Helen Marlais
Pianist, Pedagogue, Pedagogical author.
Some of the most rewarding In Recital music is here in the final book of Volume One! Melody Bober leads off with a lyrical solo. Kevin Olson then offers a Toccata and Fugue arrangement and later, a jazzy Christmas solo. Ed McLean contributes an equal-part duet arrangement of the Toreador Song, while Martín Cuéllar, David...
Book 1 of In Recital® Vol. Two offers tips on recital preparation, a friendly practice guide and schedule, a checklist for playing before an audience, and “Steps for a Winning Performance,” as part of an ongoing discussion on the art of performance. It features engaging pieces by FJH composers for the early elementary student. Highlights...
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 All-Time Favorites, Book 1 features 13 fabulous pieces edited and performed by Helen Marlais. The outstanding arrangers for this series have created fresh, engaging settings of some of the favorite songs of all time! Some of the titles in Book 1 are: School Days; Yankee Doodle; Hush Little Baby; Camptown Races; Aura...
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...
