Mission: X Mystery Manor is a short-form method-style songbook for beginners with a focus on accidentals. Each block begins with “Mission Training” that contains a mix of written theory work and light music analysis to help prepare students to learn the pieces. These engaging pieces and materials by Chrissy Ricker will be a hit with students of all ages.

Turn up the energy on a classic with this thrilling intermediate-level piano duet arrangement of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” reimagined with a powerful rock anthem feel by Chrissy Ricker. With its driving rhythm, dynamic textures, and rock-inspired harmonies, this ensemble piece is sure to bring the house down in your next performance.

Pensive Prelude by Rick Robertson is an early intermediate lyrical solo. Widely-spaced harmonies support a melody that gives a bittersweet vibe. It also sounds effective played on an upright piano with a practice (mute) pedal, or on a keyboard with “space” voices.

Triple up the fun for the holiday season with Jingle Bells arranged as an easy trio for beginners by Jennifer Eklund. This product includes both a stacked score and separated parts.

Introduce your early-level students to the joy of collaborative music-making with Jennifer Eklund’s accessible beginner piano trio arrangement of Beethoven’s iconic “Ode to Joy.” This delightful, pedagogically sound arrangement is carefully crafted to ensure each player’s part is both engaging and entirely manageable for first-time ensemble players. The complete digital package comes fully equipped for easy rehearsals, featuring a stacked score for teachers alongside separated, easy-to-read individual parts for each performer.

Who needs fairy tales when you can have scary tales instead! Scary Tales is a collection of frightfully fun showcase solos for late beginners composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. Great for Halloween or anytime of the year that a spooky mood strikes!

Easy Spooktacular Solos features ten easy spooky solos for late beginners and up composed by Jennifer Eklund. These minor-key showcase solos will delight students of all ages during and beyond the Halloween seasons.

Note: If you are interested in multi-level versions of these ten pieces consider the Level Up! Spooktacular Halloween Edition multi-level songbook.

Creature Features, is a scintillating collection of fourteen solos for beginners inspired by classic sci-fi and fantasy themes. These easy solos by Chrissy Ricker will mesmerize students and audiences of all ages and make great selections during the Halloween season and beyond!

To feed students’ cravings for playing in minor keys, Minor Marvels features twelve showcase-style piano solos, four solos with optional teacher duet parts, and two duets. These selections are ideal for late beginners through early intermediates and will gloomily gleam at a Halloween recital or whenever a minor mood strikes!

Ready to give classic tunes a delightfully dark spin? Level Up! Twisted Tales Edition delivers ten minor-key solos arranged by Jennifer Eklund. These cleverly “twisted” medleys of folk and classical favorites span three multi-level versions, making them ideal for late beginners through early intermediates looking to level up. Plus, free play-along tracks are included for a full ensemble feel right from home!

Easy Christmas Classics is a collection of twelve holiday favorites arranged by Jennifer Eklund in a contemporary lyrical style for early intermediates. This book is ideal for students using Piano Pronto method books Movements 3 and 4 and for students with smaller hands who struggle to reach octaves in the left hand.

Give Erik Satie’s timeless masterpiece a fresh, modern update! This lyrical intermediate arrangement by Jennifer Eklund pairs Satie’s iconic, hypnotic melody with rich, expansive left-hand harmonies and flowing arpeggiated textures. Perfect for teen and adult students seeking an expressive, atmospheric solo that sounds instantly sophisticated and deeply cinematic.

Mission: X Volume Three is a method-style songbook for early intermediates & up featuring three themed chapters: Westward, Interstellar, and Power Up. Each chapter begins with “Mission Training” blocks that contain a mix of written theory work and light music analysis to help prepare students to learn the pieces in the mission with a specific focus on intervals, chords, and inversions. These engaging pieces and materials by Chrissy Ricker will be a hit with students of all ages.

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Better Together: First Christmas Duets features eleven holiday favorites arranged as evenly-leveled duets for beginners by Chrissy Ricker.

First Halloween Solos features twenty primer level spooky solos for beginners composed by Jennifer Eklund. These minor-key showcase solos will delight students of all ages during and beyond the Halloween season. As a special bonus, teacher duet parts are included with purchase as a digital only item and will automatically be available in the License Management section of your Account Dashboard.

Autumn Lament by Rick Robertson is an intermediate level lyrical solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital or service music selection. A bonus point is that this piece is written in sonatina form, but not in the textbook style that one might expect.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip Outdoor Adventure songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip! To the Farm songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Easy Perfect Patterns Super Soundtrack features orchestrated play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts. Music by Chrissy Ricker.

