Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
Book 2 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, an “Imagine Your Performance” feature, and an “After the Recital” review, as part of a continuing discussion on the art of performance. New musical concepts are introduced (legato and staccato articulations, crescendo/ decrescendo, ritardando, rests, etc.), and...
Book 3 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, a “2 weeks, 2 tips” feature, and “Steps for a Winning Performance,” as part of an ongoing discussion on the art of performance. In Book 3, students learn: playing legato and staccato at the same time, blocked...
Book 4 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a “Preparing for Success” practice guide, a “Creating a Story” feature, and “During and After the Recital,” as part of a progressive discussion on the art of performance. New elements include: sixteenth note patterns, compound meters, inversions of major, minor, and diminished I,...
Book 5 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a “Calendar for Success” practice guide to set goals, performance strategies for before and the day of the recital, and “Practicing with the Metronome,” as part of a continuing discussion on the art of performance. Triplets, one- and two-octave scale passages, rolled chords,...
Book 6 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, advice on “Managing Performance Jitters,” the “Bull’s Eye” practice strategy, and a guide to “What Makes a Performance Stellar?” as part of an ongoing discussion on the art of performance. New elements include dotted eighths, triplets and sixteenths, scales in tenths, syncopation, jazz...
In Recital® with Little Pieces for Little Fingers, Holiday Songs provides a terrific way for beginner-level students to succeed with holiday themed original pieces and arrangements. There is one special piece for every holiday of the year! This book can be used with any preparatory level method book, reinforcing reading, rhythm, and musicality skills. Includes...
In Recital® with Popular Christmas Music, Book 1 features fabulous popular Christmas music edited and performed by Helen Marlais. The two outstanding composers and arrangers for this series, Edwin McLean and Kevin Olson, have created engaging easy to sing along with as well as recital-style arrangements of some of the most popular Christmas music of...
The elementary student will have plenty of choices of popular Christmas music to choose from in Book 2. Christmas hits such as Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Snoopy’s Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and many more, will provide the perfect holiday treat! Includes recordings with special listening activities as well as background information...
Book 3, for the late elementary student, includes titles such as: The Little Drummer Boy, We Are Santa’s Elves, The Night Before Christmas Song, Shake Me, I Rattle (Squeeze Me, I Cry), and many more popular Christmas tunes that students will really enjoy throughout the holiday season. In addition to background information about the pieces...
Book 4 for the early intermediate student offers such hits as: Here We Come A-Wassailing, Christmas Eve in My Home Town, Mary, Did You Know?, and a soon to be popular original by Kevin Olson, Mister Snowman. Your early intermediate student will have these plus many more selections to choose from to fill their holiday...
