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Sight-reading for Advanced Pianists
By Katie Zhukov
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Compiled and edited by Dr Katie Zhukov
This new curriculum was developed to address lack of good sight-reading skills in many advanced pianists. It is based on research findings of a University of Queensland project that compared three different approaches to sight-reading training (accompanying, rhythm and style) and combined these into a single course. The new curriculum underwent two trials in four institutions and was refined following staff and student feedback. The students using this hybrid program had improved significantly in their sight-reading skills on completion of training.
The course consists of 10 weeks of materials that can be utilised in small-group tutorials or individual piano lessons. The curriculum can be used as a stand-alone elective course in sight-reading or as supplementary materials for keyboard skills or accompanying classes. Each week focuses on three areas: rhythm training, solo repertoire in four mainstream musical styles and duet playing. The pieces consist of examples from the traditional repertoire and are greatly varied in style: using artistically rich examples is a deliberate strategy, employed to increase student engagement with the process. The chosen works utilise a wide range of keys to address impact of key difficulty on sight-reading as highlighted by research. The level of difficulty is pitched 2-3 grades below advanced to correspond with typical sight-reading materials used by examining bodies.
The feedback from teachers who trialled the curriculum has been very positive:
“An excellent source for teachers and students alike – well-structured and containing interesting material. My students were keen to improve their sight-reading and found this approach very helpful. I enjoyed playing the duets with them, and found that the whole process gave me greater insight into their individual strengths and weaknesses, which in turn enabled me to assist each student better.”
Dr Arabella Teniswood-Harvey
Conservatorium of Music
University of Tasmania
“Katie Zhukov’s Sight-Reading for Advanced Pianists fills a void in the current sight-reading literature that makes it required reading for all aspiring pianists and their teachers. Of especial interest are the numerous rhythmic exercises that not only consolidate essential sight-reading skills, but also bring interest and variety to scale/arpeggio practice.”
Glenn Riddle
Lecturer in Keyboard
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
“Sight-Reading for Advanced Pianists is a tremendous resource for advanced and ambitious intermediate piano students in either private studio or tertiary settings. Underpinned by peer-reviewed research into the development of sight-reading skills, this text can be used as sequential material for a term’s coursework, or dipped into on a more informal basis.”
Dr Liam Viney, Director of Piano, School of Music, University of Queensland
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Silent Night
By David Morris
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Arranged for SA choir with piano/organ and optional instrumental accompaniment.
Words by Joseph Francis Mohr, John Freeman Young
music by Franz Xaver Gruber
This is one of a loose set of five hymn arrangements in similar styles: My shepherd will supply my need, Silent night, I wonder as I wander, Were you there when they crucified my Lord? and How can I keep from singing?
They are designed for maximum flexibility. Any musically sensitive choices are encouraged.
For discount on multiple copies of choral score contact keats@wirripang.com.au
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Silent River Flows ... Onwards, The
By Paul Paviour
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Medium voice and piano. Words by B L Waite.
Composed 1954 rev 2018
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Silhouette
By Phillip Wilcher
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Piano solo, c. 2'20. Grade 6Composed 2003
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Silk
By John Martin
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Solo piano, c.2'40. Advanced gradeComposed 2010
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Silk - Piano Volume 1
By John Martin
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A collection of eight pieces for piano solo. Advanced Grades
- 1. Twilight Tango
- 2. Hippopotomarch
- 3. Too much bover
- 4. Thorn of the Rose
- 5. Baggy Green Rag
- 6. Prohibition Prelude
- 7. Rainbow Dance
- 8. Silk
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Silver Swan, The (Gibbons)
By John Martin
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Voice and piano, c.2'00Silver-Eyed Gull
By Brennan Keats
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Flute and piano, c.6'00
- Grade: 8
- Genre : Neo Classical 21st C.
- Date of Composition : 2006
- Tempo A Capriccio ad libitum, Doted Crochet equals 58. Many mood changes as well as one loud sound effect. Either a sharp clap by the pianist or dropping the piano fall! Abrupt mood changes as the gull flies over the water, a full storm (lightning and thunder) concluding with a funereal dirge.
Recorded on CD From a Bridge of Dreams (Wirr 005) with Emma Knott, flute and David Miller, piano, available online
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Simple Gift, A
By Betty Beath
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Solo piano, c.2'40. Grade 5/6The work moves with an easy, relaxed tempo and the use of rubato is encouraged. Frequent changes in key structure occur and there is a continuing dialogue between the treble and bass lines. The composition is influenced by a folk song "Simple Gifts" but the work has its own character and moves freely with changes in melodic structure, tempo and dynamics. Composed 2016
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Simple Gifts
By Houston Dunleavy
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SATB choir, Oboe, Trumpet and Strings, c.6'00
Shaker dance song by Elder Joseph Brackett, composed at Alfred, Maine in 1848
Complete words to the original song:
Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight
'Till by turning, turning we come round right.
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Simply Beautiful
By Phillip Wilcher
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Solo piano, c.2'00. Advanced 8th - difficultComposed 2018
Recorded by Jeanell Carrigan on Simply Beautiful Wirr 123. Available online
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Simply Beautiful - CD
By Phillip Wilcher
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Music by Phillip Wilcher, Jeanell Carrigan, pianist
"Born out of this world I came into, the greater awareness of being within the Truth of Who I Am is that the Cycle of Life is a Circle of Love. I feel it is that I have come full circle and in so doing, I have realised my every dream as well as many a dream Life itself has in store for me. The experience of expressing myself through music and words has been simply beautiful! To that end in this world within a world without end, and without any sense of pretence had I held the child I once was in my arms but to become him again. Therefore, where it has been said that creativity has a child's heart have I chosen to open and close this CD with two sets of pieces composed for children: Playmates and Connor's Capers. End pages which house the landscape of a life, what unfolds between their varying states of innocence is every shade of Love imaginable, from "moon mystic cedars touched by a pearly light" to bedouins praying at night, all aspects of the one divine face when eyes first saw." Phillip Wilcher
This CD is dedicated to the memory of his late father, Leslie James Wilcher.
Wirr 123
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i. Chimes
ii. Rock Climbing
iii. Care Free
iv. The Happy Yodeller
v. Willow Waltz
[6] Simply Beautiful
[7-9] Sonatine Orientale
Andante sognante
Larghetto distante
Allegro fugace
[10] Intermezzo in E
[11] When eyes first saw thy beauty was as this
[12-13] Two Preludes
Prelude No 1 in B minor
Prelude No 2 in B minor
[14] Rhapsody to the Memory of Richard Addinsell
[15] A Rose in Water
[16-18] Valses Mirages
Moderato ma delirio
Moderato e con vane speranze
Allegro con alle
[19] The Liquid Light She Spills
[20] The Years Last Loveliest Smile
[21] Prelude for LH in Db major
[22-28] Connor’s Capers
- i. Slam Dunk
- ii. Summer Sailing
- iii. Hop Scotch
- iv. Stretching
- v. Snorkelling
- vi. Glissando
- vii. Music at the Close
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