Jennifer Linn has created a delightful set of eight piano solos designed to encourage expressive playing from beginning students. From cheerful to mad or even worried, each animal comes to life when the student learns to express the animals' feelings (and their own) through the music. Includes: Bear Determination · Cheerful Chihuahua · Cry of the Wolf · A Giraffe Can Laugh · Mad Mad Cat · One Worried Owl · Tired Turtle · Understanding Whale.

Create a buzz at the next recital with this showstopper! The alternating patterns between the hands create an exciting sound that is easy for students to play. A real dazzler for students who love to play fast!

Students will love the fun and spicy mood of this elementary piano solo and teachers will appreciate the valuable teaching elements including staccato touch, quarter rest challenges, tied notes, accents and the full range of dynamics from piano to fortissimo. NFMC Selection 2014-2016. To see other NFMC selections, click here.

The tender hit single from Disney's animated feature Frozen depicts the relationship between the two sisters, Anna and Elsa. Arranged for late elementary piano solo, the solo includes lyrics and fingering.

A beautifully shaped melody sings soulfully throughout this tender-hearted piece, giving students a chance to learn the value of truly expressive music making. To see other NFMC selections, click here.

Journey Through the Classics Complete is a convenient compilation of all 98 pieces from Books 1-4 of this popular series. The graded pieces are presented in a progressive order and feature a variety of classical favorites essential to any piano student's educational foundation. The authentic repertoire is ideal for auditions and recitals, and each level includes a handy reference chart with the key, composer, stylistic period, and challenge elements listed for each piece. Quality and value make this volume a perfect classical companion for any method!

Les Petites Images is a perfect introduction to Jennifer Linn's popular intermediate-level book in French style, Les Petites Impressions. Like that book, the seven solos in this easier collection in impressionist style evoke detailed images of the titles. Although these solos are at a late-elementary level, there are quite a few easy-sounds-hard gems in this book that will make those younger students sound very accomplished. Early-intermediate students may also find these pieces very enjoyable to learn or read through. To familiarize students with notation found in Debussy and Ravel, titles have been written in French with English subtitles: expressive instructions are in French as well, and a glossary is provided in the introductory pages. Level: Late-Elementary piano solos (Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Level 3); Keys: F, C; Meters: 4/4, 2/2, 6/8; Range: full staff and leger lines; Note Values: whole notes to eighth notes; Technical features: remains mainly in 5-finger patterns or slightly extended hand poisions; some double thirds; some interlocked h. pos. (R above L in same register), legato pedal, pedal points. Length: 2-4 pages long. Average performance time: 1 minute, 30 seconds. 7 solos: Asteroides (Asteroids) · Hummingbird (L'oiseau-mouche) · Le fin d'hiver (Winter's End) · Le frelon furieux (The Mad Hornet) · Le grand diese blanc (The Great White Sharp) · Tonnerre sur les plaines (Thunder on the Plains) · Voiliers dans le vent (Sailboats in the Wind).

Mighty River begins with powerful chords that announce the grandeur of the massive waterway, and flows into the middle section with swirling undercurrents and unexpected harmonic twists. Impressive sounding piece, but the repeating patterns and pianistic gestures make it much easier to play than it sounds. Commissioned by the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in honor of their 2015 composer festival.

Calling all cowboys and cowgirls! Jennifer Linn gives a modern twist to this driving solo featuring rhythmic twists and turns, rebellious motives and kickin' accents. Students performing this solo are sure to stir up some dust at the next recital! HLSPL Level 3 (Late Elementary) piano solo. C Major; 3 pages; 5-finger patterns; accents; B-flat; 4/4 and 3/4 time; simple use of damper pedal in one section; 34 measures.

Pretty kitty, what should be your name? Besides having adorable lyrics, this beginning solo by Jennifer Linn is packed with supportive pedagogy, including directional reading of steps, skips and repeated notes. Other elements include 4/4 meter, quarter rest, 8va, and dynamics from piano to fortissimo. Teacher duet included.

From a gentle rain created with alternating hands, this beautifully expressive piece evolves into a hopeful rainbow, rising to the major key in the ending. A great piece for encouraging musical playing, and for teaching pedal and voicing technique.

Five spectacular pieces composed in a modern impressionist style: Aspen Gold · Black Canyon · By the Waterfall · Emerald Lake · Midnight Prayer. NFMC Selection 2013-2016. To see other NFMC selections, click here.

Join in the ragtime revival with this entertaining piece composed especially for the intermediate-level student. The simplified bass pattern is perfect for first-time ragtimers, and the chromatic scale patterns sprinkled throughout are a definite educational bonus!

The two unlikely friends come to life with easily managed block 5ths in the left hand, and a cuckoo motif in the right hand. Students will make a lasting impression at the recital with these big and bold sounds!

Toccatas traditionally offer pianists truly exciting recital fare, and this new toccata by Jennifer Linn lives up to that promise. Challenging, but always within reach for aspiring young pianists, this is a great easier, sounds hard piano solo sure to garner audience applause. Alternating-hand eighth notes are featured throughout at a vivace tempo, but always within a 5-finger hand position that shifts registers up and down the keyboard. HLSPL Level 4 Early Intermediate piano solo. 4/4; Vivace; F Major; blocked chords and thirds; 8va, 15ma; legato pedal;, accents, staccato. (Timing: 1 minute, 5 seconds)

Jennifer Linn fills this wild little solo with humor and fun. The angular, mischievous melody in quarters and eighths and the imaginative tempo marking rapid and riveting set the scene for a spirited romp. This is great recital fare. HLSPL Level 3 Late Elementary piano solo. 4/4. Fast tempo. 45 measures. C position, colorful use of accidentals (sharps & flats). 8va, 15ma, shaded dynamics, slurs, staccato. (Timing: 50 seconds)