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Composers Bureau
Music for Young Performers
Piano Solos
- Samuel Adler
- Gradus Book 1-2-3 for piano solo. From beginner to
advanced.
- Elizabeth R. Austin
- A Child's Garden of Music - solo piano, moderate,
late elementary
- Mia Music - solo piano, moderate, age 10-15
- Leslie Bassett
- Configurations for solo piano. High School, Moderate
to Advanced. C. F. Peters
#67164.
- Larry Bell
- Suite from Hansel and Gretel. Intermediate.
- Lauren Bernofsky
- Arctic Moon, for beginner piano. Self-published.
- Australia Suite, for late-intermediate piano. The FJH Music Co., Inc.
- Ettena and Mot, for beginner piano. Self-published.
- Piano Sonata, for early-intermediate piano. Self-published.
- Rainstorm, for early-intermediate piano. Self-published.
- Victoria Bond
- Sandburg Suite, for piano. Age group - teens.
- Martin Boykan
- Pastorale for piano solo. Age 10-11 years or older.
- Allen Brings
- Four Graded Pieces for Younger Pianists. From easy
to difficult.
- Vision fugitive for piano solo. Age 15 and up, difficult.
- Margaret Brouwer
- Dancing Over Hot Coals for solo piano. Low to medium
difficulty.
- Ruth Brush
- Playtime Piano Pieces for piano solo. Elementary,
Grades I and II.
- Canary Burton
- Sometime after One for piano solo. Intermediate.
- Shri Rama for piano solo. Beginner.
- Folksong for my Mother for piano solo. Early Intermediate.
- Gaia-Noon for piano solo. Intermediate.
- On the Rag, Rag for jazz piano solo. Beginner.
- Victoria's Harp for piano solo. Intermediate.
- Turkey Too for jazz piano solo. Intermediate.
- Jerry Casey
- By Request - collection of piano solos. 2nd or 3rd year piano study.
- Sondra Clark
- Ten Modern Miniatures for piano solo. Level 3-6.
- Wallace De Pue
- Prelude (from "The Wonderful Witch of Oz") piano solo for beginners.
- Prelude for piano. Moderately easy.
- For the Good Folk for piano. Moderately easy.
- Kaelen's March, piano for beginners.
- Mary's Proffer, piano for beginners.
- A Portrait of a White Butterfly for piano, medium difficulty.
- Meditation. Ages 14-17.
- Waltz, Chorale, and March. Ages 16-17.
- Norman Dello Joio
- Music For The Young - a piano suite (recorded). E.
Marks, publisher.
- David Diamond
- A Private World for piano solo.
- Then and Now for piano solo.
- Alone at the Piano. Three books for piano solo.
- Emma Lou Diemer
- Time Pictures, 1961. Children or young people. Fairly
easy. Boosey & Hawkes.
- Sound Pictures, 1971. Children or young people. From
easy to early advanced. Boosey
& Hawkes.
- Adventures in Sound, 1987. Children or young people.
From easy to early advanced. Birch Tree Group/Summy Birchard/Warner.
- Space Suite, 1987. Children or young people. From
easy to early advanced. Plymouth Music Co.
- Three Pieces for Piano, 1991. Young people. Advanced
intermediate. Plymouth Music Co.
- James M. Drew
- Petite Messe pour une Mouche Commune Defunte (Small
Mass for a Deceased House Fly) - solo piano. Intermediate,
elementary through high school. Published by GreyWolf Press.
- Six Solo Pieces. Intermediate. Published by GreyWolf
Press.
- Donna Kelly Eastman
- Vacation Magic - 4 piano solos. Grade 2+.
- Marti Epstein
- American Etudes for piano. Ages 8-15, varying.
- Eric Funk
- Lullabyes - piano solo, advanced beginners through
intermediate.
- Pieces - piano solo, advanced beginners through intermediate.
- Music for Piano - graded piano book, intermediate
through advanced.
- Jack Gallagher
- Six Pieces for Kelly for piano. Ages 8-16
- Three Waltzes and Pastorale for piano. Ages 11-16.
- Six Bagatelles for piano. Ages 15-18.
- Arthur Gottschalk
- 5 Easy Modern Pieces for solo piano. Ages 6-12.
- Karel Husa
- Warner Hutchsinon
- Suite A-La-Mode for elementary students.
- Samuel Jones
- Ballad ("Babes in Woods") - in the collection "Masters of Our Day, Vol. II", published by Carl Fischer, for elementary school.
- Daniel Kingman
- La Commedia, 9 pieces based on Commedia dell-arte
figures. Ages 7-20, quite difficult.
