Piano Music of Black Composers Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Expanding the Repertoire: Piano Music of Black Composers compiled and edited by Leah Claiborne
The Expending the Repertoire series aims to bring previously unsung piano literature to students and teachers for memorable discoveries. These volumes feature music of Black composers in progressive order, and includes pedagogical notes by Leah Claiborne, an expert in the field
Level 1: Elementary to Upper Elementary
LEAH CLAIBORNE: Chit-Chat; Jumping the Broom; The King’s Magic Drum; Left Alone; The Unsung; JAMES & JOHN JOHNSON: Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Leah Claiborne); ULYSSES KAY: Slumber Song from 10 Short Essays for Piano; IGNATIUS SANCHO: Lady Mary Montague’s Reel from 12 Country Dances for the Year 1779; HALE SMITH; An Asphodel for Marcel from Faces of Jazz; Blooz from Faces of Jazz; BLANCHE K. THOMAS: Selections from Plantation Songs in Easy Arrangements: Go Down, Moses; I’m Troubled in Mind; Lord, I Want to Be a Christian; Steal Away; Tryin’ to Make Heaven My Home; We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder.
Level 2: Early Intermediate to Intermediate
FRANCIS JOHNSON: Fort Erie from A Collection of New Cotillions in 1818; ULYSSES KAY: Make Believe from 10 Short Essays for Piano; March Song from 10 Short Essays for Piano; ESTELLE RICKETTS: Rippling Spring Waltz; CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES: Adagio in F minor; IGNATIUS SANCHO: All of One Mind; HALE SMITH: That’s Mike from Faces of Jazz; The Broken Saxophone from Faces of Jazz; BLANCHE K. THOMAS: Selections from Plantation Songs in Easy Arrangements: Go Tell It on the Mountain; I Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No More; I’m A-Rollin’ Thro’ an Unfriendly World; I’ve Got a Robe; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord).
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