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- You will be responsible for replacing items that are lost or destroyed.
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Books
1. A Soprano on Her Head - Eloise Ristad (Right-side-up reflections on life and other performances)
2. Melodious Masterpieces Book 2 complied and edited by Jane Magrath
3. The Piano Book by Larry Fine
4. Copyright - Complete Guide for Music Educators by Jay Althouse
5. Directory Of Music Educators, WA. 2002-2004
6. Intermediate Piano Rep -- A Guide For Teaching – C. Albergo & R. Alexander
7. The Pianists Guide To Standard Teaching And Performance Literature - J. Magrath
8. Music Notation – G. Read
9. Making Music At The Piano – Learning Strategies For Adult Students - B. E. Maris
10. The Practice Revolution – P. Johnston
11. Play It Again, Sam – M. Uszler
12. The Marty Method – M. Jourard
13. The Well Tempered Keyboard Teacher – Usler/Gordon/Mach
14. Promoting Your Teaching Studio – Philip Johnston
15. Practiceopedia – Philip Johnston
16. Basic Principles In Piano Forte Playing – Josef Lhevinne
17. The Great Pianists From Mozart To The Present – H. Schonberg
18. Just Being At The Piano – M. Chase
19. With Your Own Two Hands – Seymour Bernstein
20. Piano Technique – W. Gieseking & K. Leimer
21. Piano Playing With Questions Answered – J. Hofmann
22. Principles Of Piano Technique And Interpretation – K. Taylor
23. Piano Technique: Tone, Touch, Phrasing And Dynamics – L. Philipp
24. Guide To The Pianist’s Repertoire – Maurice Hinson
25. Music At Your Fingertips – Ruth Slenczynska

New Books -

26. The Perfect Wrong Note – W. Westney
27. Playing Bach on the Keyboard – R. Troeger
28. Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing – A. Whiteside

 

Cassette Tapes

1993 MTNA Convention
1. Teaching & Performing Bela Bartok’s Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythms
2. Sight-Reading Problems and Solutions: Separating Myth From Reality
3. The Solo Piano Music of George Gershwin and Billy Mayerl
4. My First Sonatina: An Introduction to Classical Performance Practice
5. Purposeful Practicing
6. Helping Kids Compose
7. Working with Adults (New and Renewed)

1996 MTNA
1. The Contemporary Soloist


1998 MTNA
1. May I Have this Dance?
2. Creative Practicing for Consistent Success
3. Two Masterpieces of the String Quartet Literature
4. Pedagogy Seminar: Advanced – Level A
5. Pedagogy Seminar: Advanced – Level B
6. Pedagogy Seminar: Intermediate Level Private Lessons A
7. Pedagogy Seminar: Intermediate Level Private Lessons B
8. Pedagogy Seminar: Early Level Private Lessons A
9. Pedagogy Seminar: Early Level Private Lessons B
10. A Celebration of Music & Dance to Challenge the Contemporary…


1999 MTNA
1. Developing Artistry through Characterization, Color & …
2. The Classical Sense of Humor
3. An American Grab Bag: The Piano Rags of Bolcom & Albright
4. You Say Portato & I say Portato
5. Dancing the Baroque Suites
6. A Look in the Rearview Mirror: Great Piano Works of the 20th…
7. I’ll Take One of Each: A Satisfying Chamber Music Experience
8. Gifts From the Heart – Contributions of Lynn Freeman…
9. Recital Featuring Two Piano Repertoire From Spain
10. Basic Psychological Principles


2003 MTNA
1. Symphonic Masterworks Through a Zoom Lens
OTHER
1. The Best of Tchaikovsky
2. Mr. Bach Comes to Call

 

Compact Discs - Compiled and Edited by Keith Snell – Diane Hidy, Piano

1. Vol II - Clementi – Six Sonatinas - Op.36
2. Vol IV - Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach and 2 Part Inventions
3. Vol VI - Turina, Pinto, Bartok, Copland, Khatchturian – 20th Century Literature
4. Vol VII - Schumann – Album for the Young. Op.68
5. Vol X - Kuhlau – Op. 20 & Op.55
6. Vol XI - Bartok – Selected Works
7. Vol XVII - Grieg – Selected Works
8. Vol XVIII - Schumann/Tchaikovsky

 

Other Compact Discs - Various Pianists
1. Melodious Masterpieces Book 2 Ed. J. Magrath - Scott Price, Pianist
2. Encore Book Three Ed. J. Magrath - Kim O’Reilly, Pianist
3. Piano Repertoire Levels I – X Ed. Keith Snell (Each level includes Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century and Etudes) Diane Hidy, Pianist
4. My Favorite Romantics – Chopin, Liszt, Balakilev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin - Randall Jackson, Pianist
5. The Legendary Moscow Recordings – Daniel Pollack, Pianist

