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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...

This book expands the standard repertoire with colorful techniques and textures by providing excellent contemporary music that expresses visual and emotional ideas. All of the pieces are highly sugges...

Sure to be a modern classic, this book is a witty and accessible collection for the adventurous student. Excellent survey in miniature of 20th century styles: various modes and scales, intervals (seco...

In the opening section Presto sostenuto, the toccata utilizes a sharp and piercing harmonic vocabulary. The middle Larghetto section is a moment of reflection. The final Risoluto section provides a cl...

A new piece from The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Series, edited by Helen Marlais. This Toccatina is composed by David Karp at his finest, with accompanying pedagogical materials that teachers can use to...

Introducing new FJH composer, L.E. Bolden, Festival Dance, is a polymetric (7/8 and 4/8) piece written with light-hearted fun! In three sections, the first and third are light and bouncy while the sec...

Swooping chromatic lines and energetic harmonies capture the excitement of the Tennessee Tornado roller coaster. This bravura recital piece in C minor can be learned quickly.

This charming and lyrical solo answers the question: Will the princess kiss the bullfrog and turn him back into her long-lost prince? Beginning with contrary motion two-note slurs, the hands often pla...

This zany piece depicts a scientist wildly whirling about his lab concocting crazy chemicals. Sixteenth notes and eighth notes are used throughout this A minor piece that is marked with a "fast and fu...

The eerily haunting melody in A minor makes this a popular piece for performances all year long. Section A uses a broken chord pattern in the L.H. until the melody shifts to it in Section B. Students...

With a rollicking, blues-boogie feel, this piece is a great introduction to the key of F-sharp Major. Yes, it uses 6 sharps, but there are only 2 LH ostinato patterns that are easy to learn. Fun to pl...

With a rollicking, blues-boogie feel, this piece is a great introduction to the key of F-sharp Major. Yes, it uses 6 sharps, but there are only 2 LH ostinato patterns that are easy to learn. Fun to pl...

In the key of E minor and 6/8 meter, this piece is lyrical and expressive. It modulates to G Major in the B section, and then a peaceful close back in E minor. The use of rubato and the fact it doesn’...

In the key of E minor and 6/8 meter, this piece is lyrical and expressive. It modulates to G Major in the B section, and then a peaceful close back in E minor. The use of rubato and the fact it doesn’...

Eerily dramatic and great fun to play, this piece opens with root position triads and then uses scale passages, arpeggios and chromaticism to create a haunting effect. In D minor, this piece is great...

Rumor has it that a cat inspired Beethoven to write the theme of his Fifth Symphony! This piece exploits this delightful possibility with it's classically styled scale passages, and alberti bass. A fu...

The melody weaves between the hands in this five-finger position piece with one shift for L.H. Accidentals are used in the student part and the teacher’s duet is in C minor. The lyrics tell the tale o...

A flowing, haunting melody starts in D minor and then modulates to A minor halfway through. There is continuous use of eighth notes and pedal throughout with many dynamic contrasts.