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**Finalist in the Outstanding Music Education Resource Category for the 2023 Music & Drama Education Awards** The Symphony: From Mannheim to Mahler is a fascinating and accessible guide that considers the development of the symphony from a number of different perspectives: analytical, historical, and critical. Exploring important milestones, touchpoints, events, key works, and the composers that surround the genre, it also includes a composer timeline, detailed case studies and comprehensive music examples. This handy and informative book is ideal for GCSE, A-Level, and undergraduate music students, as well as anyone wanting to study and learn more about the genre. Christopher Tarrant is Lecturer in Music Analysis at Newcastle University. He received his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London and now teaches and writes about concert music of the long nineteenth century with a special emphasis on theory of form and the Nordic symphony. Christopher is also a violinist and conductor. Natalie Wild is Director of Research and Deputy Director of Music at the Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST). Her research focuses on the role a classical music education can play in breaking down social barriers. Natalie has taught both GCSE and A-Level Music for many years as Head of Music in various inner-city schools.

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Echo is Jessica Curry’s emotive setting of the Christina Rossetti poem for SATB chorus and orchestra, composed for the highly regarded Crouch End Festival Chorus, here available with piano reduction. The piece is Curry’s response to losing her father during the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves not only as a reflection on grief but anchors the global events within a deeply personal context, asking that each loss and each life is seen, heard and remembered. A poignantly beautiful choral work, Echo is characterised by its contemporary and delicately ethereal musical style. Dynamic in its contrasting tones and textures, it is ideal for concert performances. Orchestral parts are available to hire.

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Stringtastic Beginners is a fun new series designed to teach through playing in an engaging exploration of musical styles. A fully integrated series, violin, viola, cello and double bass can all learn and play together in any combination. Each book contains over 40 imaginative pieces to steadily establish a secure playing technique and build confidence, one step at a time, taking the student from complete beginner (open strings) to playing the notes of the D major scale. The first 20 pieces comprise two independent tunes that can be played as duets – one for open strings and a more advanced part using the left-hand fingers, which students can revisit as they progress. Ideal for individual and group tuition as well as flexible ensemble and classroom settings. Every piece is supported by an exciting backing track plus a piano-only track for practice, all available to download. Plus, the teacher’s book provides the complete piano accompaniments which work with any combination of instrumental parts. Mark Wilson and Paul Wood have developed an engaging and accessible new series of string-playing method books… The presentation will appeal to young learners, and the careful, well-conceived pedagogy will thrill their teachers! Furthermore, the Stringtastic integrated approach gives proper deference to the social aspect of music-making by allowing violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists to play together from the start. I look forward to sharing this method with my young students and colleagues in early music education. Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman, Director of Strings and Orchestral Studies, Sheridan College.

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Sonny Chua’s Cool Keys 2 is packed with irresistible tunes that progress from Grade 3 to Grade 5 standard (Intermediate level). Featuring an assortment of exciting original pieces, from Feeling kooky jazz to modern waltz and feisty Firestorm, these creative piano solos offer a wide range of styles and moods – sure to spark the imagination of every player. With hints and tips from the composer throughout to encourage performance and support technique, as well as online audio of all the pieces. Sonny Chua (1967–2020) was an Australian composer, educator and pianist, known for his characterful and energetic musical style. It is hoped that these imaginative piano solos will be a fitting tribute to Sonny and inspire pianists of all ages to perform, for many years to come.

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Not Your Muse is the official album-matching songbook to the debut studio album by British singer and songwriter Celeste, which was released on 29 January 2021. With unique artwork, images and photographs, this book has been specially curated by Celeste herself, it includes 12 songs including the singles Strange, Stop This Flame, A Little Love and Love Is Back, all transcribed for piano and voice with guitar chords. With this album, Celeste became the first British female artist in five years to have a number one debut album on the UK Albums Chart. “Not Your Muse is the power I found when I felt powerless... In making this album I have allowed myself to arrive at a place where I feel empowered, fiercely wide-eyed and fulfilled. I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved on my debut album and to be in this position, after the year that has been, I feel nothing but gratitude and excitement. I hope you enjoy it.” - Celeste

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Selected by piano teachers for piano teachers, EPTA Teachers’ Choice Piano Collection 2 is a collection of the most popular pieces for Grade 5-8 level students, as voted for by members of the European Piano Teacher’s Association (EPTA). Each piece is introduced with a comment from a teacher, providing first-hand insights, tips and technical advice.

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We are children of the world is an original song for unison or 2-part upper voices and piano, with words and music by Lin Marsh. This uplifting, multilingual composition was commissioned by the University of Oxford to help celebrate the many languages spoken in the UK’s schools and communities. The piece features folk songs in seven different languages: Arabic, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Swahili and Urdu, as well as English.

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Jubilee Road is English singer-songwriter Tom Odell’s third studio album. This artist-approved songbook contains piano and vocal transcriptions of all songs from the album, plus guitar chords.

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Firmly rooted in Paul Harris’s Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Oboe Grades 1-5 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-reading. Step by step you will build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic, melodic and technical exercises, then by studying prepared pieces and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces. This new edition of the best-selling Improve your sight-reading! contains completely new material throughout and has been brought up to date to match the latest ABRSM sight-reading criteria.

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This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information and musicianship activities, students will develop the skills that they require. Note-reading will be improved, technique developed and a greater understanding of style and music theory will be gained. The Intermediate Pianist Book 1 is suitable for Grade 3 level pianists and forms part of the Piano Trainer series.

