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Piano Teacher's Guide to Creative Composition
Piano Teacher's Guide to Creative Composition Series: Educational Piano Library Softcover Author: Carol Klose 12.99 (US)* HL 00296828
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Jennifer Higdon | Hal Leonard Jennifer Higdon Pulitzer Prize and two-time Grammy-winner Jennifer Higdon taught herself to play flute at 15 and began formal musical studies at 18, with an even later start in composition at the age of 21. Despite these obstacles, Dr. Higdon has become a major figure in contemporary music. The League of American Orchestras reports that she is one of America's most frequently performed composers. Most recently, Higdon received the prestigious Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University which is awarded to contemporary classical composers of exceptional achievement who have significantly influenced the field of composition. Dr. Higdon currently holds the Rock Chair in Composition at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.   Publications by Jennifer Higdon
Carol Klose | Hal Leonard Carol Klose Carol Klose, an accomplished performer, teacher, clinician, composer, and arranger, taught piano and composition privately in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Formerly on the faculty of the Wisconsin College Conservatory of Music, she conducted workshops and master classes in the U.S. and Australia, specializing in student composition. With over 30 years in the music publishing field, her original works include piano solos, duets, art songs, a musical version of Dickens Christmas Carol, a book for teachers called "Creative Composition," as well as pieces in the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library and the NGPT Allison Contemporary Piano Collection. Carol held degrees in piano performance from Dominican University (summa cum laude) and Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Arts, Italy. She died in 2013.   Publications by Carol Klose
Randall Hartsell | Hal Leonard Randall Hartsell Randall Hartsell began his music career as a piano performance and pedagogy major at East Carolina University. His attention turned quickly to the joys of piano composition. Growing up in North Carolina provided inspiration to express the beauty of his native state with lyrical, romantic pieces. His music has expanded beyond the expressive melodic music to also include more advanced and technically demanding compositions as well as clever and creative elementary pieces. As a past adjunct faculty member of Pfeiffer University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mr. Hartsell brings a wide range of experiences that enrich the lives of both students and teachers. Mr. Hartsell has been a featured composer and contributor to Clavier Companion, and he is a frequent judge for local composition contests and the National Guild of Piano Teachers composition division. His workshops center on helping students and teachers foster creativity, interest in composition, polish essential technical skills, and develop ease in improvisation. In addition, his broad experience as music director of a Lutheran church has enabled him to pen best-selling Christmas, hymn and wedding collections. Subscribe to Randall Hartsell's YouTube Channel here.    Publications by Randall Hartsell
Kathryn Salfelder | Hal Leonard Kathryn Salfelder Kathryn Salfelder began studying music and composition at the age of six at the Bergen Yamaha Music School in New Jersey. She earned her DMA in composition at the New England Conservatory, her M.M. in composition from the Yale School of Music and a B.M. in composition with academic honors from New England Conservatory. Her primary teachers include Michael Gandolfi, Aaron Jay Kernis, and David Lang. She is the recipient of NEC’s 2009 Donald Martino Award for Excellence in Composition, 2009 George Chadwick Medal, and 2012 Tourjee Alumni Scholarship, as well as the ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Ithaca College Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize, and the United States Air Force Gabriel Award. Dr. Salfelder’s music has been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, Albany (NY) Symphony, Yale Philharmonia, New England Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva, United States Air Force Band – Washington D. C., and the Dallas Wind Symphony, and has been featured in over 300 concerts at the nation’s leading universities and conservatories. Commissions have included new works for the American Bandmasters Association, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Western Michigan University Wind Symphony, MIT Wind Ensemble, Japan Wind Ensemble Conductors Conference (JWECC), and the Frank Battisti 85th Birthday Project. Two wind band works, Cathedrals and Crossing Parallels, are published by Boosey & Hawkes.  Dr. Saldelder resides in Cambridge, Mass. and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as lecturer in music theory.    Publications by Kathryn Salfelder