- Susan Cohn Lackman
- Three Characters – piano – junior high, competent young pianist
- Lori Laitman
- Nocturne - solo piano, intermediate.
- Waltzing - solo piano, easy.
- Richard Lane
- The Penguin - solo piano, early intermediate.
- Elizabeth Lauer
- Soundings for solo piano, age 9 or early elementary
- Starting Sounds - solo piano, very easy, age 8 and
up.
- Wounded Wing Waltz for piano left hand and one digit
of right hand, age 9, moderately easy
- Ursula Mamlok
- Grasshoppers for solo piano. Casia Publishing.
- Four Recital Pieces for Young Pianists
- Six Recital Pieces for Children
- Donald Martino
- Suite in Old Form for piano solo. Grade 4-6. Movements
may be performed separately. Dantalian, Inc.
- Michael Mauldin
- Landscapes for Piano, Book I, six titled pieces using
cross-rhythms in easy notation and no pedal. 7 minutes. Trigram
Music, Inc.
- Landscapes for Piano, Book II, five titled pieces
using cross-rhythms in easy notation and no pedal, slightly
more difficult than Book I. 6 minutes. Trigram Music, Inc.
- Outside Images, written for Mauldin's students. "Singing
Alone" (1:21), "A Rose for Thee" (0:53), "River Crossing"
(1:05), "Long Night's Journey" (1:27) and "Equestrians" (1:22).
Intermediate. Neil A. Kjos.
- Three Views from Space: Intermediate Piano Solos for
My Students - Earthrise (1:33), Polar Ice (1:09) and African
Desert (1:30).
- William Mayer
- Subway in the Sunlight (Theodore Presser), for solo piano. Ages 11-14,
medium difficulty.
- Kirke Mechem
- Whims for piano solo. Ages 8-18, Easy to Moderate.
- Lewis M. Miller
- Intermezzo for solo piano. High school or older.
- Alice A. Moerk
- A Cinderella Fantasy, for piano. High school.
- John. W. Pozdro
- Five Pieces for Child Performer
- Peter Sacco
- Ancient to Modern, Volume II.
- Keyways to Music, Book I.
- Dinosaur Dance, beginner.
- Gymnastics, beginner.
- Laurel
- All the Leaves of a Single Tree
- Amber
- Mountain Spring, easy.
- A Little Counterpoint a Day Doesn't Hurt, easy.
- A Valentine's Greeting
- Ruth Schonthal
- Five Oceanic Preludes for Piano, with avant garde techniques. (7'') grade 3-5.
- Fourteen Two-Part Inventions for Piano or Harpsichord, 28" (indi.y 2-6"), grade 4-5.
- In Homage Of, (24 preludes) grade 4-6 total performance time, 18".
- Recital Music for piano. grades 1-4.
- Sonatina in A for piano (8") grades 4-5.
- Three Elegies (7") grade 4-5
- Toccata & Arietta (2.30) grades 4-5.
- Alan Shulman
- The Dripping Faucet - Weintraub/Shawnee.
Easy.
- Lopsided - Weintraub/Shawnee.
Easy.
- March - Weintraub/Shawnee.
Easy.
- Jazz Grab Bag - Intermediate.
- One Man Show - 9 short piano works. Sam Fox.
- Hues of Blues - Sam Fox. Easy-Intermediate.
- Halide K. Smith
- Dancing Doll for piano solo. Intermediate.
- Fur Ball for piano solo. Elementary.
- Sand and Water for piano solo. Advanced.
- Robert Starer
- Sketches in Color
- At Home Alone
- Contemporary Virtuoso
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Two Etudes - solo piano, high school.
- David Ward-Steinman
- Three Miniatures for piano. Grade IV.
- Improvisations on Children's Songs for piano. Grade
IV-V.
- An-Ming Wang
- Petite Valse. For ages 12 and up.
- Robert Washburn
- Donald Wheelock
- A Circular Suite. Solo piano, intermediate on up.
- Richard Wilson
- A Child's London for solo piano. Ages 5-12, Easy.
- A Child's London for solo piano. Ages 10-15.
- Sour Flowers for solo piano. Ages 12-17, Moderate.
- John Winsor
- A Musical Calendar for piano solo. Elementary.
- James Yannatos
- 8 Miniatures for 10 Fingers for piano solo. Ages
6-12.
- Judith Lang Zaimont
- Calendar Collection - 12 Preludes for the Developing
Pianist, commissioned by the original publisher (Alfred; now
issued by Vivace Press) specifically for student performers.
- Reflective Rag - for piano solo, published by Vivace
Press.
- Suite Impressions - Folksong; Jazz Waltz; In Pop
Style. Piano Solo.
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