Original Compositions - PAGE 5
Maxim Gorky gives teachers the best guide for writing music for children -- You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better. I hope you will find the compositions on this page interesting, musical and something that is appealing to both children and adults.
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS - PAGE 5
Old King Cole
Concert Gigue Chromatique
Little Miss Muffet
The Queen of Hearts
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS - PAGE 4
VAMP!
The Wanderings of Autumn's Leaves
Love Awaits the Lady in Waiting
Prelude in A major
My Roaming Thoughts
Old King Cole
Coming from 18th century Britain is an elementary setting to the popular nursery rhyme Old King Cole. It's composed as a song so the student knows exactly what they are expressing. The little rhyme gives students a chance to develop the necessary skill of expressing a lyric through the piano.
Concert Gigue Chromatique
This lively, late elementary/early intermediate composition, is in standard 6/8 time (here written in 6/4 for student simplification), typical of a jig, but it is cast in a more modern flavor. One of the teaching features of this piece is the use of descending chromatic chords. It makes for a good technical challenge for the intermediate piano student. This piece also features a lot of double notes that are important for young students to master as they advance in their technical facility. Great recital piece or for Guild Auditions.
Little Miss Muffet
I composer a little tune to the popular Nursery Rhyme - Little Miss Muffet. I originally wrote this for my pre-school classes where student would dramatize the actions of the lyrics to the music. I made the music simple enough for a music teacher with minimal piano skills and I think it's simple enough for a young elementary/intermediate piano student to learn how to express a lyric through the piano. When you teach this piece; teach the students to express the emotions expressed in the lyrics. This is a great little piece to teach students to be emotionally expressive in their playing.
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts is another catchy little melody I composed for my pre-school music class - Dan, Dan the Music Man. Students dramatized the actions of this popular Nursery Rhyme while a chorus of onlookers sang the melody. We always had great fun responding to music through drama. Play this piece with great joy. One may look at this piece as a little staccato etude written in two part writing. It's a great piece for developing a strong staccato touch.
