Roadtrip! Outdoor Adventure is a primer level method book for very early beginners ages 4 and up. This multi-key approach offers eighteen original songs that can easily be taught by note, rote, or number. Students master basic music fundamentals while creating a musical memory book that becomes a keepsake item to commemorate piano lesson journey.

Super Soundtrack for the Minor Marvels songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos and duets. Mp3 and MIDI files included.

Piano Pronto Movement 5 is a piano lesson book for intermediates of all ages featuring fun and motivating pieces that keep students progressing-Pronto!

Piano Playground is a fun collection of rote pieces that are approachable for all learners, with titles and lyrics that inspire play at the piano. These pattern-based pieces are well-suited for developing technique, establishing an inner pulse, and supporting on-staff reading while building skill and confidence. Music and lesson plans by Kris Skaletski with teacher duets composed by Jennifer Eklund. Super Soundtrack available and includes orchestrated backing tracks with two tempo options and duet recordings.

Roadtrip! To the Farm is a primer level method book for very early beginners ages 4 and up. This multi-key approach offers eighteen original songs that can easily be taught by note, rote, or number. Students master basic music fundamentals while creating a musical memory book that becomes a keepsake item to commemorate piano lesson journey.

Roadtrip! Country Carnival Teacher Guidebook is an essential item for instructors using the companion lesson book. Includes multiple teacher duet versions for all eighteen songs, off-bench activity suggestions, comprehensive lesson plans, and much more so you can be the best tour guide possible!

Interlude features thirty familiar solos from Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, and Pronto Pizazz Volume 1, transposed to the keys of G and F major, and adjusted to include more independent work between the hands. The pieces, which include teacher duets, can be used to challenge early beginners, as a lateral move for students who need reading reinforcement, or for transfer students who need a refresher of basic concepts before starting Movement 1.

Super Soundtrack for the Simple Serenity 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.

Songs I Love to Play Volume 1 features fun and motivating solos for late beginners of all ages. Recital-ready arrangements of popular themes and original compositions by Piano Pronto author Jennifer Eklund.

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!

Super Soundtrack for the Full Speed Ahead! 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.

Roadtrip Rockstar Rally Volume 2 is a primer level songbook featuring eighteen favorites from the Roadtrip! method book series including teacher duets. This book is great for Roadtrip! graduates transitioning into more traditional method materials, and primer level students who need additional lateral supplementation. Music is notated on the grand staff with minimal note name aides and fingerings. Super Soundtrack includes vocal versions, duet play-along tracks, and orchestrated play-along tracks for all eighteen songs.

Piano Pronto: Coda offers a delightful mix of twenty-five well-known classical melodies with music history included. This book can be used as a transition out of traditional method books or as a supplemental resource for intermediates of all ages. Arrangements by Jennifer Eklund with historical notes covering the major periods of music history and anecdotes about each work by Meagan Mason.

Ready to blast off on an intergalactic piano voyage? Roadtrip Space Odyssey features eighteen space-themed showcase solos for late beginners of all ages. Lush, contemporary teacher duet parts are included in the book for every song. Play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.

Piano Pronto Finale book is an intermediate level piano lesson book featuring fun, familiar, motivating music that will keep students progressing -Pronto!

Roadtrip! Country Carnival is a primer level method book for very early beginners ages 4 and up. This multi-key approach offers eighteen original songs that can easily be taught by note, rote, or number. Students master basic music fundamentals while creating a musical memory book that becomes a keepsake item to commemorate piano lesson journey.

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.

Rock On! Super Soundtrack features orchestrated play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts. Music by Chrissy Ricker.

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 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.

Super Soundtrack for the Full Speed Ahead! 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 for students using the Fired Up! Level Two 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.

Are You Game? Super Soundtrack offers orchestrated backing tracks for all ten pieces with and without the student parts as well as recordings of the full trios.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun for Piano Pronto Prelude students! This all-new super soundtrack includes: fun instrumental backing tracks and play-along tracks of the teacher duet parts for all 32 Prelude songs. Each song includes a version with the student part for reference, and a version without the student part. Ditch the metronome and assign these tracks to students of all ages for effective at-home practice! 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 for Piano Pronto Movement 1 students! This all-new super soundtrack includes: fun instrumental backing tracks and play-along tracks of the teacher duet parts for all 28 Movement 1 songs. Each song includes a version with the student part for reference, and a version without the student part. Ditch the metronome and assign these tracks to students of all ages for effective at-home practice! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.