6. First Kiss – Romantic Piano Music for Love and Passion performed by Daniel Pollack
7. The Children’s World of Debussy and Bartok – Jacques Despres, Pianist
8. Jacques Despres performs Liszt & Musorgsky
9. The Last Three Piano Sonatas/Three Piano Pieces - Schubert - Alfred Brendel, Pianist
10. Song Without Words - Mendelssohn – D. Barenboim, Pianist


11. Concertos, Nos.1,2&4 - Bach – M. Perahia, Pianist
12. Concertos, Nos.19 & 27 – Mozart – A. de Larrocha, Pianist
13. Sonatas K 309, 310, 311, 330 – Mozart – A. de Larrocha, Pianist
14. 30 Keyboard Sonatas – Scarlatti – Browning, Pianist
15. Collection – Chopin – Rubinstein, Pianist


16. Waltzes – Chopin – Rubinstein, Pianist
17. Nocturnes – Chopin – Rubinstein, Pianist
18. Etudes Op. 10 & 25 – Chopin – M. Perahia, Pianist
19. Preludes Book II & Images Book I – Debussy – P. Roberts, Pianist
20. Images Book II & Preludes Book I – Debussy – P. Roberts, Pianist


21. Greig, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev – A. von Oeyen, Pianist
22. Schumann, Shostakovich, Gottschalk, Lambert – G. Hammond, Pianist
23. Beethoven, Franck, Brahms, Beach – A. Schween, Cello & G. Hammond, Piano
24. Recital at Weill Hall – G. Hammond, Pianist
25. Brahms – A. Schween, Cello, J. Marco, Clarinet & G. Hammond, Piano


26. Castelnuovo-Tedesco Shakespeare Songs – A. Banks, Soprano & W. Wellborn, Piano
27. Sonatina Album – K. O’Reilly, pianist
28. Burgmuller, Op. 100 – D. Hidy, pianist
29. Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72 – K. & M. Labeque, pianists
30. The Glory of Purcell – Academy of Ancient Music
31. Samuel Barber, Complete Published Solo Piano Music – D. Pollack, pianist

 
Teaching Aids
Keyboard Theory Learning Wrap-Ups : Levels: Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4
 

Video Tapes
1.Baroque Dances - Greg Presley – 2001 WSMTA Convention
2. Beethoven - 55 minutes
3. Beethoven Lives Upstairs - 52 minutes
4. Brahms - 55 minutes
5. Clark, Frances: Her Books and Methods - 55 minutes
6. Developing Technique & Musicianship in Young Students
7. Gift of Music - The Intimate Portrait of Leonard Bernstein - 85 minutes
8. Great Composers & Their Music - Part I – Bach, Handel, Haydn - 41 minutes
9. Great Composers & Their Music Part II - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert - 43 minutes
10. Hal Leonard Student Piano Library - Teacher Presentation of Books 1,2,3
11. Hinson, Maurice: Baroque Dance & Baroque Keyboard Music
12. In Celebration of the Piano - 100 minutes
13. Kindermusik Info - 10 minutes
14. Mozart - 55 minutes
15. Ott, Margaret: Master Lesson on Favorite Piano Pieces - (Fur Elise and Clair de Lune)
16. Schubert - 55 minutes
17. True, Nelita
a. Portrait of a Pianist-Teacher - 60 minutes
b. The Studio Lesson - 60 minutes
c. Technique Through Listening - 45 minutes
d. Principles of Style for the Young Pianist - 60 minutes
18. Vered, Ilana: Pedagogical Strategies for a Successful Performance

19. Bernstein, Seymour: You and the Piano

 
DVD
1. Gordon, Stewart - Memorization in Piano Performance - 64 minutes
2. Hinson, Maurice - Performance Practices in Early 20th Century Piano Music - 68 minutes
3. Hinson, Maurice - Performance Practices in Late 20th Century Piano Music - 55 minutes
4. Roberts, Paul - Debussy’s Preludes for Piano - 90 minutes
5. Schnabel, Karl - Con Brio - 57 minutes
 

******** New Library Materials ********

CD:
Samuel Barber – Daniel Pollack
Complete published solo piano music including Excursions, Op.20

DVD:
“Knowing the Score” - Malcolm Bilson
This DVD addresses the question, “Do we really know how to read urtext editions, and how can this lead to expressive, even passionate performance?”

 

 

 

 

 
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