Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1104290

By ROBERT VAN HORNE. By ROBERT VAN HORNE. Children,Christmas,Classical,Instructional,New Age. Score. 9 pages. White Piano International Publishing #707500. Published by White Piano International Publishing (A0.1104290).

FROLIC

Advanced Intermediate Piano Solo

by ROBERT VAN HORNE

 9 pages

Duration is about 3:20

In 1995, while performing at Nordstrom Valley Fair in San Jose, CA, I was asked to participate in a group of other Nordstrom pianists from all over the United States in a charitable Holiday project to benefit the “Make A Wish Foundation.�

I was told to record several Holiday pieces and submit them to the main office in Seattle.

It was a sunny Saturday morning in May when I recorded in my home a few of my favorite holiday songs, like Silent Night, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and other Christmas carols.

After doing this, I asked myself, why don't I compose a new instrumental piano piece and submit it along with the other familiar demo examples.

I imagined children playing in the snow, sledding down hills, their excitement on Christmas morning, and the wonderful spirit of the holiday season. After a little while I composed this piece. I then thought to myself; “I’ll call it CHRISTMAS FROLIC.

Even though Nordstrom never used this piece on their Holiday CD, I performed it for audiences. I remember once telling a friend, “Here’s a new piece I composed called CHRISTMAS FROLIC, however, it can only be played during the Christmas season. My friend replied; “Robert, why don’t you just call it FROLIC, then you can play it all year long.

The sheet music is clearly notated with dynamic and articulation marks, phrasing, pedal indications, suggested fingerings and appropriate musical terms for playing.

This advanced intermediate piano solo can be played year around. It is an excellent teaching piece that can be used in recitals and school musical events and makes and excellent encore for professionals.

It is a delightful musical listening treat for audiences and ideal for more advanced piano students.

FROLIC was recorded as a piano selection in 1998 on Robert’s CD entitled PIANO & MEMORIES. The audio sample from the album has accompanied orchestral instrumentation and is not included in the piano sheet music.

Robert Van Horne is a long standing member of ASCAP.

Official Website: www.robertvanhorne.com
Email: rvh@robertvanhorne.com

Here is the link to the video: YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/8tC7nyF6W0I.

Piano Solo - Digital Download

SKU: A0.928405

Composed by Noah Fire. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Noah Fire #6115683. Published by Noah Fire (A0.928405).

In Search of Lost Time

 This is really

not a good time

for this virus to show up.

Not when I'm 68 years old.

Couldn’t it have arrived ten years ago

before I became

                                    elderly?

 

I can make myself ten years younger.

(Maybe twelve or fifteen. Why stop at ten?)

My mother did that

 

during the war.

After

she said we were safe

they couldn't get to us

because of the ocean.

 

Now

six feet                                                apart

no ocean protects us.

Too bad we didn't learn to                  breathe under water.

 

I watch television

wonder why people are standing

so close to each other.

I walk in zigzags.

My ponytail pulls at the strings of the mask

                                                            suffocating me.

 

At night I check the doors.

But who will sneak in now?

The                                                                              virus

is the only one                                                                        out and about.

 

How old will                                                   my grandchildren

be when I hold them again?

Will the youngest be surprised to see we have bodies attached to our heads

that we don’t live                                                                   on a.