Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
The focus is on fabulous repertoire in this late elementary book! The 10 engaging original solos make your recital choices easy, plus there are 3 all-time favorite arrangements: Peacherine Rag, Frankie and Johnny, and The Arkansas Traveler. A variety of styles-blues, lyrical waltzes, and rags by Kevin Olson, Kevin Costley, Valerie Roth Roubos, Timothy Brown,...
Book 4 provides a perfect balance of styles to traditional repertoire with pieces by Judith R. Strickland, Kevin Olson, Valerie Roth Roubos, David Karp, Melody Bober, Martín Cuéllar, and Timothy Brown. The free downloads help students learn quickly and motivate them to explore all of the offerings in this engaging book! Sure to please students...
The 13 solos in this book feature a variety of tempos and moods-from cool swing to expressive lyricism to energetic toccatas (including a jazz toccata). This is a great collection for students who need a break from the traditional Baroque – Contemporary literature. Composers Melody Bober, Timothy Brown, Valerie Roth Roubos, Martín Cuéllar, Edwin McLean...
This is another fantastic book of eclectic pieces that will keep your high school students practicing! Jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, Latin, and lyrical compositions make up this interesting collection. Composers Timothy Brown, Edwin McLean, Lee Evans, David Karp, Melody Bober, Martín Cuéllar, Robert Schultz, Kevin Olson, and Christopher Goldston offer some of their finest writing. The...
The fine composers and arrangers for this series have created engaging arrangements of timeless Christmas treasures, carefully leveled for the beginning adult piano student. These arrangements are sure to provide a festive and memorable Christmas season. Some of titles included in this book are: Up On the Housetop; Toyland; I Saw Three Ships; Away in...
Christmas Treasures Volume 2 contains arrangements of Christmas favorites for the intermediate level adult piano student. The pieces in this series provide the perfect holiday treat with easy to sing arrangements, recital-style arrangements of Christmas classics, as well as some new Christmas gems! Some of the titles include: Deck the Halls; Hark! The Herald Angels...
Volume 1 for the beginning adult piano student is devoted to ageless classical music. The fine composers and arrangers have created engaging solos and duets of classical themes from symphonies, operas, chamber music, choral music, advanced piano concertos, and piano duets. Some of the titles include: The Harmonious Blacksmith; Theme from Swan Lake; Polovtsian Dance;...
In Classical Treasures Volume 2, the intermediate level adult piano student is provided with the perfect way to discover and enjoy ageless classical themes from symphonies, operas, and many other classical mediums. This series is artistically strong, carefully leveled, and pedagogically sound. Some titles included are: Spring from The Four Seasons; Träume; The Moldau; among...
Duet Treasures, Volume 1 contains wonderful duet repertoire for the beginning adult piano student. Compiled and edited by Helen Marlais, this volume contains many original duets including Hymn of Hope by Kevin Olson, Wild Dance by Edwin McLean, and The Dreamland Tree by Timothy Brown, as well as fabulous arrangements of famous pieces such as...
In Volume 2 of Duet Treasures, the intermediate level adult piano student is provided with several outstanding duet arrangements of well known pieces such as Fascination, Clair de Lune, and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, as well as originals such as Tango by David Karp, Carnivale by Valerie Roth Roubos, and Rags to Riches by Kevin...