Super Soundtrack for the Easy Christmas Classics holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun for students using the Fired Up! Level One method book for older beginners. This double-album includes orchestrated play-along tracks and duet play-along tracks with and without the student parts. Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Super Soundtrack for the Stage Left Volume 1 songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos with the teacher duet parts.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun with Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally Volume 2. This Super Soundtrack includes: all of the vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet play-alongs, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 songs. Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Super Soundtrack for the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

Viva Violin Holiday Magic Super Soundtrack features duet play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts.

Super Soundtrack for the Songs I Love to Play! Volume Twp songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip! Country Carnival songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Super Soundtrack for the Easy Christmas Solos holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.

Super Soundtrack for the Rising Starz Volume 2 songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos with the teacher duet parts. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.

Super Soundtrack for the Stage Left! Volume 2 songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos with teacher duets. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

Super Soundtrack for the Jazzy Jingles Volume 2 holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip! To the Lake songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Super Soundtrack for the Songs I Love to Play! Volume One songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

Super Soundtrack for the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.

Introduce your early-level students to the joy of collaborative music-making with Jennifer Eklund’s accessible beginner piano trio arrangement of Beethoven’s iconic “Ode to Joy.” This delightful, pedagogically sound arrangement is carefully crafted to ensure each player’s part is both engaging and entirely manageable for first-time ensemble players. The complete digital package comes fully equipped for easy rehearsals, featuring a stacked score for teachers alongside separated, easy-to-read individual parts for each performer.

Triple up the fun for the holiday season with Jingle Bells arranged as an easy trio for beginners by Jennifer Eklund. This product includes both a stacked score and separated parts.

Give Erik Satie’s timeless masterpiece a fresh, modern update! This lyrical intermediate arrangement by Jennifer Eklund pairs Satie’s iconic, hypnotic melody with rich, expansive left-hand harmonies and flowing arpeggiated textures. Perfect for teen and adult students seeking an expressive, atmospheric solo that sounds instantly sophisticated and deeply cinematic.

This dynamic early intermediate piano solo is a spirited rendition of Johannes Brahms’ famous Hungarian Dance No. 6. Arranger Jennifer Eklund simplifies the complex original while retaining the essential rhythmic vitality and energy that make the dance so engaging for performers.

This dynamic intermediate piano solo is a spirited rendition of Johannes Brahms’ famous Hungarian Dance No. 6. Arranger Jennifer Eklund simplifies the complex original while retaining the essential rhythmic vitality and energy that make the dance so engaging for performers.

The Spook is a minor-key trio for beginners composed by Jennifer Eklund. This product includes both a stacked score and separated parts.

Eine Kleine Nachtmahr (A Little Nightmare), is a minor-key medley combines Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and the theme from Symphony No. 40, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Solveig’s Star, is a minor-key medley of Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

A Minor 49er, is a minor-key medley of Brahms’s Lullaby and Clementine, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Haydn in the Shadows, is a minor-key spin on the Surprise Symphony theme, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Lullaby for a Black Swan, is a minor-key medley of The Wheels on the Bus and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake them, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Midnight Cabaret, is a minor-key spin on Offenbach’s iconic Can-Can melody, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Elise’s Web, is a minor-key jazzy medley of Für Elise and The Itsy-Bitsy Spider, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Slithery Samba, is a Latin-style medley of the traditional Snake Dance melody with a splash of Mary Had a Little Lamb, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Lavender’s Blues, is a minor-key medley of Lavender’s Blue and Ode to Joy, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Lost at Sea, is a minor-key medley of Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Lightly Row, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Ready to give classic tunes a delightfully dark spin? Level Up! Twisted Tales Edition delivers ten minor-key solos arranged by Jennifer Eklund. These cleverly “twisted” medleys of folk and classical favorites span three multi-level versions, making them ideal for late beginners through early intermediates looking to level up. Plus, free play-along tracks are included for a full ensemble feel right from home!

The Lord’s My Shepherd, set to the Crimond melody, in a lyrical arrangement by Jennifer Eklund. This late intermediate solo combines this reverent sacred melody with Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2.

Turn up the energy on a classic with this thrilling intermediate-level piano duet arrangement of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” reimagined with a powerful rock anthem feel by Chrissy Ricker. With its driving rhythm, dynamic textures, and rock-inspired harmonies, this ensemble piece is sure to bring the house down in your next performance.

Pensive Prelude by Rick Robertson is an early intermediate lyrical solo. Widely-spaced harmonies support a melody that gives a bittersweet vibe. It also sounds effective played on an upright piano with a practice (mute) pedal, or on a keyboard with “space” voices.