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Improve your sight-reading! Teacher's Book (Piano Grades 1-5) provides teachers with a range of meticulously graded, progressive sight-reading tests to use in lessons. Specifically written to work alongside the best-selling Improve your sight-reading! graded series for pupils, it mirrors the introduction of key concepts and technical issues in the pupils' books. By renowned educationalist Paul Harris, the book also contains useful notes, hints and tips for teachers.

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Piano Technique in Practice is for all pianists and piano teachers. Following on from Murray McLachlan’s widely acclaimed first book, The Foundations of Technique, this informative text offers a more detailed guide to piano playing for pianists at every level. Concert pianist, writer and teacher Murray McLachlan is the founder-director of the Chetham’s International Summer School for Pianists. In addition to making over forty commercial recordings, he has been the editor of Piano Professional magazine since 2007. He is Head of Keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music and a senior tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music.

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Rock & Pop Studies: Guitar, written by rock & pop music experts, comprise 80 studies developing all aspects of rock & pop guitar playing through focused technical work. Styles covered include metal, the blues, soul, funk, ska, reggae, disco, country, indie, rock & roll, classic rock, acoustic pop and many more! Each study features accompanying teaching tips and further listening ideas, with a focus on a huge variety of stylistic riffs, finger-picking patterns, speed runs, palm-muting studies and many more essential guitar techniques. Suitable for established beginner to intermediate level guitar players, this progressive collection helps players learn and understand the many different challenges of popular guitar playing.

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Written by the renowned educationalist Paul Harris, You Can Read Music demystifies the process of learning to read music, based on the principles of his highly successful Simultaneous Learning approach. This is a practical workbook for anyone who has ever wanted to read music notation. Ideal for those new to reading music, students learning to sing or play an instrument and classroom teachers and choral singers wanting to improve their skills. By the end of this book you will be able to read and understand music notation - you don’t even need a musical instrument.

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The Lord is My Shepherd is best known as the theme tune to the award-winning BBC TV series The Vicar of Dibley. Warm and melodious, Goodall’s setting of Psalm 23 is deservedly well loved by choirs and congregations everywhere.This arrangement for unaccompanied mixed voices was first performed in March 2014 in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace in the presence of HRH the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

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Thomas Adès’s The Tempest is one of the most striking and successful operas of recent years. It has been performed over 50 times since its premiere at the Royal Opera House in 2004 and continues to delight and inspire audiences all over the world. This paperback full score edition is perfect for use as a study score for conductors and musicians. A numbered and signed limited edition full score is also available. From the turbulent orchestral prelude with which it begins to Ariel’s stratospheric yet ethereal ‘Five fathoms deep’ and the radiant quintet of reconciliation in its final act, its composer conjures up a wholly compelling musical world. Responding to librettist Meredith Oakes’s clear, unfussy refashioning of Shakespeare into formalised rhyme schemes, Adès has created a new kind of tonal language that is both direct and communicative but also indelibly contemporary.

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Long Way Down is the much anticipated debut studio album of British singer-songwriter Tom Odell, released in June 2013. Following in the steps of Adele, Emeli Sandé and Jessie J, Tom was awarded the Critics Choice Award at the 2013 BRIT Awards and in its first week went the album went straight in at No. 1 in the UK Album chart. This artist approved, album-matching songbook features all songs from the album, including the singles Another Love and Hold Me, all transcribed for piano and vocal with guitar chords.

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Warm-ups, technical exercises and studies are an essential part of all brass players’ training – building stamina as well as establishing technique. Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet and other valved brass instruments is a tried and tested collection that presents core material for every stage of technical development, designed and composed by Phil Lawrence. • Forming a correct and secure embouchure • Tonguing technique and developing staccato and legato work • Fingering practice and agility • Tone development and mouthpiece work. This book is suitable for players within a year of starting, presenting the basics in bite-sized exercises and consolidating through a series of studies. It works up progressively and imaginatively to more advanced techniques and provides a series of ideal warm-ups for players whatever their level.

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The Carol Singer's Carol is a song featured in The Manchester Carols, a modernisation of the Christmas story with words by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and music by Sasha Johnson Manning. This piece is arranged for mixed voices, piano and optional glockenspiel accompaniment. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

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Love Comes Quietly is a plaintive setting by Alexander L'Estrange of Robert Creely's beautiful love poem of the same name for SAATB. The texture is mostly homophonic and full of the rich jazz-infused harmonies that have become L’Estrange’s trademark. Perfect for weddings or concert programmes. Love Comes Quietly is part of the Faber Choral Signature Series, which introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and offers a thrilling array of varied styles. Browse the full perusal score on scorelibrary.fabermusic.com.

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Bags of American Folk for Cello is an introduction to the wonderful world of traditional American music – favourite tunes passed down from one generation to the next, many from the early pioneer days. Written by renowned string teacher and author, Mary Cohen, and suitable for students of grades 1-2 standard, this collection has been carefully selected to include music of many different styles and moods.

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Bags of American Folk is an introduction to the wonderful world of traditional American music – favourite tunes passed down from one generation to the next, many from the early pioneer days. Written by renowned string teacher and author, Mary Cohen, and suitable for students of grades 1-2 standard, this collection has been carefully selected to include music of many different styles and moods.

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Jazzin’ About Standards Piano presents 11 favourite jazz songs, especially arranged by Pam Wedgwood for intermediate level pianists (Grade 3-4). The selection also includes fun original pieces written by Pam, and a complete, accompanying CD of performances for an enhanced learning experience. Altogether an unmissable collection of jazz!

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