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Piano Gallery is a beautiful collection of piano pieces inspired by great works of art. By best-selling composer Pam Wedgwood, the intermediate-level pieces are accompanied by explanatory text and a stunning pull-out poster featuring all the paintings.

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Firmly rooted in Paul Harris's Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-reading! Clarinet Grades 6-8 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 on the 2018-2021 syllabus.

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***Winner of Best Print Resource 2016 at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence*** Improve your theory! Grades 1–5 are the latest additions to the bestselling ‘Improve your …’ series by Paul Harris. This theory workbook takes students through every aspect of music theory covered in the grade 5 ABRSM examination. Firmly rooted in Paul Harris’s Simultaneous Learning approach, it will transform how music theory is taught and learnt, improving every aspect of musicianship along the way. Never before has theory been so fun or seemed so natural! Handy fact files that cover different areas of music theory Practice questions to help students prepare for examinations Fun games and quizzes to engage students and offer new and interesting ways to tackle difficult concepts Questions that connect theory directly with pupils’ own pieces – allowing them to discover the links between music in theory and music in practice Opportunities for composing, improvising, aural and listening activities, all carefully devised to consolidate musical understanding. *** Download the Improve your theory! Grade 5 answers here and the audio tracks here ***

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Song Cycle: vive la vélorution! is the third in a hugely successful series of 40-minute grand-scale choral works with jazz quintet by acclaimed British composer Alexander L'Estrange. It marked the grand départ of the 2014 Tour de France and, in addition to the quintet (with jazz trumpet and flute), features bicycle bells and pumps! The ten cycling-themed songs [eight originals and two arrangements] take audiences on an exhilarating bicycle ride across hill and dale, celebrating both the appeal of this most energy-efficient mode of transport and the beauty of our natural surroundings. Song Cycle encompasses an impressive variety of musical styles including pastiche Victorian music hall, folk, minimalism, barbershop, musical theatre and, of course, jazz. If you loved Zimbe! and Ahoy! and are looking for an SATB and (optional) Children’s Choir choral work to wow your next audience with, look no further than Song Cycle: vive la vélorution! Vocal scores can also be hired, along with the full score and set of band parts (hire@fabermusic.com). Children’s Choir resources, along with CDs, part-learning MP3s and more, can be found at https://www.alexanderlestrange.com/song-cycle.

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15 classic Joplin rags for electronic keyboard and published as part of the Easy Keyboard Library Series. Includes such classics such as Elite Syncopation, Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer.

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Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose is the second in a series of popular 40-minute works by Alexander L'Estrange for SATB chorus, children's choir and jazz quintet, this one featuring folk fiddle and piano accordion. An uplifting celebration of King Henry VIII’s famous warship, the Mary Rose, it cleverly fuses the music of Tudor times with an array of catchy sea shanties and also includes a sublime setting by L'Estrange of Shakespeare's Full Fathom Five (from The Tempest). Ahoy! takes us on a whirlwind journey across the oceans – and the centuries – in this glorious celebration of English Maritime history. If you loved Zimbe! you'll love its nautical little brother, Ahoy! Conductor’s score and band parts available for hire (contact: hire@fabermusic.com); Children’s rehearsal CD available on request; SATB part-learning CDs available from ahoymaryrose.com; Children's choral part available separately as sheet music download. Ideal for projecting or printing copies

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An invaluable resource for students, Improve your scales! Violin Grade 5 covers all the keys and ranges required for the Associated Board syllabus, helping you pick up valuable extra marks in exams. Paul Harris’s brilliant series of workbooks contains not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the 2012 ABRSM Grade 5 but also uses finger fitness exercises, scale and arpeggio studies, key pieces and simple improvisations to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence.

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An invaluable resource for students, Improve your scales! Violin Grade 2 covers all the keys and ranges required for the Associated Board syllabus, helping you pick up valuable extra marks in exams. Paul Harris’s brilliant series of Improve your scales! workbooks contains not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the ABRSM Grade 2 exam but also uses finger fitness exercises, studies, key pieces and simple improvisations to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence.