Autumn Lament by Rick Robertson is an intermediate level lyrical solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital or service music selection. A bonus point is that this piece is written in sonatina form, but not in the textbook style that one might expect.

O Christmas Tree, an elegant holiday favorite arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Better Together: First Christmas Duets songbook.

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, a joyful holiday favorite arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Better Together: First Christmas Duets songbook.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, a joyful holiday favorite arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Better Together: First Christmas Duets songbook.

Deck the Halls, a perennial holiday favorite arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Better Together: First Christmas Duets songbook.

Jingle Bells, a perennial holiday favorite arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Better Together: First Christmas Duets songbook.

Fall Colors, by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate level lyrical solo. It is a neo-romantic piece with a main theme that has an arabesque character. The melody is “hidden” in the figuration. The brief middle section is more traditional in texture and leads to a slightly varied reprise of the opening. This piece is also suitable for service playing, and is an excellent choice for an expressive player.

Level Up, is a video-game inspired showcase solo for early intermediates by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Let’s Quest Volume 2 songbook.

Better Together: First Christmas Duets features eleven holiday favorites arranged as evenly-leveled duets for beginners by Chrissy Ricker.

Mission: X Volume Three is a method-style songbook for early intermediates & up featuring three themed chapters: Westward, Interstellar, and Power Up. Each chapter begins with “Mission Training” blocks that contain a mix of written theory work and light music analysis to help prepare students to learn the pieces in the mission with a specific focus on intervals, chords, and inversions. These engaging pieces and materials by Chrissy Ricker will be a hit with students of all ages.

Creature Features Volume Three, is a scintillating collection of ten solos for early intermediates inspired by classic sci-fi and fantasy themes. These showcase solos by Chrissy Ricker will captivate students and audiences of all ages and make great selections during the Halloween season and beyond!

Consolation, composed by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate lyrical solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital or festival selection. It will serve as excellent preparation for the Romantic literature such as Chopin or Mendelssohn. It can also be used in service playing.

Chit-Chat Boogie, composed by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate level showcase solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital selection or a piece for those moments alone at the piano.

Nocturne in D Major is a late-intermediate level lyrical solo. The 9/8 time signature gives it a different feel, and there are interesting harmonies and irregular phrase structures to add interest. This would be an excellent recital or festival selection and is part of the Kaleidoscope: Volume 3 songbook.

How Can I Keep From Singing, a Robert Lowry sacred favorite, stylishly arranged for intermediate piano duet by Sandra Zylstra.

How Can I Keep From Singing, a Robert Lowry sacred favorite, stylishly arranged for intermediate piano by Sandra Zylstra.

Ready to give classic tunes a delightfully dark spin? Level Up! Twisted Tales Edition delivers ten minor-key solos arranged by Jennifer Eklund. These cleverly “twisted” medleys of folk and classical favorites span three multi-level versions, making them ideal for late beginners through early intermediates looking to level up. Plus, free play-along tracks are included for a full ensemble feel right from home!

Simple Serenity Volume Two is a collection of sixteen easy lyrical solos composed by Jennifer Eklund. These calming pieces offer a great opportunity for late beginners and up to explore lyrical phrasing, rubato, and pedal work.

Do you have students who love to play fast and are always wondering just how high the metronome can go? This is the collection for them! Full Speed Ahead features fourteen fast and flashy showcase solos for late beginners and early intermediates. Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.

Simple Serenity is a collection of fifteen easy lyrical solos composed by Jennifer Eklund. These calming pieces offer a great opportunity for beginners and late beginners to explore lyrical playing, rubato, octave shifts, and pedal work.

Level Up! features ten easy showcase solos presented at three different levels to accommodate students using Piano Pronto beginning level method books like Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, Movement 1, and the Fired Up! series. Play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.

Level Up! features ten easy showcase solos presented at three different levels to accommodate students using Piano Pronto beginning level method books like Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, Movement 1, and the Fired Up! series. Teacher duet parts and play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.

Sounds of the Spirit features classic sacred melodies arranged in a contemporary lyrical style by Jennifer Eklund. In this collection you’ll find classical melodies intertwined with timeless hymns, and two original compositions, all of which are ideal for church services or casual enjoyment.

Broken arm? No problem! Stage Left Volume 2 features 18 engaging left-handed solos with contemporary teacher duets included. This volume is also great for beginners who need more practice with bass clef reading and independent left hand dexterity work. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

To feed students’ cravings for playing in minor keys, Minor Marvels features twelve showcase-style piano solos, four solos with optional teacher duet parts, and two duets. These selections are ideal for late beginners through early intermediates and will gloomily gleam at a Halloween recital or whenever a minor mood strikes!

