Lyric Pieces for the Young – Norman Dello Joio (Marks/Hal Leonard). Suite for
the Young – Norman ... Contemporary Collection – Goldstein, Kern, et.al., eds.
Lawrence Academy of Music Piano Festival SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PIECE The following are sources of pieces that will be allowed. This list is by no means complete. Please consult the list of composers that will NOT be allowed (taking note of possible exceptions marked with asterisks) on the third page.
EARLY ELEMENTARY-EARLY INTERMEDIATE Adventures in Time and Space, Vol. I (Warner Brothers) For Children, Vol. I,II - Bela Bartok (Alfred) Celebrations in Style – Bruce Berr (Hal Leonard) Expeditions in Style – Bruce Berr (Hal Leonard) Imaginations in Style – Bruce Berr (Hal Leonard) The Creatures Speak – Frances Bittner (Carl Fischer) Monsterpieces – William Bolcom (Marks/Hal Leonard) Amusements, Books I,II – Stephen Chatman (Frederick Harris) The Little Avant-Garde – Stephen Covello ( Schirmer) Winning Solos, Late Elem., Early Intermed. – Stephen Covello ( Schirmer) Diversions – Norman Dello Joio (Marks/Hal Leonard) Lyric Pieces for the Young – Norman Dello Joio (Marks/Hal Leonard) Suite for the Young – Norman Dello Joio (Marks/Hal Leonard) 32 Piano Games – Ross Lee Finney (Peters) Contemporary Collection – Goldstein, Kern, et.al., eds. (Summy-Birchard) Twenty-Four Little Piano Pieces, Op. 39 – Dmitri Kabelevsky (Alfred/MCA) Adventures in Sound – David Karp (Willis Music Corp.) Easy Animal Pieces – Leo Kraft (Gen. Music) Forecasts – Mary Magdalen Mageau (Schirmer/Hal Leonard) The Ash Tree – Carolyn Mathers (Myklas) Mosaics – Marguerite Miller, ed. (Sonos/Jackman Music Corp.) *must be ordered directly (1-800-950-1900) Story Scenes – Lojos Papp (EMB) The Little Piano Book, Op. 60 – Vincent Persichetti (Elkan-Vogel) Children’s Festival – Octavio Pinto (Schirmer) Twenty-Three Pieces for Children – Julius Schloss (Peer-Southern/Theodore Presser) Twenty-Three Studies for Children – Julius Schloss (Peer-Southern/Theodore Presser) Events, Books I-III – Bernard Shaak (Moonstone)*must be ordered directly (1-303-756-8018) Six Modal Miniatures – Evertt Stevens (Theodore Presser) Twentieth Century Composers Easiest Piano Pieces (Peters) Miniature Stories – Italo Taranta (Hal Leonard) INTERMEDIATE-EARLY ADVANCED Gradus, Books I,II – Samuel Adler (Oxford) For Children – Bela Bartok (Boosey & Hawkes) Four Anniversaries – Leonard Bernstein (Amberson) Monsterpieces – William Bolcom (Marks/Hal Leonard) 3 Ghost Rags – William Bolcom (Marks/Hal Leonard) Bits and Bytes – Derek Bourgeois (Fentone)*must be ordered directly (http//www.fentone.com/) 11 Children’s Pieces – Alfredo Casella (Masters) Amusements, Book III – Stephen Chatman (Frederick Harris) Winning Solos, Intermediate, Late Intermediate – Stephen Covello (Schirmer) Piano Music – Henry Cowell (Assoc. Music Pub.) Toccata for Piano – Miguel Del Aguila (Peer-Southern/Theodore Presser) Shorties – David Feinberg (Boston)
INTERMEDIATE-EARLY ADVANCED (cont.) Seven Wild Mushrooms and a Waltz – Arthur Greene (Galaxy) Fifteen Children’s Pieces, Op. 27 – Dmitri Kabelevsky (Alfred/MCA) Mosaics – Marguerite Miller, ed. (Sonos/Jackman Music Corp.)*must be ordered directly (see above) Japanese Festival – Yoshinao Nakada (Hal Leonard) Watermelon and Friends – Linda Niamath (Frederick Harris) Story Scenes – Lojos Papp (EMB) The Little Piano Book – Vincent Persichetti (Elkan-Vogel) Scenas Infantis – Octavio Pinto (Schirmer) Twelve Preludes for the Intermediate Pianist – Alexander Scriabin (Theodore Presser) Events, Books III, IV – Bernard Shaak (Moonstone)*must be ordered directly (see above) Sketches in Color, Sets I,II – Robert Starer (MCA) Bagatelles – Alexander Tcherepnine (International) The Circus – Joaquin Turina (Schott) The Turina Collection – Joachin Turina (Schott) Ten Miniatures for Piano – Matt Turner (Alliance)
