Chester Music

This work was first performed on 7th December 1980, by John Fletcher and Robert Noble at Southgate Music Club. Duration c. 11 minutes.

Two short pieces suitable for Grade 8 standard players.

Beginner to pre-Grade 1. Ideal for the beginner, with five-finger positions, alternating hands and very simple hands together. Pieces include Purcell's Rigadoon and the beautiful Au Clair De La Lune.

Pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1. Progressing from specific hand positions to wider range of notes, the 18 pieces include works by Haydn, Kabalevsky, and Czerny.

Fourteen very easy piano solos, perfect for performance in beginner recitals and music festivals and great fun to play.

Fourteen fun rags for pianists of pre-Grade One to Grade One standard.

Arrangements of 26 favourite nursery rhymes with full colour illustrations and fascinating information on the pieces' origins. Specially designed for young children to be able to play themselves rathe...

Twelve easy pieces for piano written and arranged by Carol Barratt. An entertaining selection all about animals: superbly arranged classics plus imaginative original pieces. Includes music from 'Peter...

169 classic songs arranged for piano, voice and guitar. A wealth of all-time favourite songs for children, including Nursery rhymes, campfire songs and folk tunes, plus traditional games and activiti...

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. He was one of the most famous musicians within the Russian Empire during his lifetime, but remained virtually unheard-of in the West...

This book provides 60 technical exercises that will help to develop strong hands and flexible fingers whilst having fun. The exercises are divided into five 'sets' which are carefully graded to introd...

Commissioned by Tom Breslin for Jill Richards.

Under And Over is the easiest and best way to learn to play scales properly! Taking the player from the basics, it introduces scales progressively and works through fun exercises (finger twisters!) to...

Gabriel Prokofiev's Transhuman Etudes for Piano, 4 hands. Commissioned by New Muse Piano Duo. The first performance was given by New Muse Piano Duo (Paola Savvidou & Jonathan Kuuskoski) on April 22, 2...

A collection of popular Brazilian music edited and arranged by John Zaradin for solo guitar. Suitable for intermediate guitarists and arranged in standard and guitar tab notation with chord symbols.

A collection of popular Cuban music edited and arranged by John Zaradin for solo guitar. Suitable for intermediate guitarists and arranged in standard and guitar tab notation with chord symbols.

A collection of popular Latin style ensembles especially arranged for Key Stage 2 players. Includes flexible instrumental parts ideal for players of wide ranging abilities, plus plenty of interesting...

Studying The Oboe is the perfect collection of studies for oboists who want to refine their technique. Written by Liang Wang, the principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic, the book is packed with...

Phaedra by German composer Hans Werner Henze is a 'concert opera' in two acts whose first performance was given at the Berlin State Opera in 2007. Phaedra was Henze's penultimate opera, and this item...

Igor Stravinsky's Renard is a one-act opera that tells a burlesque tale of a devious fox who deceives a number of other animals. This corrected and revised edition of the Vocal Score is edited by Mill...

Commissioned to write a piece for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Davies provided a musical General Assembly of his own: a bright overture based on an Australian aboriginal song which give...

Available by special order from Chester Music.

This is effectively a work in three movements - Allegro, Andante cantabile and Presto - which Davies likens to 'three obstacle courses, bristling with technical difficulties'. However, as he goes on t...

This book is ideal for beginners, offering an opportunity for the pupil and teach to make music. Much of the pupils' enjoyment of these pieces will derive from the richer textures provided by the tea...

Making The Grade provides supplementary pieces for students studying for ABRSM grade examinations, who are looking for graded pieces outside the exam syllabus. This volume is a collection of 16 easy a...