Victoria Sabo | Hal Leonard Victoria Sabo Victoria Sabo, pianist, composer, and teacher, credits her inspiration for her compositions to her mountain climbing, back country skiing and wilderness backpacking experiences. She obtained her master's of music degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her bachelor's of music from the University of Colorado. Ms. Sabo's children's choral composition has been chosen for state music festivals across America. "As in composition, my passion to teach and perform comes from the desire to share the spiritual and emotional qualities of music." Publications by Victoria Sabo
Edwin Willmington | Hal Leonard Edwin Willmington Ed Willmington is the Director of the Fred Bock Institute of Music, Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts, at Fuller Theological Seminary. Previously his professional career has included serving at Scottsdale Bible Church in Scottsdale, AZ for 22 years; Professor of Music at Point Loma University in San Diego; Worship Pastor at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego; and Editor/Writer at Good Life Publications, working under renowned Gospel composer and Gospel Music Hall of Fame member, John W. Peterson. In 1995, while on sabbatical, he created Shepherd’s Staff Worship Music®. Ed's educational background includes a B.A. in Church Music and Conducting (Bethel College, St. Paul, MN), an M.M. in Composition (The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ), and a D.M.A. in Composition, with a Minor in Theory (The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ). While at The University of Arizona, Ed studied composition with Professor Jean Berger. Ed is the composer/arranger of more than 100 published works and several recordings, and he served on the Advisory Board for The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration. He has also been the recipient of several ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) awards for his contribution to church music. Publications by Edwin Willmington
Keith Christopher | Hal Leonard Keith Christopher Keith Christopher is actively involved in music as a composer, arranger, orchestrator and producer. His musical roots go back to Wylie, Texas, where he grew up playing trumpet in band, accompanying in church, and singing in the church youth choir. After high school, he studied music theory and composition and conducting. He holds a Master of Music in Composition from Southern Methodist University where he was a Graduate Assistant in the music theory and choral departments. His composition teachers include Francis W. McBeth, Newell K. Brown, and Simon Sargon.  His music has been performed worldwide by choirs, orchestras, and bands at places including the National Christmas tree lighting, Hollywood Bowl, All-State concerts, and many other symphony and concert halls and festival stages.  Mr. Christopher has received a yearly award for his publications from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers since 1992. In 1999 he received the famed Gold Record Award for “A Merry Christmas with Brass,” which features The Dallas Brass. In 2003 he received a Dove Award for the choral collection, “More Songs for Praise and Worship.” In addition, he has produced over a thousand recordings for music publishers. Publications by Keith Christopher
Wendy Stevens | Hal Leonard Wendy Stevens Wendy Stevens is a composer, pianist, teacher, and clinician.  She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy and her Masters of Music in Theory and Composition from Wichita State University where she graduated summa cum laude. Wendy has been a recipient of the MTNA stAR award (Student Achievement Recognition Award) upon graduation. She has also taught theory at Wichita State University and adjudicates for music events in her area. In addition to her studio teaching, she has served as a church musician playing the piano for more than twenty years. Wendy is a member of MTNA, KMTA, and her local association WMMTA. She has served as president and many other positions in WMMTA, and has also served on the board for KMTA. She is a nationally certified teacher of music and is a member of ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Wendy enjoys composing and presenting workshops on creativity, composition, business practices, and technology. She maintains a popular and helpful blog for piano teachers covering such topics as business issues, teaching composition, creative studio ideas, and much more at www.ComposeCreate.com. Publications by Wendy Stevens
Keveren Series, The Phillip Phillip Keveren, a multi-talented keyboard artist and composer, has composed original works in a variety of genres from piano solo to symphonic orchestra. Mr. Keveren gives frequent concerts and workshops for teachers and their students in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Mr. Keveren holds a B.M. in composition from California State University and a M.M. in composition from the University of Southern California. His clever and smart arrangements of popular songs, religious favorites, Broadway and movie themes, and classical and jazz standards have brought joy to millions of piano students and teachers alike! His ability to provide arrangements that make students at all levels shine have become standard repertoire in the piano pedagogy world. The Phillip Keveren Series features over 100 volumes!
