Piano Star 3 / 24 pieces for young pianists
Publisher | ABRSM Publishing |
Genre: |
music for children, pupils and students
spirituals, folk, country & traditional |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | solo |
Difficulty: | Beginner |
Format: | book |
Parameters
Product code: | ABR499423 |
Composer: | Various Composers |
Author / Editor: |
Blackwell, David
Greally, Aisling |
No. of songs: | 24 |
Pages: | 32 |
Language: | English |
Size: | 23 x 31 cm |
ISBN: | 9781848499423 |
Weight: | 132 g |
Songlist (24)
- Dance of the Pianists (duet) [Alan Bullard]
- Cherry Blossom [David Blackwell]
- Squirmy worms [Peter Gritton]
- Rigadoon [Henry Purcell]
- Haunted House [Peter Gritton]
- Echo blues (duet) [Mike Cornick]
- The fridge monster [Mark Tanner]
- Morning has broken (duet) [Trad. Scottish]
- The lonely bear [John Madden]
- Halloween dance [Mike Cornick]
- Lost in the maze (duet) [Mark Tanner]
- Kangaroo barbecue [David Blackwell]
- Wonderful world! [David Blackwell]
- You'll never get to heaven... [Trad.]
- Special place [Edmund Jolliffe ]
- Head in the clouds [Andrew Eales]
- Carnival time [Nikki Iles]
- Strange creatures (duet) [Edmund Jolliffe ]
- The old typewriter [Peter Gritton]
- Cat burglar [Edmund Jolliffe ]
- Little hummingbird (duet) [Nikki Iles]
- May song [Trad.]
- Pirates coming! [Edmund Jolliffe ]
- Panda percussion [Nancy Litten]
Product description
Piano Star is an exciting series for young pianists, offering a rich selection of new repertoire to help players build confidence and musical skills. Piano Star 3 moves from Prep Test level towards Grade 1 and includes compositions by Alan Bullard, David Blackwell, Peter Gritton, Mike Cornick, Mark Tanner, John Madden, Karen Marshall, Andrew Eales, Edmund Jolliffe, Nikki Illes, and Nancy Litten.
Key features of the series:
- Solo pieces, plus a number of duets
- A rich mix of musical styles, with techniques introduced progressively
- Fun extension activities
- Beautifully illustrated
David Blackwell is English composer, arranger and music teacher. He studied music at Edinburgh University. He has written and edited a wide range of educational music for strings and for piano, including Piano Mix and Piano Star (ABRSM), The Foundation Pianist (Faber, 2 vols.), Get Set Piano Christmas Crackers (HarperCollins) and pieces in Piano Time series. His choral and organ music is published in the UK and America, and includes Carols for Choirs book 5, In the Mood and Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists, six volumes of hymn preludes.