Pianoforte intermedio

Melody Bober's The Dakotas visits both North and South Dakota in three movements. In the opening movement, 'The Great Plains,' majestic chords, sixteenth-note runs and a soaring melody recreate the sw...

The Music Teachers National Association commissioned this collaborative composition for their 2012 convention. In four movements, each movement represents a season of the year. Each movement also feat...

Students with an injured arm or hand can continue their piano studies in spite of their injury with this series by Melody Bober. Each volume features pieces written especially for the right or left ha...

A Perfect 10, Book 5, is a collection of solos designed to promote musical excellence for the late intermediate-level pianist. Melody has chosen a favorite teaching piece from the four stylistic perio...

Following in the tradition of Bach, Chopin, and other composers, Melody Bober has written the In All Keys series, which includes original piano solos in all major and minor keys. Each book in the seri...

South Carolina: The Palmetto State displays this unique state in three exciting movements. 'Hurricane!' is intense, showing the energy of the natural disaster. It includes scales, octaves, full chords...

The three pieces in Idaho Gems capture the spirit of this northwestern state. 'White Pine Waltz' begins with a delicate melody in 3/4 meter inspired by the majestic western white pine, Idaho's state t...

This collection contains Melody Bober's best-loved sheet music solos that have been published through the years. Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy the variety of styles, sounds, and moods o...

Part of Alfred's Recital Suite series, The Rimrocks explores the sandstone formations that border the northern and eastern sections of Billings, Montana. Each of the three movements pays tribute to th...

The three movements of Summer Scenes capture the changes in summer days caused by nature and the moods that these changes suggest. The first movement, 'Sunny,' begins in G-flat major and moves to G ma...

Intermediate pianists will enjoy these expressive romantic themes, many of which would be suitable as pre-ceremony music at weddings.

A superb velocity-building etude for right-hand scale passage work, with cross-hand arpeggios and hands-together chords.

Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal, inward-looking form of musical expression, on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new chara...

Pianists who play for church services are often called upon to provide music that is reflective and meditative in nature. The six hymns in this new collection by Martha Mier were chosen because of the...

The left hand plays both melody and accompaniment in this late intermediate piano solo for one hand. This dreamlike piece begins in the key of A minor and moves through various tonalities before endin...

The sound of fanfares and fun run through this D-major show piece, with sweeping dynamic range, accents, shifts in tonality, and a relentless rush to the exciting finish.

Louisiana Legacies captures the heart and soul of the state and is a musical tribute to the very essence of what is Louisiana. Celebrated in three movements are some of the things that people have com...

Martha Mier's The Bluegrass State visits three venerable Kentucky landmarks in three movements. The first stop is Land Between the Lakes, recreated in a peaceful musical setting with a lyrical melody...

Martha Mier's Tennessee Treasures takes a musical journey to three different cities across the state of Tennessee. Written in three movements, it begins in Memphis. 'Down on Beale Street' is a slow, b...

These heartfelt arrangements are some of Martha Mier's favorite hymns. Their warm melodies and rich harmonies will bring hope, solace, and the nearness of God to listeners and performers alike. To ass...

Gently running eighth-note left hand broken chord patterns lay under the pretty singing melodies that play above them in this reflective and colorful tone painting. Long, legato right hand phrases are...

With these nine intermediate- to late-intermediate-level solos, students can travel around the world with popular composer Martha Mier. This book is a musical tour guide to sites in Russia, Argentina,...

West Virginia: The Mountain State captures the spirit and beauty of this Appalachian state. The historic New River Gorge Bridge and its surrounding beauty are portrayed musically in the first movement...

Four distinct movements depict the wonder of this state. The Blue Ridge Parkway uses octaves and rich chords to create a majestic piece that portrays the grandeur of the scenic drive. Appalachian Moun...

Both jazzy and orchestral, 'Rhapsody in Blue' remains one of the most recognized and popular pieces in the piano repertoire. This arrangement serves as a late intermediate 'reduction' of the original....