Helen Marlais

Soon you will be hooked on 20th century piano sounds with Stanley Applebaum's amazing miniatures! These short pieces utilize the full range of the piano and allow the student to sense different kinds...

Discover and explore wonderfully modern sonorities! From lyrical (Slow, Sad Waltz, and Minor Serenade), to rhythmic (Drumming It Up), to simply amusing (Icicles, Teasing), Emma Lou Diemer asks the stu...

This engaging and accessible contemporary sonata has a broad emotional range and is full of intensity. Each of its four movements makes a strong statement with relatively few notes. I have used the 12...

Flip through the pages of Ninov's Piano Album and they will introduce you to a gallery of musical pictures. You will "see" the sparrow leaping among the branches; you will "feel" the melancholy of aut...

In this second volume of SOUND/WORLD, the intermediate / early advanced pianist is taken on an exciting discovery into the world of dissonance. Students are encouraged to explore these studies and the...

The Phantasie Variations, Op. 12 were commissioned by Phyllis Alpert Lehrer for her Merkin Hall Debut Concert near Lincoln Center in 1980. The piece uses two 12-tone rows, opening with the first row i...

Rahbee’s Piano Sonata No. 2 is an appealing piece in the contemporary genre. Its wide-ranging expressive array is filled with fervor. The sonata’s untraditional tonalities allow the advanced student t...

Extremely positive in nature has been said to describe the character of Piano Sonata No. 4 Op. 128.. The energy of this four-movement sonata is derived from its maestoso first movement---executed with...

Premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2004, this adventurous one-movement work provides a variety of contrasting experiences for both the performer and their audience. Subtitled "Odyssey," this piece presents...

This two-volume collection of preludes contains short character pieces with a wide range of emotional expression and a wide range of technical demands from intermediate to advanced. The performer may...

This composition is the first of its kind for The FJH Music Contemporary Keyboard Editions. Written for piano and orchestra, it provides a perfect showpiece for a student pianist who has an opportunit...

This collection contains exciting contemporary pieces (solos and duets) by seven leading FJH composers that will open up a world of new sounds through bitonality, chromaticism, jazz harmonies, mixed m...

This collection of short piano images for children and adults is suitable for pianists from intermediate to early advanced levels. The pieces show poetic hints of Schumann and Chopin along with refere...

In Musical Treasures, Volume 1, students will find numerous character piano works that will broaden their musical understanding and imagination. These inventive and fun-to-play pieces will bring them...

Outside the Box is a unique collection containing ten pieces that experiment with contemporary compositional techniques, altering such elements as melody, harmony, and form to create a completely new...

Inspired by Witold Lutoslawki's approach to form and melody, Timothy Brown has created this innovative work consisting of five preludes for the advanced pianist. Written for two pianists, this duet fe...

Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day to develop natural, healthy technique from the very beginning! Students develop healthy, tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekl...

Use Energize Your Fingers Every Day to develop correct technique from the very beginning! Students develop healthy, tension-free technique through sets of short exercises to be mastered weekly. Engagi...

This book presents all octave major scales and arpeggios in the order of the Circle of Fifths. Features fingering charts, practice suggestions, Technique Tips and Did It! boxes, and four fabulous page...

Book 5 offers students an introduction to syncopation, Ragtime, Latin rhythms, more compound meters, and more complex sixteenth-note patterns. This book will surely showcase your duet performers! Feat...

Consists of original compositions written at an early elementary/elementary level. This book offers students appropriate level duets that will give them the exposure and necessary tools for ensemble p...

Consists of intermediate/late intermediate-level original compositions by Kevin Olson, Melody Bober, Wynn-Anne Rossi and others. These duets will further the students' exposure and experience of duet...

Contents include: Castle Days (Massoud); Three Country Dances (Strickland); Prelude No. 1 (Miller); The Tennis Match (Holmes); Moonlight Waltz (Moon); Flight of the Witches (Greenleaf); Sunset Over th...

Helen Marlais' Succeeding At The Piano: Lesson And Technique Book - Grade 1A is filled with engaging activities such as matching, naming notes and intervals, composing, ear training, identifyingrhythm...

This book is part of the Intervallic Reading Series that focuses on reading intervals and patterns rather than note by note. Along with playing on the white keys, students will also play pieces on bla...