Sheet Music by Women Composers for Piano: Diverse Works

First Light depicts the haunting sound of a Native-American flute. The slow, expressive nature of the piece offers students a chance to learn balance between the hands, and to shape melodic phrases. S...

Written mostly in Middle C position, this happy, upbeat piece contains lyrics that describe the sights and sounds of a homecoming parade. Including a variety of dynamic levels, it features an optional...

While this piece is full of suspense, the swing eighths, syncopations, and triplet figures give it a sense of fun. An ascending chromatic scale and a chord passage that moves in half-steps help give t...

This lovely, expressive piece opens with a tribute to J.S. Bach's Prelude No.1, from Book 1 of the Well-tempered Clavier, then builds to a rich and powerful chordal section. These two musical ideas al...

This piece features a hauntingly, lovely melody in E minor followed by running eighth notes, ascending and descending throughout the B section. Containing a singing right-hand melody and many gradual...

The backdrop of running sixteenth notes is reminiscent of flowing waters, while the lush harmonies contribute a romantic feel to this graceful solo. Written in the key of A major, this piece requires...

A playfully lyrical piece, Sonatina for the Wiregrass makes a pleasing invitation to the three-movement sonata: Jubilee puts right-hand phrasing and dynamics on display; Aria sings a sequential theme...

The whirling, rhythmic, eighth-note patterns of Night Flight (written in 2), take off in the spirit of a tarantella. The left hand keeps the beat steady, with rising and falling chromatics played atop...

The gentle swaying rhythms and the key of E minor give Sea Voyage its Celtic flavor. A wonderful recital piece and excellent to reinforce 6/8 meter.

Set sail on an enchanting musical adventure with 'Sea Voyage', published by the renowned FJH Music Company. This expressive piano solo captures an unmistakable Celtic flair through its gently swaying...

Words and melody together capture the thrill of watching shooting stars at night. Written in G position, with mostly stepping and skipping quarter notes, it is an excellent, easy-to-learn supplementar...

With a singable, eight-measure theme that asks you to reminisce, Once Upon a Memory plays to its audience like a narrating storyteller. The accompanying Alberti bass moves this tale to and from a chor...

Students who are just picking up the boogie-woogie technique and sound will smile at the effortless way this piece comes together! Plenty of rhythmic and dynamic room to drive home the melody and the...

Great for students just moving to the intermediate level, this piece makes an ideal choice to ease young pianists into longer musical forms. Movements include: Classic Fanfare, a speedy, energetic pro...

An impressive sounding intermediate piece in 6/8 time offers cross hand arpeggios, and an artistic use of crescendos and decrescendos within one phrase, which enables the emphasizing and practicing of...

This fun late elementary piece utilizes staccatos in both hands. RH plays root position chords and intervals of up to 7ths, with the ending passage consisting of a C major descending scale. Your stude...

This late elementary piece provides constant changes in legato to staccato articulations and gives clues along the way to answer the riddle-like question, "Who are my favorite pets?" There are some sh...

Teach your students damper pedal technique without them even knowing. Song of the Echo rings with a melody that echoes (literally!) through rising octaves. Lyrics reflect the echo's motion and the sou...

Song and dance! This piece first tells the story of the wiggling, jiggling, flipping, flopping jumping bean. Lyrics are joined by staccato notes and two-note slurs. Then we do the jumping bean dance....

A furiously fast piece in D minor starting with the melody in the LH while the RH plays 16th notes. The melody is then picked up by the RH before moving back to the opening section, which is actually...

This clever solo uses a single line melody to portray the sound of a locomotive moving along at a quick pace. There are also double notes played in both hands to depict the sounds of the horn. The tea...

This elementary piece has both legato and staccato articulations played in the Middle C position using quarter, half & whole notes. Canyon Run also offers a lovely teacher accompaniment that both stud...

Water trickling from the fountain is portrayed by the running eighth notes in the introduction, while the LH picks up the melody. This piece utilizes the C major scale ascending and descending, and ha...

A fast, exciting piece in 6/8 time with staff changes and hand crossovers, and the RH alternating between eighth notes and chords. This piece proclaims that the tarantella is indeed, alive! Another te...

This late intermediate piece commissioned by the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League, in honor of their 2005 composer festival, is written in the Romantic style. This piece is full of expressive passage...