Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The first classical Organ method for children, the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can kno…

The Belgian Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870) was not only a violinist but also a teacher and composer.'Scène de Ballet?, perhaps his best-known composition, is a favourite with violin students. One such student was the young Itzhak Perlman, who included it in his collection 'Concertos from my Childhood?. The piece captivates with its beautiful melodies and refined rhythms.The EditorKurt Sassm…

Jessica O'Leary (Editor). Over the years, many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students, but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 2 Violin pieces, including Kalinka, Got those 3rd Position Blues? (Huws Jones) and Waltz from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky). Containing fresh editions of folk and classical ma…

Improv Lessons and Tips for the Contemporary Player. Par WOOD MARK / GILLESPIE ROBERT. Here is the chance to enter the new world of playing today's music while learning to express your own music through improvisation. Don't be afraid! Rockin' Strings is going to teach you how to create your own melodies one step at a time. Play along with the accompanying audio tracks. They will make you sound lik…

Music Express - the primary class teacher's simple answer to 'how do I teach music?' - is now in a brand new edition. All new content in the familiar structure of units, lessons and activities, provides up to date delivery of the English National Curriculum from September 2014. The new edition offers 60 completely new units of work, supplying musical learning from age 5 to 11. Just as its first ed…

The 'Team' series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the early stages. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using 'Team Strings' to play in ensembles with students using 'Team Woodwind', 'Team Percussion', 'Team Recorder' and 'Team Brass'.Team Strings 2 follows directly on from the origina…

Time To Begin, the cornerstone of the Music Tree series, is a unique and highly effective approach to beginning piano instruction. Starting with off-staff notation, it leads the student to reading direction and intervals, and climaxes with the discovery of the Grand Staff. Also included is a carefully designed program of rhythm, technic and creative work. The cassette features electronic rendition…

Arrangeur: James Galway. Par LETHIERE CHARLES. Charles Le ThiÚre's Maritana Fantasy is a lyrical and dramatic work along the lines of the famous Fantaisies of Paul Taffanel and Francois Borne. It is based on themes from the three act opera Maritana, the first of six operas composed by William Vincent Wallace. The plot, which is often cited as the inspiration for Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera,…

Jessica O'Leary (Editor). Over the years, many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students, but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 5 pieces, including Pleyel's Sonatina in B flat , Fauré's Sicilienne and Wedgwood's Survivor . Containing fresh editions of folk and classical masterpieces alongside contempor…

Jessica O'Leary (Editor). Over the years, many examination pieces have captured the imagination of teachers and students, but the stars of past syllabuses are often forgotten. This collection brings together best-loved grade 4 Violin pieces, including Hindu Song (Rimsky-Korsakov), Sometime Maybe (Wedgwood) and Fly me to the Moon (Howard). Containing fresh editions of folk and classical masterpiece…