Sacred Spotlight features fourteen classic sacred melodies arranged elegantly for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. These pieces are sure to bring comfort and joy to pianists of all ages. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

Ready for more pizazz for your beginning level students? Pronto Pizazz Volume 2 features 14 easy solos that explore a variety of genres and tonal centers and all include contemporary teacher duet parts. These engaging showcase style solos help to solidify reading skills, proper phrasing technique, and will surely be a hit at your next recital!

Kick-start your creativity with eight elegant solos for intermediates of all ages composed by Jennifer Eklund. Each solo includes an accompanying illustration created by Susan Hong. The soothing coloring activities allow the player to set a color palette for each piece to aid in interpreting the music.

Pronto Pizazz: Rising Starz Volume 2 features twelve multi-key solos for early primer level students. Flexible songs can be taught by note, rote, or number. All twelve selections include lush, contemporary teacher duet parts that will be a hit at your next recital!

Stage Left is a book of 17 beginning level, multi-key solos written for left-hand only featuring familiar melodies that have been refreshed with modern rhythms and free backing tracks. Great exercises for strengthening bass clef reading, left-hand dexterity, and exploring transposition. This new second edition now contains teacher duet parts for each piece.

Need music for a wedding, a party, church offertory, or any occasion where beautiful background music is a necessity? This is your new go-to gig book! Let There be Music features 45 performance-ready pieces by Jennifer Eklund that will suit any occasion. Selections include classical favorites, contemporary lyrical pieces, and sacred works. Available as a convenient eBook so you can stop lugging music books around.

Easy Spotlight Solos features 10 showcase solos in varying styles and tonal centers. These solos are ideal for late beginners of all ages and make great performance pieces for recitals and other events! This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

Spotlight Solos PLUS features 10 showcase solos in varying styles and tonal centers. These solos are ideal for late beginners through early intermediates of all ages. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

Pronto Pizazz: Rising Starz features 10 multi-key solos for early primer level students. Flexible songs can be taught by note, rote, or number. All ten selections include lush, contemporary teacher duet parts.

Gallivanting Ghouls, is a spooktacular minor-key solo for beginners. This piece, which is ideal for first-year students, is part of the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund and includes an optional teacher duet part.

Midnight Cabaret, is a minor-key spin on Offenbach’s iconic Can-Can melody, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Creepy Crawly Icky Things by Rick Robertson is an early intermediate level showcase solo. This piece is especially useful as a “spooky” or “creepy” solo for Halloween recitals, but it could be used in any other non-seasonal program. The “crawly” figures divided between the hand feature chromatic passage and unfamiliar note patterns.

A Wise Old Owl is inspired by a nursery rhyme of the same title and set here as a whimsically macabre solo for intermediates by Stacy Fahrion. If you’re playing on a grand piano, before beginning the piece you can silently depress the low F octave and sustain it throughout with the sostenuto pedal for an added mysterious effect. This is an optional effect, and the piece still works well without it. The damper pedal is often left down for extended periods of time as well for a swirling effect.

Double Crossed composed by Chrissy Ricker is a minor-key evenly-leveled duet for early intermediates. This is an extended version with a run time just over two minutes, making it a perfect selection for ensemble performances.

Toccata Rag by Rick Robertson is an intermediate level ragtime showcase solo. It is based on J.S. Bach’s famous Toccata in D Minor for organ. This has the potential to “bring down the house” on a recital program, and could also serve as a light-hearted addition to a Halloween program, or even an “encore”.

Lost at Sea, is a minor-key medley of Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Lightly Row, presented in three different versions for late beginners and up. This piece is part of the Level Up! Twisted Tales songbook by Jennifer Eklund.

Things That Go Pop in the Night, is a spooktacular showcase solo for beginners that is a fun spin on “Pop! Goes the Weasel.” This piece, which is ideal for first-year students, is part of the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund and includes an optional teacher duet part.

Agent 001 is a spy-themed one-handed showcase solo by Chrissy Ricker ideal for late beginners of all ages. This piece can be played with either the right or left hand. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

T-Rex Rock, with music and lyrics by Chrissy Ricker, is an upbeat minor-key showcase solo for beginners. This piece is part of the “Creature Features” songbook.

Five Feisty Witches is a ferociously flashy piece in 5/8 composed by Stacy Fahrion. This showcase solo is ideal for intermediates.

