This exciting new teaching method, by the renowned piano pedagogue, Hans-Gunter Heumann is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch, or for those returning to the piano after a break from playing. Using classical music as a basis for learning, this method introduces outset interesting, varied and well-known pieces from the right. The two method books have been care…

With 'L'Etoile?, Chabrier composed a light-hearted opera which has increasingly enjoyed revivals in recent years.The plot is introduced by King Ouf I who offers his subjects an execution every year on his birthday. Unfortunately the problem now arises that no crime has recently been committed which might serve as a reason for an execution. Finally, he finds a would-be victim in the young Lazuli. H…

A New Musical. Par SAMSEL ELYSSA. Based on the book by New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, Between the Lines is an empowering and enchanting new musical for any of us seeking to find our place in the world. An outsider in a new school, Delilah seeks comfort in the pages of her favorite book, where she feels heard and understood. But as the lines between the two worlds of reality and fa…

Kids will love these arrangements that let even beginners play some of Disney's biggest pop hits! 20 songs, including: Be Our Guest · Bundle of Joy · A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes · For the First Time in Forever · I Just Can't Wait to Be King · Immortals · Lava · Let It Go · Part of Your World · Reflection · Shut up and Drive · Strong · That's How You Know · We Belong Together · and more! / …

10 Easy Compositions With Creative Performace Ideas. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Aleksey Igudesman has always enjoyed writing pieces inspired by animals. His latest collections 'In the Zoo” and 'In the Zoo 2” were great fun and had the bonus of concealing useful technical studies in the music so that young players could improve their technique without knowing they were working hard! Aleksey wondered ho…

Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad a…

Flexible 4 serie. Par HOUBEN KEVIN. Cet ouvrage présente une collection exaltante de quatre compositions musicales enchanteresses, créées par trois talentueux compositeurs et pouvant être interprétées avec n'importe quelle formation instrumentale envisageable. Chacune de ces compositions incarne un monde sonore et rythmique vivant et unique, inspiré par différents styles et genres. Des mélodies cl…

Par STEPHENSON JOSEPHINE. 'This piece was inspired by a photograph of Phoebe Theodora's called 'One summer in London’, selected for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in 2012. It shows a young woman sitting naked against a white wall with a stunned, melancholic look on her face. Looking at the picture and asking myself what might possibly be going through this perso…