Description

This new series showcases a thoughtfully curated selection of performance pieces from renowned masters across various musical periods. Each composition is designed to be accessible for students, fostering a sense of achievement. The repertoire is diverse in style and expression, incorporating melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns that facilitate teaching and memorization. Accompanying the series is a CD featuring Valery Lloyd-Watts, which serves as a valuable resource for enhancing musical interpretation.

Valery Lloyd-Watts pursued her studies at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London, ultimately earning a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin under the guidance of Paul Badura-Skoda. She is also a co-author of the book Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which received endorsement from Dr. Suzuki.

Songs / Content

• A Pleasant Morning [Op. 63, No. 1]Jean Louis Streabbog (composer)
• Arabesque [Op. 100, No. 2]Johann Freidrich Burgmüller (composer)
• Ballade [Op. 100, No. 15]Johann Freidrich Burgmüller (composer)
• BurleskeLeopold Mozart (composer)
• Distant Bells [Op. 63, No. 6]Jean Louis Streabbog (composer)
• Innocence [Op. 100, No. 5]Johann Freidrich Burgmüller (composer)
• Minuet in G Major (Anna Magdalena Notebook) [BWV Anhang 114]Christian Petzold (contributor)
• Minuet in G Major (Anna Magdalena Notebook) [BWV Anhang 116]Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
• Sonatina in A MinorGeorg Anton Benda (contributor)
• Sonatina in C Major (First Movement) [Op. 36, No. 1]Muzio Clementi (composer)
• The BearVladimir Rebikov (composer)
• The Happy Farmer [Op. 68, No. 10]Robert Schumann (composer)