Under the C Super Soundtrack offers orchestrated backing tracks and teacher duet play-along tracks for all 18 songs, with and without the student parts.

Super Soundtrack for the Pronto Pizazz Volume 2 songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks and duet play-along tracks with and without the student part. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.

Super Soundtrack for the Jazzy Jingles 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 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.

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.

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

Super Soundtrack for the Level Up! Holiday Classics Remix multi-level 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.

Super Soundtrack for the Christmas Solos for Late Beginners 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 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.

Super Soundtrack for the Level Up! Spooktacular Halloween Edition 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.

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.

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

Imagine sumptuous layers of ice cream in musical form! This delicately elegant solo composed by Ron Levy invites students to sink their teeth into intricate layers of voicings and modal harmonies. It also serves as a great opportunity to work on lyrical phrasing and rubato within a less common time signature.

Tango Rag is a spicy ragtime solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy. It serves as a great reinforcement of ragtime syncopation and articulations with dotted tango-style rhythms.

Passacaglia, by Rick Robertson is a late-intermediate level lyrical solo. The ostinato bass begins simply and quietly, and builds to a triumphant conclusion. Besides its technical value, it is a very effective recital and festival selection. This piece is part of the Kaleidoscope: Volume 3 songbook.

Surf’s Up, is a fast and flashy duet composed by Chrissy Ricker. This easy evenly-leveled duet is part of the Better Together: Volume Two songbook.

Bizzy Bizzness is a minor-key showcase solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy. This piece provides a great opportunity for students to work on articulations and a challenging tonal center.

Light ‘n’ Breezy is a whimsical easy-going swing solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy.

More Rhapsodies and Reveries, features nine showcase solos, for early intermediates, composed by Chrissy Ricker. Inspired by the sights and sounds of nature, these solos range in style from quiet and reflective to powerful and dramatic. This volume is ideal for pianists who have completed the Rhapsodies and Reveries songbook.

Wintermezzo, by Rick Robertson is an intermediate-level lyrical solo. Its mood changes, as well as changes from minor to major, suggest a quiet calm and reassurance, and will make a good repertoire choice for expressive pianists of all ages.

Quiet Evening, by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate-level lyrical solo for pianists of all ages. This melodic piece will make an effective recital selection or a piece for those moments alone at the piano. It can also be used in service playing.

Easy Backyard Bash is a collection of beginning-level piano solos with imaginative lyrics and engaging melodies for young students. Each piece is written “one note at a time,” encouraging confident reading while moving beyond fixed five-note positions and giving balanced practice to both hands. Students explore a variety of meters and rhythms, from simple to gently challenging, and optional teacher duets add rich harmonic textures and stylistic variety to make learning more musical and fun.

Teacher duets are included with purchase.

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.

Impressions is a suite of contemporary lyrical solos by Jennifer Eklund that will be a hit with intermediates of all ages.

You’re a Grand Old Flag arranged as an upbeat trio by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for early intermediates and includes a set of parts and a full conductor’s score.

Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, arranged in a contemporary lyrical style for late intermediate piano by Jennifer Eklund.

Salute to the Troops is a arrangement of popular military themes as a piano duet by Sandra Zylstra. This lively medley includes the Army, Navy, and Marine anthems and is ideal for two intermediates.

*NOTE: The Air Force anthem is still under copyright and requires additional licensing. This is the reason that melody is omitted from this piece. We appreciate your understanding and want you to know we are not ignoring this branch of our armed forces!

The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged in a contemporary lyrical style for late intermediate piano by Jennifer Eklund.

Lift Every Voice and Sing, arranged by Jennifer Eklund, in a lyrical style for late beginners and early intermediates.

Celebrate your patriotism with this early intermediate level arrangement of America the Beautiful. Arranged by Jennifer Eklund.

