Piano intermédiaire

The romance and passion of a rhapsody are found in this expressive solo. Two keys, D minor and D major, are used in contrasting sections. D minor represents the passionate side while the D major secti...

Turn your piano into a well-oiled machine with the sounds of octaves, accents, chromatics and mild dissonance. Written in D minor and 4/4 meter, this toccata will appeal to students with its big sound...

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...

Just a few of the wonderful sights to see in Arizona are represented in this suite. Amazing Arizona!, the first movement, is a tribute to the state as a whole with its grand and majestic sound. The se...

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.

The Choctaw Bay Music Club of Niceville, Florida commissioned this solo. Florida's nickname is 'The Sunshine State,' and this piece is sunny through and through. Chromatics and syncopation are highlig...

This solo, written in C minor, provides an excellent technical workout for the right hand. Sixteenth-note five-finger patterns and broken chords in the A section must be played cleanly and quickly. Th...

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...