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Carol Barnett | Hal Leonard Carol Barnett A longtime presence on the Minnesota music scene, Carol Barnett is a charter member of the American Composers Forum and a graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she studied composition with Dominick Argento and Paul Fetler, piano with Bernard Weiser, and flute with Emil J. Niosi. She was composer-in-residence with the Dale Warland Singers from 1992 to 2001, and taught composition at Augsburg College from 2000 to 2015. She received the 2003 Nancy Van de Vate International Prize for Opera for her chamber opera, Snow. Her commissions include works for the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Harvard Glee Club, the Westminster Abbey Choir and the Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis.   Publications by Carol Barnett
Matthew Ordaz | Hal Leonard Matthew Ordaz Matthew Ordaz is a spirited young man who loves music in any form. He began composing for piano at age five and has since won several awards in the MTAC Composition Contest and now in the Guild's International Composition Contest. Although he has earned a first place trophy at SYMF for piano performance and four 10-piece Founder plaques, his heart leads him to his drum set much of the time. He also loves to sing and perform on stage any chance he gets, singing with a men's barbershop chorus and with various musical theatre productions. When not playing music, Matthew loves to read, work puzzles, play with friends, and explore nature, science and Star Wars! He is home-schooled with Lighthouse Christian Academy in La Mirada, CA. Publications by Matthew Ordaz
Study Score with CD Score & Sound Masterworks are convenient, compact and value-priced study score/CD packs perfect for classical music enthusiasts and students. Follow along with the score as you listen to some of the world’s great music. Discover which instruments are playing and in what combination, and admire the orchestrations of a master composer. Publications in this series include an interesting article about the composition and history of the featured piece, a helpful reference addressing transposing instruments, and a glossary of musical terms used in the score.
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Robert Donahue | Hal Leonard Robert Donahue Robert Donahue has degrees from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois and Cornell University. He studied composition with Cecil Burleigh, Benjamin Johnson, Hunter Johnson, Robert Palmer and Pulitzer prize-winning composer Karel Husa. He has written music in almost all genres, but the number of his piano works are about triple of all other genres. Publications by Robert Donahue
George Kiorpes | Hal Leonard George Kiorpes George Kiorpes, a native of Yonkers, New York, is a professor of piano at the School of Music, University of North Carolina in Greensboro. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Peabody Conservatory, and a doctorate in musical arts from Boston University. He studied composition with Henry Cowell and piano with Frederick Petrich, Austin Conradi and Béla Nagy. Publications by George Kiorpes
Deborah Ellis Suarez | Hal Leonard Deborah Ellis Suarez Deborah Ellis Suarez is currently on the faculty of the Community Music School at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has taught piano for over 25 years and maintains her own private studio. She received her Masters of Music in music composition from Ball State University and received a 2005 Individual Artist Grant from the Winston-Salem Arts Council. Her compositions have been premiered in the United States and abroad. Publications by Deborah Ellis Suarez
Scott Watson | Hal Leonard Scott Watson Scott Watson, born 1962 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania has composed for concert, radio, and theater and received recognition for his work from ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and others. His projects include commissions by the Lehigh County (Pennsylvania) Bandmasters Association, the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association, the International Horn Society Meir Rimon Fund, an American Composers Forum Continental Harmony project commission, West Chester University Wind Ensemble, Temple University Symphony Orchestra, and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra,. Watson's music is published by Shawnee Press and other major publishers. Watson received his MM and DMA in Composition from Temple University, where his composition teachers include Maurice Wright and Matthew Greenbaum. Watson teaches instrumental and elective music in the Parkland School District (Allentown, PA), and serves as adjunct professor for Villanova University, Philadelphia Biblical University, and Central Connecticut State University. During the 2001-02 academic year, he served as Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Technology at Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music (Philadelphia, PA). Publications by Scott Watson
