Bernadine Johnson

Simply Big Band is a collection of the greatest hits from the big band era. These selections have been carefully arranged by Bernadine Johnson for Easy Piano, making them accessible to pianists of all...

Keys to Worship, Book 1 is the first volume in a series of student solos --- featuring teachers’ duets, teaching aids, and background information. Contents of this spirited collection include: Sunday...

The second volume of this series of student solos, Keys to Worship, Book 2 features Sunday school songs, hymns, gospel music, and patriotic music. Contents include: Hallelujah! What a Savior!; We Thre...

Book 3 features a wide variety of sacred music from Sunday school songs, hymns, gospel songs, and music for special occasions. In each section students are given a "Key Thought" which highlights an in...

Dirty Dancing , the 1987 romance film featured Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Rhodes, and Jerry Orbach. The story details the moment of time that a teenage girl crosses over into womanhood bot...

These solo piano arrangements of favorite hymns can be used as preludes, postludes, or as other service music throughout the church year. Approximate performance times are included to assist planning.

These solo piano arrangements of inspirational praise solos by today's best Contemporary Christian artists can be used as preludes, postludes, or as other service music. Approximate performance times...

Just as food nourishes our bodies, music can nourish the mind and soul. Each of the 9 solos in this book are based on popular foods and peppered with activity pages on rhythm, technique, musicality an...

Students will be delighted with this charming duet that features themes from some of Ludwig van Beethoven's most famous compositions. Part of the fun will be analyzing the music to see where the melod...

Delaware: The First State is a musical portrayal of some of our nation's early history. 'Liberty and Independence' is bold and distinctive, representing freedom. It includes octaves, full bitonal chor...

A Night at the Ballet will take piano students on a fascinating journey into the exciting world of ballet. It presents the stories and music from some of the most beloved ballets in history. Along wit...

Here is a fun combination of square dance and spooky Halloween harmonies and lyrics. The fiddles are heard at the beginning and between the verses, with accents, open fifths in the left hand accompani...

Let's Celebrate The Nutcracker includes the themes from the eight pieces of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Written on the grand staff, the short 8-12 bar excerpts allow students to perform music from...

A Night at the Symphony takes piano students on a fascinating journey into the exciting world of orchestral music. Along with early-intermediate to intermediate piano arrangements of favorite orchestr...

During the Christmas season, we most often hear familiar selections from The Nutcracker Suite, which consists of only eight pieces from The Nutcracker ballet. However, in this unique suite, Bernadine...

Break Thou the Bread of Life; Holy Bible, Book Divine; and Standing on the Promises.

Bernadine Johnson's Land of Lincoln is a moving musical tribute to the state of Illinois and Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. The first movement, also titled Land of Linc...

This lively tarantella is written in the key of A minor and 6/8 meter. Students will enjoy the energy of the 16th notes coupled with legato and staccato articulations and hand-over-hand crossings. A w...

Magnificent Maine celebrates the unique features of the state of Maine and its coastline. 'West Quoddy Sunrise' opens the suite with a musical depiction of a gorgeous sunrise over the West Quoddy Head...

Famous elements of Massachusetts are depicted musically in this suite. A Walk through Boston Common has a lyrical melody and flowing bass line illustrating a stroll through this historic city park. Na...

In this elementary level piece, the left hand plays a mostly chordal accompaniment but also plays the melody part-way through, with a finger 2 crossover. The piece is written in C major but includes a...

Students will enjoy playing this piece with words that describe the activities at a Halloween party. It is an excellent study in steps and repeated notes for early elementary pianists. The optional du...

This aptly named solo is an excellent study in chromatics and is a fun jazz experience as well. In C minor, it begins with an ostinato bass line that is used throughout much of the piece. The melody i...

Late-intermediate students will love to play this duet in a fast 4/4 meter that flies back and forth over the keys, first in D minor and then in D major. The melody and the accompaniment alternate bet...

These inspirational medleys can be used as preludes, postludes, or as other service music during the Christmas season. Approximate performance times are included to assist planning.