Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
Baroque Era, Volume Two of Succeeding with the Masters® continues the collection of graded repertoire, featuring the great masters of the Baroque era. These 25 marvelous selections build a foundation for playing even more advanced baroque music, such as the two-part inventions by Bach, Handel suites, and the more difficult Scarlatti sonatas. Complete and easily...
Succeeding with the Masters® is a collection of 26 graded repertoire pieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It provides a complete overview of the musical characteristics of the Classical Era in an easily comprehensible manner. Students learn practice strategies, musical concepts, and general characteristics of the era as they explore delightful pieces by the great...
Succeeding with the Masters®, Romantic Era, Volume One, is a collection of graded repertoire featuring selections from Tchaikovsky, Schumann, and Schubert-three great masters of the Romantic era. These works build a foundation for playing the more advanced repertoire of the Romantic era. Each piece is introduced by a short “discovery” of a particular characteristic of...
Within Succeeding with the Masters® Romantic Era, Volume Two, comes the intermediate through early-advanced pieces by Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin. As with all of the books in Succeeding with the Masters®, Dr. Marlais presents each work within the context of its social and historical time. Valuable practice strategies for each piece help teachers guide...
The Student Activity Books are fun-filled educational companions to the Succeeding with the Masters® repertoire collections – an ideal way for your students to explore the world of the master composers. This Student Activity Book is full of enjoyable activities that will help your students learn about the master composers of the Classical Era. The...
The Succeeding with the Masters® Student Activity Book Classical Era, Volume Two is full of enjoyable activities that correlate with the Classical Era Volume Two Performance Book. These activities will help your students learn more in-depth facts and interesting information about the master composers of the Classical Era. The stories, games, puzzles, and activities for...
The Succeeding with the Masters ®, Teacher’s Handbook Classical Era, Volume One provides the answers to all of the games, maps, puzzles, stories, and listening activities that appear in the corresponding Student Activity Book. Also, some additional ideas and suggestions for group activities are given. You will be delighted when you see the variety of...
The Succeeding with the Masters® Teacher’s Handbook Classical Era, Volume Two provides the answers to all of the games, maps, puzzles, stories, and listening activities that appear in the corresponding Student Activity Book. Also, some additional ideas and suggestions for group activities are given, as well as a recommended listening list. The variety of fun...
The Teacher’s Handbook for Succeeding with the Masters® & The Festival Collection® is a guide that organizes the teaching sequence of repertoire by interweaving these two outstanding series together. Practice Strategies from Succeeding with the Masters® are applied to The Festival Collection® repertoire, thus making it possible for either series to be used as the...
The Festival Collection® is an eight-volume series consisting of exceptional repertoire from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth/Twenty-First Centuries. This series is carefully leveled from elementary through advanced repertoire, with each level covering the gamut of your repertoire needs. The Festival Collection® is a companion series to the Succeeding with the Masters® series, expanding upon...