Jodie Blackshaw | Hal Leonard Jodie Blackshaw Jodie Blackshaw (b. 1971) grew up in the south-east of rural Australia and formed a very personal relationship with music early in life through the creative application of her imagination to musical colors and movement. Today, she continues to seek creative experiences for students through her teaching and composing so they, too, may enjoy the personal relationship she discovered in her formative years. This includes the launching of her very own four-volume series “Teaching Performance Through Composition.” In 2020 Blackshaw completed her PhD in Composition with Dr. Christopher Sainsbury at the Australian National University. In addition to composing and presenting music education workshops, Blackshaw is passionate about fostering equality in concert programs, including schools. In 2018 she curated the website www.colourfullmusic.com to share diverse wind band programs created by leading conductors with the global wind music community. She has presented at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago several times and in June 2022 launched her "Conservation Series," an infinitely growing set of works that will raise funds and awareness surrounding climate change and endangered species.    Publications by Jodie Blackshaw
Phillip Keveren | Hal Leonard Phillip Keveren A multi-talented keyboard artist and composer, Phillip Keveren displays a tremendous versatility in both his original works and concert performances. He composes in a variety of genres, and is widely acclaimed for his piano publications. Mr. Keveren is a prolific arranger, orchestrator and producer. His work is featured in numerous instrumental recordings, church choral, educational piano and Christian artist releases. His arrangements and compositions appear on recent projects by Sandi Patty, Travis Cottrell, Sara Groves and Ronan Tynan. Phillip is co-author, major composer and orchestrator of the internationally acclaimed Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, a complete method for young students. His unique piano arrangements are also featured in nearly 150 volumes of The Phillip Keveren Series (Hal Leonard). Mr. Keveren holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition from California State University, Northridge, and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Southern California. He and his wife Lisa live in Brentwood, Tennessee and are parents of two children, Lindsay and Sean. Publications by Phillip Keveren
Lynda Lybeck-Robinson | Hal Leonard Lynda Lybeck-Robinson Lynda Lybeck-Robinson is an accomplished teacher, pianist, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger. Currently residing in Unalaska, Alaska (an Aleutian Island village in the Bering Sea), Lynda has taught piano and composition to students of all ages since 1996. She is the founder and president of The Hearts and Hands Project, a non-profit organization that gives annual music mentor scholarships. The organization also hosts visiting performers and clinicians, and produces a biennial Hearts & Hands Songbook/CD of music composed by local music students. As a singer/songwriter, Lynda has recorded four CDs, including two that celebrate the area's indigenous Aleut language in a contemporary format. Lynda earned her BA in Music at Linfield College, with an emphasis on classical piano performance and composition. She has performed and toured internationally, including concerts in Turkey, Norway, Japan, and France. She is an active member of MTNA and AKTA, and continues to inspire her students with her compositions. For more information about the Hearts and Hands Project and Lynda's CDs, visit her website www.lyndalybeck.com. Publications by Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
Rebecca Martin | Hal Leonard Rebecca Martin Rebecca Martin has been writing music since she was eight years old. Her compositions include piano solos and duets, vocal solos, choral pieces, hymns, arrangements and many children's songs. A native of Washington state, Rebecca studied piano performance, theory, technique and composition for ten years under the late Barbara Jensen of Tacoma. In 1988, Rebecca graduated in University Studies with an emphasis in English and Humanities from Brigham Young University, where she performed with the Women's Chorus. Rebecca has served as an adjudicator and music volunteer at elementary schools in her community. She has performed with, conducted and accompanied various adult, youth and children's choirs and taught private piano lessons. Rebecca loves composing and writing for youth and children, and is particularly devoted to encouraging young composers. She was honored by the Utah Composer's Guild which awarded her piano duet, Christmas Madness, Best Short Work of Contest and Best of Category in their 2001 International Composition Contest. Rebecca is a full-time mom. She and her husband Troy reside in Utah. Their four children provide her with continual creative inspiration. Publications by Rebecca Martin
