Exciting piano solos are motivating for students, as well as thrilling for audiences. Thoughtfully written and carefully graded original compositions are essential for every piano studio and produce successful learning experiences for students. Over the years, Belwin-Mills and Summy-Birchard produced extensive libraries of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano music. The pieces included in this series represent the two companies' most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 2 is for elementary through late elementary students and the pieces are placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: *Astronauts Salute *At the Trading Post *Blinky the Robot *Cool Blue *First Sonatina in F Major *The Frisky Filly *The Golden Harp *March of the Ghosts *Night Clouds *Pagoda *Quiet Lagoon *Tricky Traffic

Myklas Music Press was highly regarded for its extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplemental piano music. The pieces that are included in Myklas Contest Winners represent Myklas’s most popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists. Divided into four graded collections, outstanding and time-tested solos are made available again by Rhonda Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Rosemary Barrett Byers, Lynne Cox, Anne Shannon Demarest, Mary Hauber, Ernest Kramer, Joyce Schatz Pease, Ruth Perdew, John Robert Poe, Catherine Rollin, Mike Springer, Robert D. Vandall, and Judy East Wells. Book 1 includes pieces appropriate for early elementary to elementary students. Reading range is limited and coordination between the hands is simple. Titles: * Bubble Blues * Clown Serenade * The Crab * The Lion Roars * Marching Tune * The Minnow * Monkey Blues * Now You See Him, Now You Don't! * Pandas on Parade * Rain Forest * Trumpet Fanfare * The Whale * Who Has Seen the Wind? * Windflowers "Bubble Blues," "Pandas on Parade," "Trumpet Fanfare," and "Who Has Seen the Wind?" are Federation Festivals 2014-2016 selections.

Contest Winners for Two is a series of five graded collections of original, time-tested piano duets. Over the years Alfred, Belwin, and Myklas produced an extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano duets. The pieces that are included in this volume represent the three companies' most popular and effective duets drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 2 consists of late elementary pieces, placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: * All-Star Marching Band (Judy East Wells) * Clowns (David Carr Glover) * Copycat (Carol Matz) * Cotton Candy Machine (Sharon Lohse Kunitz) * Dueling Pianos (David Carr Glover) * Gala Dance (Ruth Perdew) * Wild Horse Round-Up (Dennis Alexander)

The contents of this book have been personally selected by Dennis Alexander as some of his all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 10 elementary to late elementary pieces including: * Apache Braves * Entrada in G Major * Imperial Sonatina * The Lost Troubadour * March King * Old Daddy Longlegs * Shout It Out! * Springboard * A Very Happy Song! * Who's That Knockin'?

In Museum Masterpieces, Book 1, composer Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired these pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of the book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles: *American Gothic (Grant Wood) *Black Square and Red Square (Kazimir Malevich) *Carmencita (William Merritt Chase) *A Dash for the Timber (Frederic Remington) *L'étoile (The Star) (Edgar Degas) *Le fifre (The Fife Player) (Édouard Manet) *Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) *The Nut Gatherers (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) *Reeds and Cranes (Suzuki Kiitsu) *Senecio (Paul Klee)

In Museum Masterpieces, Book 2, composer Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired these pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of the book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles: *Car and Hunting Fox (Umberto Boccioni) *La charmeuse de serpents (The Snake Charmer) (Henri Rousseau) *Cirque (Circus) (Georges Seurat) *The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer) *Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) (Pierre-Auguste Renoir) *Noah's Ark: Genesis (Charles McGee) *Nocturne in Black and Gold---The Falling Rocket (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) *Primavera (Sandro Botticelli) *Sunrise on the Matterhorn (Albert Bierstadt) *Washington Crossing the Delaware (Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze)

There's always a need for recreational piano solos, and these sparkling collections contain a wide variety of light styles that are guaranteed to delight students and audiences alike. Jazz, pop, Latin, country, blues, ballads -- you name the style, it's here! Grouped in three progressive books.