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​For sustained contribution to music education
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Resources for piano teachers and students, choirs and secondary students

2018-2020 ANZCA Modern Pianoforte Syllabus 
These six pieces from the Jazzamatazz series are included in the 2018-2020 ANZCA Modern Pianoforte Syllabus.​
Grade 4 - Blues
Grade 4 - Jazz and Popular Standards
Grade 4 - Blues
Grade 3 - Jazz and Popular Standards
Grade 4 - Jazz and Popular Standards
Grade 4 - Ragtime
Piano Scores and Audio mp3 Files

THE EMERGING PIANIST


​A series of 24 individual piano pieces for students who are ready to move on from beginners and looking for a bigger challenge.
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With each score there is an Abridged version (one page) for younger students and a Full version (double page) for students ready for that bigger challenge. The Abridged versions could also be used by more advanced students for sight-reading practice.
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The title page of each piece includes a few notes about its main musical features – form, articulation, use of relative major/minor modes, shifting metres, styles, etc.
Piano Scores and Audio mp3 Files

JAZZAMATAZZ


​A series of 13 individual pieces for students who are Intermediate and beyond. 

​The 13 pieces in the Jazzamatazz series cover a variety of styles and feels from swing to jazz waltzes to the blues.

Six of these pieces are included in the 2018-2020 ANZCA Modern Pianoforte syllabus.​
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Piano Score and Audio mp3 Files

KALEIDOSCOPE


Kaleidoscope consists of 3 short pieces each inspired by different aspects of the shifting colours of a kaleidoscope.
 
They are impressionistic in colour, employing whole tone scales, octatonic scales and parallelism.
Piano Score and Audio mp3 Files

THE WHOLE SUITE


The Whole Suite consists of seven movements based on the octatonic scale.

In Jazz, this mode is known as the half tone-whole tone scale and Jazz musicians use it as an improvisatory tool.

Rimsky-Korsakov is said to have called it the “mode of limited transposition”.
CD, Resource Kit and Scores   

MAIDEN VOYAGE 
An Australian Song Cycle

Maiden Voyage is a song cycle about the achievements of Australian women. There are three components to Maiden Voyage - a CD, full vocal and piano scores, and a Music Resource Kit for secondary students.
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“What a rich and diverse history of Australian women has been captured in this music. And it’s a song cycle, unified by its music and text. It’s accessible and real…”
​(Associate Professor Neryl Jeanneret, Melbourne University Graduate School of Education)

​Contact Lorraine about music resources

lorraine@lorrainemilne.com
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