ADVANCED 12x11 (Alfred) Piano Music – Henry Cowell (AMP) Four Piano Blues – Aaron Copland (Boosey & Hawkes) Four Preludes for Piano – Ruth Crawford (Merion/Theodore Presser) A Little Suite for Christmas – George Crumb (Peters) 20th Century Anthology (Yorktown) Danzas Argentinas – Alberto Ginastera (Durand) Rondo on Argentine Children’s Folk Tunes, Op. 19 – Alberto Ginastera (B&H) 12 American Preludes, Complete – Alberto Ginastera (Fischer) The Rodrigo Collection - Ernesto Rodrigo (Schott) Three Spanish Dances – Ernesto Rodrigo (Masters Music) *must be ordered directly (1-561-241-6169) 3 Gymonopedies and 3 Gnossienes – Erik Satie (Alfred) 20th Century Americans (Hal Leonard) Waltzes by 25 Contemporary Composers (Peters) Winter Dance – Matt Turner (Alliance)
COMPOSERS NOT ALLOWED FOR CONTEMPORARY PIECE** Aaron, Michael Agay, Denes Alexander, Dennis Applebaum, Stanley **Bastien, James Bastien, Jane Beard, Katherine Bernstein, Seymour Bianchi, Louise Bishop, Dorothy Boyd, Bill Bradley, Richard **Bres, Jaeger Brimhall, John Burnam, Edna Mae Butler, Jack Caramia, Tony Chagy, John Clark, Frances **Clark, Mary Elizabeth Colley, Betty Cory, Cappy Cray, Kevin D’Auberge, Alfred Debussy, Claude **Demarest, Anne Dittenhaver, Sarah Dungan, Olive Eckstein, Maxwell Evans, Bill Evans, Lee Ezell, Helen Flateau, Carol Fletcher, Leila
Fletcher, Stanley Frackenpohl, Arthur Frost, Bernice Garrow, Louise George, Jon/Mary Gae Gillock, William Glover, David Goedicke, Alexander Goldston, Margaret Goodrich, Florence Gordon, Claire **Grove, Roger Hartsell, Randall Hirschberg, David Horowitz, Norman Joplin, Scott Kahl, Rachel Kasschau, Howard Kern, Carl W. **Kraehenbeuhl, David LaMontaine, John Lanz, David Last, Joan Lethco, Amanda Long, Lois Manus, Morton Medley, Bill/Pat Miller, Carolyn Montgomery, June Nevin, Mark Noblitt, Kathryn **Noona, Walter/Carol Norton, Christopher O’Hearn, Arletta
Ogilvy, Susan **Olson, Lynn Freeman Pace, Robert **Palmer, Willard Payne, Cora Pearce, Elvina Pease, Joyce **Perdew, Ruth **Poe, John R Ravel, Maurice Ray, Jerry Richter, Ada Ricker, Earl **Ristad, Eloise Rocherolle, Eugenie Rogers, Ethel Rollin, Catherine Schaum, John Scheftel, Paul Schultz, Pamela/Robert Sell, Betty Shannon, Sue Stecher, Melvin Steiner, Eric Stevens, Everett Stewart, Jay Storr, Sherman Thompson, John Vandall, Robert Verne (Verhaalen), Mary Waxman, Donald Weybright, June Yeager, Jeanine
**Some of the composers listed have written several pieces which are clearly based on a contemporary idiom (clusters, whole-tone scale, etc.) and are acceptable. Please see some examples below for such exceptions. Please note that pieces from the Impressionistic period (i.e. Debussy and Ravel) are not acceptable.
Space Adventures – James Bastien (Kjos) Contempos for Piano (7 books) – Mary Elizabeth Clark, ed. (Myklas) *other exceptions found in these collections are the following: Jaeger Bres Anne Demarest Roger Grove Ruth Perdew Eloise Ristad Calendar Scenes – David Kraehenbeuhl (Schmitt, Hall, & McCreary Co.) The Contemporary Performer (books 1-4) – Walter and Carol Noona (Heritage Music) Animal World – John R. Poe (Carl Fischer) Please call Mary Van De Loo, festival coordinator, at 920-832-6632 if you have any questions about acceptable repertoire.