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Easy Keyboard Library: Cole Porter contains 15 classic songs from Cole Porter for electronic keyboard and published as part of the Easy Keyboard Library Series. Whether composed for movies, Hollywood musicals, or Broadway shows, Cole Porter's songs symbolized every feasible emotion regardless of time and place and clearly spoke to every listener. Includes such classics as Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, I've Got You Under My Skin and I Get a Kick Out of You.

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Classic FM: Play The Classics is a great collection of popular classics in easy-to-play arrangements. The pieces are progressive and gradually extend your technique, including favourites such as Gymnopédie No. 1 (Satie) and Waltz from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky). Arranged by Pam Wedgewood. Suitable for those who have learnt for approximately one year, or completed the Classic FM: Getting Started On Piano tutor.

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The vocal score with piano accompaniment to Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen Of The Guard or The Merryman and his Maid. The eleventh operatic collaboration between the famous duo, it premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3rd October, 1888.

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Mirabile Dictu is from Sasha Johnson Manning's The Manchester Carols, with text by Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureatea large scale concert piece which reshapes and modernises the Christmas story to make it relevant to modern society. The piece was written to acknowledge that whilst not everyone embraces the religion behind the Nativity story, everyone can appreciate it as an inspiring, magical tale. The carols are for everyone, believers or not and are a popular Christmas choice for choirs looking for a large scale concert piece. Published as a stand alone piece, Mirabile Dictu, is the first carol in the collection, and is written for accompanied SATB choir. This piece is from Faber's 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 includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

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Origin of Symmetry is the second studio album by Teignmouth rockers Muse. This artist-approved songbook features arrangements of all the songs from the album in guitar TAB format, including the hit Feeling Good. Released in 2001, it was considered a departure from the alternative rock sound of their debut album Showbiz, with the band experimenting instrumentally throughout. Bass guitar has distortion and other effects applied to it to achieve a greater weight, allowing the guitar to digress from the main chord progression and play higher notes. **Contains recommended songs for Trinity Rock & Pop Exams. See songlist below.

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Margaret Rizza began composing in 1997, her contemplative choral music being widely acclaimed not only in the UK but also abroad. When commissioned by Harry Christophers to write the choral composition for The Sixteen in 2007, Margaret embraced a new idiom in writing, that of 'Classical Contemporary'.

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Ruddigore is a dark and haunting tale of dastardly deeds and gruesome ghosts whose evil plans get scuppered by a troupe of bridesmaids, a roguish sailor and a 'little book of etiquette'.

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Pam Wedgwood's More Jazzin' About Piano is a vibrant collection of original pieces arranged for solo piano in a range of contemporary styles, tailor-made for the intermediate player (Grades 3-5). Comes with downloadable online audio featuring performances, backing tracks and slowed-down backings for practice. So take a break from the classics and get into the groove as you cruise from blues, to rock, to jazz.

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You're The Voice: Maria Callas presents eight absolute classic hits from operatic legend Maria Callas, arranged for piano, voice and guitar. The accompanying CD features full backings for each song, professionally arranged and recorded to recreate the sound of the original, so you too can sound like the real thing!

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Along Came Man is a thought-provoking cantata about the world we live in, with an ecological theme. One of Lin Marsh's best-loved works it is mainly unison with some two and three-part singing. The cantata lends itself well to the addition of movement, but is equally effective performed as a concert piece. Audio performance and backing tracks are available to download online, as well as performance notes and photocopiable lyrics. The Spotlight Series represents a variety of imaginative repertoire for stage and concert performance, from Keystage 1 to 3 (Scottish P1 to S2). Some of the cantatas provide scope for creativity through the addition of movement, whilst others are fully contained 'mini-musicals'. Written appropriately for he age-group by experienced educational composers, here are songs and shows to suit all abilities and ages.

