Each solo in this book features pianistic freedom within the style and form of the piece. Even when the hands move freely around the keyboard, the goal was to keep the technique required to play each piece within limited boundaries to ensure student success. Titles: * After the Storm * Dennison Depot Blues * Fireworks * Grand Tarantella * Holiday! * Peaceful Moments * Stargazing Nocturne

Each solo in this book features pianistic freedom within the style and form of the piece. Even when the hands move freely around the keyboard, the goal was to keep the technique required to play each piece within limited boundaries to ensure student success. Titles: After the Storm * Dennison Depot Blues * Fireworks * Grand Tarantella * Holiday! * Peaceful Moments * Stargazing Nocturne.

Each solo in this book features pianistic freedom within the style and form of the piece. Even when the hands move freely around the keyboard, the goal was to keep the technique required to play each piece within limited boundaries to ensure student success. Titles: * Empty Stage Rag * Face to the Sun * Flames * Grand Waltz * Laid Back Boogie * Midnight Chase * Missing You * Storm Warning * Toccata * A Wish

Each solo in this book features pianistic freedom within the style and form of the piece. Even when the hands move freely around the keyboard, the goal was to keep the technique required to play each piece within limited boundaries to ensure student success. Titles: * Ballade * Caprice * Dynamo! * Gymnopedie * Jammin' * Petite Nocturne * Serenade * Toccatina in E Minor

Students who love ragtime music will welcome this new solo by Martha Mier. She has simplified the difficult aspects of this musical style to make this solo perfect for early intermediate students of all ages. The left-hand jump bass with full chords typically found in ragtime music has been replaced with single notes. The syncopation found in the right-hand melody is easily accessible for this level. The key of C major (with a few accidentals) allows the student to focus on the technical demands of the piece rather than the key signature. Combine these features, and you have ragtime solo that is not only easy to play but fun to play as well!

Eleven wonderful solos in the styles of the Romantic masters. Designed specifically for those students (or amateurs) who are not quite ready for the classics. Substantive repertoire for study and recitals. Titles: * Barcarolle * Consolation * Hungarian Dance * Etude in C Minor * Intermezzo * Mazurka in A Major * Moment Musical * Norwegian Dance * Scherzo in A Minor * Waltz in A Minor * Evening Hymn.

Recounts the author's youth as the daughter of a professional musician, her determined efforts to acquire a rare German grand piano, and her struggles to restore the instrument when it arrived badly tone impaired. Reprint.