The Exquisite Melancholy of Everything Left Unuttered is a delicate waltz in E minor for two composed by Stacy Fahrion.

Level Up! Spooktacular Halloween Edition features ten easy spooky solos presented at three different levels to accommodate students using Piano Pronto beginning level method books like, Prelude, Movement 1, and the Fired Up! series.

Little Green Goblin, is an upbeat minor-key showcase solo for beginners. This piece is part of the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund and includes an optional teacher duet part.

Spirit House is a delightfully spooky solo for intermediates composed by Ron Levy. Great for the Halloween season or anytime a spooky mood strikes!

Escape Hatch is a spy-themed minor-key primer solo and teacher duet perfect for very early beginners of all ages. This piece can be taught by note, rote, or finger number. Part of the Rising Star Volume 1 songbook.

Pizz-tacular is an upbeat, minor-key jazzy solo for late-beginning violinists of all ages and is a great way to work on pizzicato. Includes a sassy teacher accompaniment making this a great piece for recitals or other performance opportunities.

Yeti or Not, Here I Come!, by Rick Robertson, is a late elementary level showcase solo. This piece is especially useful as a “spooky” or “scary” solo for Halloween recitals (it depicts a game of “Hide and Seek” with Bigfoot), but it could be used in any other non-seasonal program.

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come, a Thanksgiving favorite blended with “Simple Gifts” in a lush arrangement for late intermediates by Jennifer Eklund.

March of the Pumpkins, composed by Amy Hite, is a mysterious fall-themed solo for beginner finger-style guitar. This piece includes a version with standard notation and one with tablature.

Autumn Theme No. 1 from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. Arranged for intermediates by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Piano Pronto: Movement 5 method book.

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come in a lyrical setting for early intermediates arranged by Jennifer Eklund. Part of the Sacred Spotlight songbook. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

Indian Summer, composed by Sara Tomlinson, is a reflective ambient solo for intermediates. This piece is part of the Creation Collage songbook.

Ruby Skies is an uplifting contemporary lyrical solo, for intermediates and beyond, composed by Jennifer Eklund. This solo makes for a lovely recital selection or as music in church services. This piece is part of the “Sounds of the Spirit” songbook.

Windy Trees is a beautiful lyrical showcase piece for the elementary level student of any age, composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. It also has an accompanying teacher duet part and lyrics which can be sung, as well as a play-along track for at-home duet practice.

Seasons Change, composed by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate level lyrical solo. It is a study in melodic shaping, chord balance, and arpeggio accompaniment, and will appeal to pianists of all ages.

Autumn Leaves, composed by Ryan Chesser, is an elegant lyrical solo for early intermediates. This selection is part of the Winds of Change songbook.

Gobble Wobble Rag is a Thanksgiving-themed ragtime tune composed by Jennifer Eklund, arranged here as an early intermediate piano duet.

March of the Scarecrows, composed by Gary Johnston, is an early intermediate level Sousa-style march in 6/8 used by the scarecrows as they set off for work in the corn fields on a bright August day!

Funeral March for a Jack-o-Lantern is an easy, evenly-leveled duet for late beginners by Jennifer Eklund. Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year when a spooky mood strikes! Includes separated parts and a stacked score for convenience.

Terrifying Trilogy is an eerie and mysterious three-piece set with Hitchcock-inspired titles spanning late-elementary to early intermediate levels. All three pieces are in an expanded C minor five-finger hand position. With fast-slow-fast tempo indications, the three solos work well as movements of a modern sonatina or as stand-alone material.

Harvest March, composed by Gary Johnston, is a bright Sousa-style march celebrating the last days of autumn and the cold winter days to come.

For many people, November is a month for giving thanks. This intermediate piece by Sarah Reaser O’Brien, NCTM, is a contemporary rendering of a hymn-like melody. November symbolizes a musical token of gratitude for family and friends who have been with us through good times and bad and with whom we love to spend our time. The ternary form offers an uplifting first section followed by a middle theme of more serious and reflective implication. The middle theme modulates into a return of the first in a new key, representing a triumphant overcoming of life’s struggles with the help of those we hold dear.

Pumpkin Smash, is an evenly-leveled duet for beginners by Chrissy Ricker. Great for the fall performances and beyond!

Autumn Lament, composed by Jennifer Eklund, is an easy lyrical solo for late beginners. This piece offers a great opportunity to work on broken sixths, pedaling, and lyrical phrasing.

Magnetic Forces (Scorpio) is a fast and flashy solo for intermediates composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This piece is part of the astrology-inspired songbook “Signs of the Time.”