Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1208722 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 5 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #806813. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1208722). A sweet enchanting piano solo, as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Passages.Kathleen's “lyrics� for the opening section:Be like a flowerTurn to the sunCherish the river’s laughter & funDance with the moonbeamsSing to the starsBring beauty here & farBloom like a flowerShine like the sunFlow with the river’s laughter & funDance with the moonbeamsSing to the starsBring beauty here & farVery late intermediate: Notes are easy. B section has RH 1-4 octave reaches, and the quietness of the B section requires finesse.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1206673 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Blues,Classical,Pop. Score. 6 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #804855. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1206673). A wistful, bluesy piano solo, as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Drivin’!Kathleen’s note: “My homage to the music of George Gershwin; and my deepest thanks to friend who, inadvertently but brilliantly, gave me the title.�Late intermediate level.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200247 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age,Romantic Period. Score. 9 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #799047. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1200247). “On the western prairie, nestled against a hill, there is an unexpected forest: shade and water abound. Travelers on the Oregon Trail rested here before returning to the treacherous journey. One summer that forest was all I dreamed of.� ~ Kathleen RyanAdvanced technique: a very challenging solo with a rewarding breadth of expression. What the Stars Saw on the Prairie has been called a “three-handed� piece: in its most difficult section the LH plays the bass, the RH plays an upper descant, and the melody is split between both hands in the middle register of the piano. The first recording engineer who heard this piece (but who could not see into the studio) believed that Kathleen had recruited an extra person to play with her. The music truly fits two hands, as long as both hands are willing to move around quite a lot!

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1204372 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #802852. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1204372). As composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Under the Greenwood Tree.Kathleen's notes: When we were building our home, my husband had a big goal of not making it possible for birds to nest on the house or over the porches. (Our rental home had barn swallow nests at both the front and back doors, and it was just too messy.)But the second spring after we moved in, some Say’s phoebes showed up and wanted to nest on the house; and my husband totally fell in love with them and built them a special platform — the phoebe condo. We had 5 fledglings that year! The next spring the phoebes returned! More nests, more fledglings, more joy.When I wanted music that was lively in a gentle way, and just completely happy, I naturally thought of the phoebes. Listen for the phoebe call in the middle section.Late intermediate.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1206647 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #804828. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1206647). The piano solo as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Drivin'! .Kathleen's notes: “Complete with Angels, which is how life and music are given to us.�Very late intermediate. Lots of syncopation, LH arpeggios, octaves with moving notes within.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1208656 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 5 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #806757. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1208656). A lyrical theme and variations piano solo, as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Passages.Kathleen's note: “The year may be winding down, the darkness may be closing in — but there are yet moments to bask in the sun.�Late intermediate: many left hand arpeggios.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1205994 By Kathleen Ryan. By American Traditional Hymn. Arranged by Kathleen Ryan. 19th Century,Classical,Religious,Sacred. Score. 7 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #804185. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1205994). The American shape note hymn from the 1840s, as arranged for piano solo and performed on Kathleen Ryan's CD Under the Greenwood Tree.Kathleen's notes:  My arrangement of each verse matches its words:Bright morning stars are rising,Bright morning stars are rising,Bright morning stars are rising —Day is a-breakin in my soul.Oh where are our dear fathers?Oh where are our dear fathers?Oh where are our dear fathers?Day is a-breakin in my soul.Some have gone to heaven shoutin!Some have gone to heaven shoutin!Some have gone to heaven shoutin!Day is a-breakin in my soul.Some are down in the valley prayin,Some are down in the valley prayin,Some are down in the valley prayin —Day is a-breakin in my soul.Late intermediate. Suitable for use in church.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1120562 By Kathleen Ryan. By Adolphe-Charles Adam. Arranged by Kathleen Ryan. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #721807. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1120562). “He appeared and the soul felt its worth.� Kathleen Ryan's arrangement of the French religious song by Adolphe Adam, performed on her Christmas album, The Rebirth of Light. Kathleen's notes: Again, preferring silence to constant motion. I’ll confess that I was not inclined to record this piece. My husband really wanted it included on The Rebirth of Light, but I resisted because I had first heard it sung by a soprano with super-warbly vibrato. I thought the song was sort of tacky, although I did recognize that the tackiness came from the singing and not from the music itself. When I explained all this to him, he pointed out that any arrangement I created would never be “tacky� and that it wouldn’t have warbly vibrato either! I promised to play with it and just hear what I could create. I started with a sort of American Methodist hymnal 4–part chordal arrangement. And then the rolled chords appeared and away I went! Lyrical, spacious, spiritual. Suitable for use in church.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1122142 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #723289. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1122142). Moody and powerful piano solo, composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her album A Handfull of Quietness. Kathleen's notes: Wherein something so small as to be almost nothing turns within itself again and again to become massive and powerful. I confess that this piece was inspired by the raucous rock music that bled up to my upstairs apartment, late late late one Saturday night, back in the days when my neighbors led a much more interesting life than I did. I was injured and confined to the apartment—longing to escape—and this piece embodies that restlessness. Late intermediate level, theme with variations. Since the variations change in small increments, the score includes tips on not becoming lost.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1208726 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 9 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #806822. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1208726). A lyrical and powerful solo piano elegy, composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Passages.Kathleen's note: “A friend to cherish, a life to mourn and to celebrate. There would be music, of course.�Advanced, and requires sensitivity as well as technique.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1208732 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 7 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #806832. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1208732). The lilting (and occasionally wistful) piano solo, as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Passages.Kathleen’s notes: “This music was born in a moment of forgiveness; and forgiveness is simply always a good idea. (Even when the ‘transgressor’ mucks up a good grudge by apologizing! Aargh! I was happy* being mad!    * for certain warped values of happy�Late intermediate.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1208660 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Classical,New Age. Score. 4 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #806761. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1208660). A lyrical piano solo, as composed and arranged by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Passages.Kathleen’s notes: “The trouble with leaving home is saying all those goodbyes! Some need to be said more than once. And yet, leaving home is the first step in creating new home, new life, new joy — to add to all the ones left behind and carried in our heart.�Late Intermediate.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1122128 By Kathleen Ryan. By Traditional Irish. Arranged by Kathleen Ryan. Classical,Folk,New Age,Traditional. Score. 3 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #723275. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1122128). The Irish folk song, as arranged and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her solo CD A Handfull of Quietness. Kathleen's notes: “His hair was dark, his eye was blue, his arm was stout, his word was true. I wish in my heart I was with you! Go thee, thu, mavourneen slaun.� This Irish song was a particular favorite of my mother’s, possibly because it is rather descriptive of my father! A haunting and beautiful lament by the woman left behind, when the man was called to war. Intermediate level.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1206661 By Kathleen Ryan. By Kathleen Ryan. Blues,Classical,Pop. Score. 4 pages. Indigo Mesa Music LLC #804843. Published by Indigo Mesa Music LLC (A0.1206661). A bluesy piano solo, as composed and performed by Kathleen Ryan on her CD Drivin‘!Kathleen's notes:“Compositions are like children to me: they’re all my favorites. But I have to say, this one holds a very special place in my heart. For one thing, it’s just weird. Doesn’t end on the “right� notes. Has a great walking pace and luscious parallel seventh chords. Is not likely to be anyone else’s favorite piece, ever: my quirky, funny, lovable, strange child. I love to play it. Also: the “A� section of Meanwhile, On Foot is a perfect 12-bar blues. The chords are inverted, and flat 2 substitutes for 4.�Intermediate level, must be comfortable with swing rhythms syncopated.