Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
The elementary student will have plenty of choices of all time favorite songs to choose from in Book 2. Traditional favorites such as: Grandfather’s Clock; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody; All Through the Night; I Love You Truly; and many more, will provide appropriate leveled repertoire...
Book 3, for the late elementary student, includes titles such as: Give My Regards to Broadway; Clementine; You’re A Grand Old Flag; I’m Always Chasing Rainbows; Down By the Old Mill Stream; and many more favorite tunes that students will enjoy throughout the year. In addition to background information about the pieces and composers, recordings...
Book 4 for the early intermediate student offers such hits as: Ragtime Cowboy Joe; Maple Leaf Rag; In the Good Old Summer Time; Shine On, Harvest Moon; and The House of the Rising Sun. Your early intermediate student will have these plus many more selections to choose from! You will find favorites that are easy...
The intermediate level student is provided with a wide array of popular favorites! Such titles as: I Love a Piano; Midnight Special; Red River Valley; The Entertainer; The Band Played On; and more, will become favorite repertoire that your students will enjoy playing for many years. Includes recordings with special listening activities as well as...
The late intermediate level student will love the arrangements created for Book 6. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?; Down in the Valley; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Twelfth Street Rag; and Scarborough Fair are just a few of the titles that will delight your students and provide a balance to their traditional repertoire....
Designed to help the teacher motivate while also providing a wonderful collection of Christmas favorites, In Recital® with Christmas Favorites®, Book One covers quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes; uses only 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures; and reinforces basic musical terminology and symbols. Students experience movement up and down the keyboard with 8va signs....
Book Two of In Recital® with Christmas Favorites covers C major, G major, F major, D minor, and G minor keys-using accidentals instead of key signatures. Students will concentrate on playing tied notes, legato and staccato articulations, accents, upbeats, a few chords, blocked intervals, and five-finger hand positions. Enjoy some of your favorite carols including...
The late elementary level student will experience a substantial variety of classical themes within Book 3. The solos and duets in this book include themes from a violin concerto, a string quartet, symphonies, and more. Students will obtain a greater personal understanding of these classical themes as they read the level appropriate information included in...
In Book 4, the early intermediate student will cultivate a sophisticated understanding of famous classical themes by utilizing this exemplary collection. There are solo and equal part duets collected from a variety of prominent sources that include themes from a clarinet concerto, operas, and renowned ballets. Includes “About the Pieces and Composers,” and complete performance...
This intermediate level collection of solo and duet arrangements of classical themes further builds upon the exceptional repertoire set forth in this series. The arrangements capture the essence of these extraordinary classical pieces utilizing themes from a cello sonata, operas, symphonies, and more. Students will attain a more in-depth look behind these classics as they...
