study and as extra lists for examinations.

      Sheet music samples and links to the complete works on YouTube

      Australian Women Composers' Piano Anthology - sheet music

              ISMN 9790720231624

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              Awesome Aural

              By Joanne Burrows

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              HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers. 


              Sample questions and answers for HSC Music I

              Aural excerpts- for discussion and exam practice
              • Study suggestions
              • Practice questions
              • Sample answers

              - Do You have a problem?
              - Creative Ways to Study Aural
              - Exam strategies: writing the answer in the exam
              - Suggestions for setting out your HSC Music Aural
                 answers
              - Always-Often-Never
              - Suggested Outlines

              The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
              Compiled 2017

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              ISBN 9781876829490

              Awesome Aural Book 2

              By Joanne Burrows

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              HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers. 


               A selection of practice questions and sample answers focusing on the concepts of music.
              •  Study suggestions
              •  Different ways to set out the aural answers
              •  Examples of different ways to listen, write and set out the answers
              •    Sample answers

              The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
              Compiled 2018

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              ISBN 978187682551

              Awesome Aural Book 3

              By Joanne Burrows

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              HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers.
               A selection of practice questions and sample answers focusing on the concepts of music.
              •  Study suggestions
              •  Different ways to set out the aural answers
              •  Examples of different ways to listen, write and set out the answers
              •    Sample answers

              The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
              Compiled 2023

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              ISBN 978187682872

              Basic Beats Book 1

              By Joanne Burrows

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              43 rhythm skills for beginning musicians.
              Composed 2016

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              ISMN 9790720167022
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              Century Volume I

              By Larry Sitsky

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              A set of 47 piano pieces for beginners. 
              Didgeridoo - AMEB P Plate Book 2
              ANZCA Syllabus - various pieces, grades Prelim. to Grade 2


              The order of pieces is there not just for progression of difficulty, but for variety, challenge, inspiration as well. At one stage, the composer did sit down with one or more teachers and arrived at a purely subjective grading for each piece. As the composer claims, it will always be contentious, but at least indicates roughly the intent behind the ordering of the collection. Volume I includes mostly pieces for Prep - Level I.  See Volume II.
              Composed 1990

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              ISMN 9790720171714340
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              Century Volume II

              By Larry Sitsky

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              A set of 52 piano pieces for intermediate grades, the second in the set of three volumes. 

              Red Indian Hand Game Song - AMEB Grade 4
              ANZCA Syllabus - various pieces Grade 3 - 5

              These volumes address a serious artistic repertoire for beginning players, not just classical repertoire simplified. The only main-stream composer who has taken on such a task was Bartok with his MIKROKOSMOS, which gave the young pianist serious repertoire as well as drawing heavily on the folk-music sources which were close to Bartok's heart and compositional world. The order of pieces included is not just for progression of difficulty, but for variety, challenge, inspiration as well. As the composer claims that this will always be contentious, it at least indicates roughly the intent behind the ordering of the collection.  Volume two includes mostly pieces for Levels 1 to 4. (55 pieces in Volume II mainly - Levels 2/3- 5)
              Composed 1990

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              ISMN 9790720171714340
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              Century Volume III

              By Larry Sitsky

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              A set of 55 piano pieces for advanced grades, the third in the set of three volumes. 

              Jewish Folksong - AMEB Grade 5, Series 17
              ANZCA Syllabus - various pieces Grade 6

              These volumes address a serious artistic repertoire for beginning players, not just classical repertoire simplified. The only main-stream composer who has taken on such a task was Bartok with his MIKROKOSMOS, which gave the young pianist serious repertoire as well as drawing heavily on the folk-music sources which were close to Bartok's heart and compositional world. The order of pieces included is not just for progression of difficulty, but for variety, challenge, inspiration as well. As the composer claims that this will always be contentious, it at least indicates roughly the intent behind the ordering of the collection.  Volume III includes mostly pieces for Levels 3/4 to 8/AMusA.
              Composed 1990

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              ISMN 979072017171524

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              Clap and Count

              By Joanne Burrows

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              39 pieces to improve rhythm skills for beginning musicians. The first in a four part series of similar books - Rhythm Rocks,  Death by Rhythm and Extreme Rhythm.

              Regular clapping, tapping and counting will assist the internalisation of pulse, beat and subdivisions, making rhythm more instinctive and note reading easier.  
              Composed 2014

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              ISMN 9790720140780
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              Concise History of Music in Europe, A

              By Lorna Menzies-wall

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              An enjoyable account of the story of the progress of the growth of Western music, humbly expressed, for the use of advanced students and young teachers. It is hoped that it may be an inspiration for further detailed study.
              An excellent resource book, it is comprehensive, accessible, appealing, written in a humorous style making it delightful and knowledgeable reading. Copyright 2015.

              ISBN9781876829346

              Death by Rhythm

              By Joanne Burrows

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              A collection of 40 rhythmic drills for advanced students to clap, tap, read and count.  Designed and sequenced to develop and improve recognition and reading rhythmic patterns.

              The third in a four part series of similar books - Clap and Count,  Rhythm Rocks and Extreme Rhythm.  Composed 2012

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              ISMN 97907201330003
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