My Piano Page

Muse

I had recently read about a jazz musician improvising on his trumpet. He played the same note over and over again for several minutes, but kept changing the rhythm. The audience loved it.


I was intrigued by the idea of how something so simple can be developed into something complex. My piano piece Muse is based on a short, simple melody, but the rhythm keeps changing. Technically it is not difficult,but the rhythm is more challenging.

http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=137051

 Bubinga

Bubinga is an African wood that is sometimes used for making pianos. This is a jazzy piece that I wrote just for fun.   http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=47907

 Morgan Magan

O'Carolan was a blind harpist. His music is a mix of classical and folk. For obvious reasons, he did not write down his music, so his tunes came down through the centuries through oral tradition, the way that folk music does. Because of this, there are variants of these tunes. Also, some of the tunes where existing folk melodies that he reworked.


I wrote myself a piano arrangement of Morgan Magan because I like this tune so much. This is not very difficult, and would be a good piece to use with intermediate level piano students.

 http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=104514

"All Creatures of our God and King"

http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=123042 

Simplified version of Debussy’s Clair de Lune

 http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=48116

 
Duet: Handel's  "Air and Variation"

 
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=51342

 
Prelude on Kingsfold (If you Could Hie to Kolab)
 

http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=48231

 
For Christmas "The Holly and the Ivy"

 
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=48237




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