Carolyn C. Setliff | Hal Leonard Carolyn C. Setliff Carolyn C. Setliff holds dual degrees in music (emphasis in composition) and business (cum laude) from the University of Arkansas and Centenary College, respectively. She has over 70 publications in print with Willis Music in a variety of levels and styles; her pieces are consistently listed in the Federation Festivals Bulletin (NFMC). Carolyn has maintained a successful teaching studio in Little Rock for almost 40 years. She is constantly inspired and challenged by her students, and considers it a privilege to see so many grow up to become successful adults with a lifelong love of music. An active member of the local, state, and national music teacher associations, Carolyn is also a frequent adjudicator at piano festivals and composition competitions.   Carolyn grew up in a musical home, beginning piano lessons at the age of five. She and her twin sister grew up singing and playing piano recitals together. Their mother was a church organist and piano teacher, and both parents were incredibly supportive of their musical talents. Today, the musical circle continues: Carolyn’s daughter Cathy also teaches piano, and granddaughter Elizabeth and grandson Andrew are aspiring pianists. Publications by Carolyn C. Setliff
James Stevens | Hal Leonard James Stevens Dr. James M. ""Jimbo"" Stevens (b. 1961) is a published composer of over 200 songs with more than 20 national companies. His music includes works for adult, youth, and children's choirs, handbells, and piano books. Stevens received an undergraduate degree from Samford University, Birmingham, AL; a Masters of Church Music from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY; and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Composition from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. Without Love…We Have Nothing, a song that Stevens and Joseph M. Martin co-wrote, continues to be an international sensation with more than 200 different commercial CDs containing it being recorded. It is now being sold and exported all over the world in virtually every musical format. Stevens has won numerous ASCAP Standard Composition Awards and is in demand for his commissioned anthems. Dr. Stevens is currently the Chairman of the Music Department of Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, TN where he resides with his wife, Machelle and daughter, Heather. Publications by James Stevens
Emma Lou Diemer | Hal Leonard Emma Lou Diemer Emma Lou Diemer was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Emma Lou played the piano and composed at a very early age and became organist in her church at age 13. Her great interest in composing music continued through College High School in Warrensburg, MO, and she majored in composition at the Yale Music School (BM, 1949; MM, 1950) and at the Eastman School of Music (Ph.D, 1960). She studied in Brussels, Belgium on a Fulbright Scholarship and spent two summers of composition study at the Berkshire Music Center. She taught in several colleges and was organist at several churches in the Kansas City area during the 1950s. From 1959-61 she was composer-in-residence in the Arlington, VA schools under the Ford Foundation Young Composers Project, and composed many choral and instrumental works for the schools, a number of which are still in publication. She was consultant for the MENC Contemporary Music Project before joining the faculty of the University of Maryland where she taught composition and theory from 1965-70. In 1971 she moved from the East Coast to teach composition and theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCSB she was instrumental in founding the electronic/computer music program. In 1991 she became Professor Emeritus at UCSB. Through the years she has fulfilled many commissions (orchestral, chamber ensemble, keyboard, choral, vocal) from schools, churches, and professional organizations. She has received awards from Yale University (Certificate of Merit), The Eastman School of Music (Edward Benjamin Award), the National Endowment for the Arts (electronic music project), Mu Phi Epsilon (Certificate of Merit), the Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards (for piano concerto), the American Guild of Organists (Composer of the Year), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers/ASCAP (annually since 1962 for performances and publications), the Santa Barbara Symphony (composer-in-residence, 1990-92), the University of Central Missouri (honorary doctorate), and many others. She is an active keyboard performer (piano, organ, harpsichord, synthesizer), and in the last few years has given concerts of her own music at Washington National Cathedral, St. Mary's Cathedral and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, and elsewhere. Emma Lou lives in Santa Barbara, California, five minutes from the Pacific Ocean. Publications by Emma Lou Diemer
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