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On Eagles' Wings is a wonderfully uplifting piece by Alexander L'Estrange for upper voices, featuring glorious soaring melodies and an infectious rhythmic drive. It can be performed either with organ or, showcasing L’Estrange’s jazz background, with piano and double bass. Ideal both in a liturgical context and as part of a concert programme. On Eagles' Wings 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, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

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Since its premiere in 2006, George Benjamin’s 2006 chamber opera Into the Little Hill has received critically acclaimed performances across the world. A lyric tale in two parts for soprano, contralto and ensemble of 15 players (coloured by bass flute, two bassset horns, mandolin, banjo and cimbalom), this strange retelling of the Pied Piper story was Benjamin’s first collaboration with Martin Crimp. ‘…it was the eerie beauty and uncanny originality of the music that made the dominant impression on me. The scoring is remarkable – for a sort of ‘alienated’ folk band … There are passages of ethereal delicacy, silken slowness, but these are contrasted with sudden fierceness, as in Benjamin’s recent orchestral Palimpsests. Bass timbres are beguiling, the tutti sound is at once bizarre and delectable: I wanted more of it.' The Sunday Times (Paul Driver), 3 December 2006

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Big Pop Instrumental Solos (Trumpet) contains 66 popular songs, spanning 6 decades, providing a complete pop repertoire for the aspiring trumpeter. Includes classics from pop, jazz, film music, Broadway, and rock and roll.

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Real Repertoire Studies Grades 2-4 is a fantastic introduction to the wealth of original works by the great study writers, from Clementi to Bartok, for early to intermediate pianists. These studies have been selected by the late, renowned teacher and pedagogue Christine Brown to provide technical training and plenty of musical interest, and are ideal performance pieces for concerts or festivals. Each study has been scrupulously edited and includes additional fingers, phrasing, pedalling and metronome marks for added clarity and consistency. Helpful background notes on the composers are also included.

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Bags of Tunes for Violin is packed with material on styles children will love including nursery rhymes, rounds, folk and popular songs as well as plenty of original pieces. The pieces are gently progressive and are all based around the first finger pattern. They are ideal for consolidation work, for using alongside any method or tutor and are enjoyable sight-reading practice. Irresistable new tunes for beginner violinists, composed and arranged by one of the UK's leading string teachers and authors, Mary Cohen, creator of a wide range of imaginative teaching publications.

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What Else Can I Play? Clarinet Grade 4 makes learning more fun with carefully selected and arranged supplementary repertoire for today's young player. Each piece offers suggestions and guidelines to breathing, dynamics and tempo together with technical tips, performance notes and a simple piano accompaniment. Each book in the What Else Can I Play? series presents carefully graded pieces with a variety of musical styles ranging from classical and jazz through to showtunes and popular songs. This series will bring enthusiasm to learning your instrument and provide an entertaining alternative for those pupils who are working towards, or have recently completed exams.

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The Language Of Song: Advanced (Medium Voice) is part of the successful series by Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp. The ability to sing in foreign languages is a much-needed skill for singers, but few vocal training resources tackle this aspect comprehensively in one book. With this in mind, ABRSM examiners and professional singers Heidi and Nicola-Jane have written a graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language An invaluable resource for all singing students and teachers, each song gives both a literal and poetic translation of each text, a detailed pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) guide and background information on the songs as well as technical and musical teaching points. The downloadable audio provides the text for each song spoken by a native speaker - expert language consultants who specialise in coaching singers - as well as a recording of each song accompaniment by international pianist Iain Harrington. Not just ideal for those taking graded singing exams, these are invaluable for singers of any age exploring international song repertoire up to university and college level. Learn to sing this wonderful foreign language repertoire confidently and effectively and celebrate the Language of Song! **ABRSM selected pieces (Singing from 2009): Sovra il campo (Donizetti) Chanson d'avril (Bizet) At the ball (Sred shumnovo bala) (Tchaikovsky) O del mio dolce ardor: from Paride ed Elena (Gluck) Pur dicesti, o bocca bella: from Arminio (Lotti) Poveri affetti miei: from Orlando furioso (Vivaldi) Les roses d’Ispahan (Faure) Notre amour (Faure) Mattinata (Leoncavallo) Du bist die Ruh (Schubert) Widmung: No. 1 from Myrthen (Schumann) Les filles de Cadix (Viardot) Verborgenheit: No. 12 from Mörike-Lieder (Wolf) Polyubila ya na pechal svoyu (The Soldier’s Wife) (Rachmaninov) Net, tolko tot, kto znal (None But the Lonely Heart) (Tchaikovsky)

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