John Philip Sousa’s iconic patriotic theme The Stars & Stripes Forever, arranged for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of Piano Pronto: Movement 2 and includes a teacher duet part.

Let Freedom Ring is an inspirational pop-style solo for early intermediates composed by Jennifer Eklund.

Johnny Comes Marching Home duet is a patriotic duet ideal for two early intermediate level level students. Arranged by Jennifer Eklund.

O Canada with two easy piano versions arranged by Jennifer Eklund. Ideal for late beginners through early intermediates of all ages.

Yankee Doodle, a patriotic favorite, arranged by Jennifer Eklund as an easy trio for beginners. This ensemble piece serves as a great introduction to easy collaborative playing and will also be effective in group piano settings with multiple keyboards. Purchase includes separated parts and a full conductors score.

You’re a Grand Old Flag arranged for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of Piano Pronto: Movement 2 and includes a teacher duet part.

O Canada easy piano solo arranged by Jennifer Eklund. This patriotic solo is ideal for beginners and includes a lush teacher duet part!

Written as a commemorative piece for the centenary of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel, July 1, 1916. Of the nearly 800 men who took part in the Allied offensive only 68 were to answer roll call the following day. Opening with the toll of bells this solo piano piece has a simple, yet haunting, Celtic-inspired melody played over a military drum-like drone.

The Star-Spangled Banner pack includes two piano solo versions for late beginners and a teacher duet accompaniment part. Perfect song to open your next recital or event! Arranged by Jennifer Eklund.

Battle Hymn of the Republic duet for a beginner and a teacher or intermediate player. Arranged by Jennifer Eklund.

An upbeat American patriotic favorite arranged for late beginners of all ages. This is a performance-ready solo that will delight students and audiences alike! Music arranged by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Songs I Love to Play Volume 2 songbook. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

You’re a Grand Old Flag, a patriotic favorite, arranged by Jennifer Eklund as an easy trio for beginners. This ensemble piece serves as a great introduction to easy collaborative playing and will also be effective in group piano settings with multiple keyboards. Purchase includes separated parts and a full conductors score.

Easy Backyard Bash is a collection of beginning-level piano solos with imaginative lyrics and engaging melodies for young students. Each piece is written “one note at a time,” encouraging confident reading while moving beyond fixed five-note positions and giving balanced practice to both hands. Students explore a variety of meters and rhythms, from simple to gently challenging, and optional teacher duets add rich harmonic textures and stylistic variety to make learning more musical and fun.

Teacher duets are included with purchase.

Sad Sasquatch, by Chrissy Ricker, is an easy lyrical solo for beginners. This piece is part of the “Creature Features” songbook.

Black Cat Boogie, composed by Rick Robertson, is an early-intermediate jazzy showcase solo in a Boogie-Woogie style. It is very effective in performance, and should be a hit on any recital program. It is purposefully written in G-flat major, and uses black-key pentatonic melodies.

Jazz Cat is a jazz-styled duet ideal for beginning level students of all ages and is a great introduction to swinging eighth notes. Music by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Pronto Pizazz songbook.

Three Eagles’ Spirit, composed by Debbie Center, combines gorgeous harmonies with ambient dissonance, resulting in a hauntingly beautiful solo for intermediates of all ages.

Creepy Crawlers duet is ideal for a beginning level student and an intermediate level student or teacher. Part of the Pronto Pizazz songbook.

Wayward Blackbird interweaves Chopin-esque basslines with familiar nursery rhymes This Old Man and Sing a Song of Sixpence in this whimsically macabre showcase solo by Stacy Fahrion.

Snake Dance arranged for late-beginning violinists of all ages. Includes a lush, tango-style teacher accompaniment making this a great piece for recitals or other performance opportunities.

Keep on Moo-ving is a jazzy, minor-key primer level solo from Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally Volume 2, and includes a teacher duet part. This piece serves as a great introduction to swing-stye eighth notes. Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.

The Eagle’s Flight, composed by Sarah Barintine, is an intermediate level lyrical showcase solo. The composer, a former student of Rick Robertson, wrote it at the age of 13. It has teen appeal, and is suitable for recital performance.

