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Two collections of masterworks from all stylistic periods chosen based on their appeal to the showmanship in the students and their accessibility to pianists at the early intermediate through late intermediate levels. Arranged in approximate order of difficulty, the pieces are impressive, fun to play and exploit a broad range of the piano's capabilities. A CD recording by Valery Lloyd-Watts is also available. Virtuoso pianist Valery Lloyd-Watt studied at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London. She earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She co-authored the text Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which was endorsed by Dr. Suzuki. Learn More

Play & Read is a reading program designed to introduce Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2 students to reading music. Six lessons with seven units each are based on the simple principle that students learn to read music most naturally by reading pieces they already know how to play. To ensure that students don't just play from memory without looking at the score, Play & Read uses scrambles of four-bar segments from six selections from Suzuki Piano School, Volume 1 repertoire to engage students in active reading. Students learn to read music as entire bars or groups of notes, and through singing, playing, pointing, saying, and writing. Titles: Little Playmates * Lightly Row * French Children's Song * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Cuckoo. Learn More

In Museum Masterpieces, Book 1, composer Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired these pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of the book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles: American Gothic (Grant Wood) * Black Square and Red Square (Kazimir Malevich) * Carmencita (William Merritt Chase) * A Dash for the Timber (Frederic Remington) * L'étoile (The Star) (Edgar Degas) * Le fifre (The Fife Player) (Édouard Manet) * Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) * The Nut Gatherers (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) * Reeds and Cranes (Suzuki Kiitsu) * Senecio (Paul Klee). "American Gothic" and "Mona Lisa" are Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selections. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection. Learn More

Although arranged for beginning Suzuki piano students, the simple hand positions, easy rhythms, repetitive left-hand patterns, and familiar melodies make these pieces suitable for students of most piano methods. Lyrics are included. Titles: Jingle Bells (solo and duet) * Away in a Manger (solo and duet) * Silent Night (solo and duet) * Angels We Have Heard on High (solo and duet) * The First Noel (solo) * We Three Kings (solo). Learn More