In Recital With Popular Christmas Music (Fjh Pianist's Curriculum, 2) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569397279 ISBN 13: 9781569397275

Publisher: Alfred Music Co, 2008

Synopsis

The elementary student will have plenty of choices of popular Christmas music to choose from in Book 2. Christmas hits such as Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Snoopy's Christmas, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and many more, will provide the perfect holiday treat! Includes recordings with special listening activities as well as background information about the pieces and composers.

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About the Author

Helen Marlais active performance schedule includes concerts in North America, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She is one of the most prolific authors in the field of educational piano publishing. Her critically acclaimed and award-winning piano series, Succeeding with the Masters®, The Festival Collection®, In Recital®, Sight Reading and Rhythm Every Day®, and The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, among others, are exclusively published by The FJH Music Company. As well as being the Director of Keyboard Publications for The FJH Music Company, she is also an associate professor of piano at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she teaches studio piano, directs the piano pedagogy program, and coordinates the group piano programs. These group programs include keyboard musicianship for university music majors and the young beginner piano program. She has performed and given workshops and master classes at local, state, and national music teachers conventions and her articles can be read in Keyboard Companion, The American Music Teacher, and Clavier magazines. Dr. Marlais has performed with members of the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Beijing National Symphony Orchestras to name a few, and has recorded on Gasparo and Centaur record labels with her husband, clarinetist Arthur Campbell. She has given collaborative recitals throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, and China. Her educational piano CD s for children are recorded on Stargrass Records®. Dr. Marlais has also held full-time faculty piano positions at the Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. at Potsdam, Iowa State University, and Gustavus Adolphus College. She presents workshops at every national convention and is a featured presenter at state conventions. She has been a guest teacher and performer at leading music schools and conservatories throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She received her DM in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern University and her MM in piano performance from Carnegie Mellon University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred Music Co
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569397279
• ISBN 13: 9781569397275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 999