“A” is for Ant is a jazzy, minor-key primer level solo, from Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally, and includes a teacher duet part. Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.

Creature Features Volume Two, is a scintillating collection of thirteen solos for late 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!

A hair-raising, haunting tarantella by Stacy Fahrion with an abundance of crunchy minor 2nds and a slower, nostalgic middle section.

Creepy Critter Dance, composed by Paul Sweet, is a cheeky, creepy showcase solo for early intermediates. Spooky harmonies and upbeat patterns make it a great selection for Halloween recitals or any time of the year!

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!

Long-Legged Spinners is a whimsically macabre solo composed by Stacy Fahrion. This solo is ideal for intermediates of all ages and is part of the Lullabies for Arachnophobes songbook.

Gobble Wobble Rag is an upbeat pattern-based ragtime solo composed by Jennifer Eklund. This is a great exercise for early intermediates with a focus on split articulations between the hands. Gobble, gobble!

On the Prowl is a easy minor-key showcase solo composed by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Easy Cool Cats songbook.

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

Summer Sizzle is an upbeat evenly-leveled duet for two late beginners and serves as a great introduction to syncopation. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

Summer Dance is an MTAC Composers Today award winning composition by Lisa Donovan Lukas. A light, jazzy, energetic contemporary solo, it is a perfect showcase piece for the late intermediate student of any age!

Sand Dance is a quirky little piece with a slightly Arabian feel. Written by British composer Jenny Walker, it fluctuates between the tonal centers of D and E minor. It is lyrical and rhythmic, with the melody existing in the right hand.

Country Jamboree is a lively showcase duet for two early intermediates composed by Jenny Walker that depicts a joyous day at the country carnival. This joyful duo will make a lovely recital or festival selection! Free play-along track included with purchase!

Surf’s Up, is a fast and flashy duet composed by Chrissy Ricker. This easy evenly-leveled duet is part of the Better Together: Volume Two songbook.

Summer Skies, composed by Ron Levy, is a lyrical pop ballad for intermediates. Its beautiful melody with flowing accompaniment will please performers and listeners alike.

Fields of Joy, composed by Ryan Chesser, is an uplifting lyrical solo for intermediates. This selection is part of the Winds of Change songbook.

Summer Roses is a lyrical piano solo for early intermediates based largely on a melodic sequence composed by Gary Johnston. The tightly closed buds of wild roses coaxed to open in the hot summer sun.

Lazy Afternoon by Rick Robertson is an early-intermediate-level lyrical solo. The flowing style and ease will appeal to pianists of all ages.

July is a ragtime solo for intermediate pianists composed by Sarah Reaser O’Brien.It is ideal study material for those who would enjoy historical rags but need a more manageable arrangement and hand span than those typically offer. There is syncopation throughout all of the three principle melodies with a steady quarter note accompaniment in the left hand for the majority of the piece.

Under the Sun is a lyrical 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 Starz Volume 1 songbook.

First Day of Summer, composed by Gary Johnston, is a happy, bright jazzy pop tune for early intermediate solo piano to welcome back the sunny days of summer.

Sun Suite, by Canadian composer Lisa Frederick, is a set of three contemporary lyrical solos celebrating the beauty of the sun at different points of the day. This set is ideal for intermediates of all ages and will function well as a set or as separate showcase solos.

Dream Clouds by Rick Robertson is an early intermediate solo in a neo-Romantic lyrical style. It is very effective in performance, and its passagework lies easily under the hands, making it sound more difficult than it is.

Illumination (Virgo) is a lilting showcase solo for intermediates composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This piece is part of the astrology-inspired songbook “Signs of the Time.”

In a Canoe, composed by Rick Robertson, is a lower-intermediate level lyrical solo. Its swaying rhythm suggests the rowing of the oarsman (or oarswoman).

August is a new age piano solo, composed by Sarah Reaser O’Brien NCTM, for intermediate and late intermediate pianists. The pedagogical focus of this selection is small hand accessibility. The waltz-time setting and straight eighths are ideal for helping players achieve a fluid technique and a sense of forward motion. The melodic content is “hidden” within the right hand eighths and gives ample opportunity for developing sophisticated voicing.