Alfred Publishing

9 Original Piano Solos by Alfred and Myklas Composers

Composers: Various
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Early Intermediate / Intermediate

Throughout the years, Alfred Music and Myklas Music Press have published solos for the Halloween season that have become favourites of both students and teachers. The pieces included in this series represent the most popular and effective solos drawn from the catalogues of both companies. Divided into four graded collections, outstanding works are included by Sharon Aaronson, Dennis Alexander, Christine H. Barden, Melody Bober, Anne Shannon Demarest, W. T. Skye Garcia, Mary Hauber, Bernadine Johnson, David Karp, Martha Mier, June Montgomery, Joyce Schatz Pease, Ruth Perdew, John Robert Poe, Catherine Rollin, Mary K. Sallee, George Peter Tingley, Robert D. Vandall, and Kim Williams.

Book 4 includes pieces appropriate for early intermediate to intermediate students. Challenges include reading syncopated rhythms and triplets, performing extended eighth note passages, playing triads and inversions, and developing independence between the hands.

Song List:

• Black Cat Scherzo - Melody Bober (composer)
• Cool Ghouls - Joyce Schatz Pease (composer)
• Ghosts on the Run! - David Karp (composer)
• Goblins and Ghosties - Anne Shannon Demarest (composer)
• House of Shadows - Robert D. Vandall (composer)
• Howlin' Halloween - Catherine Rollin (composer)
• Jack-o'-Lantern Jamboree - Martha Mier (composer)
• March of the Goblins - George Peter Tingley (composer)
• March of the Great Pumpkins - Dennis Alexander (composer)