Petite Reverie

(November 18, 2014)  This one is a little difficult to pin down.  Is it New Age?  Is it a nocturne?  I like to think that it has attributes of both.  It certainly does not fit the New Age mold as much as "Celestial Cloud".  I don't think that it is as figuration-driven as the average New Age piece. I'm trying to work on pieces of less technically difficulty that still have a good bit of "my personality", and I think I succeeded here.  A "nocturne in modern style", perhaps? Maybe.

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.

This is the first of my work to be distributed by Piano Pronto in their Composers Community series! It was first made available at Sheet Music Plus under the title "Simply Sung", and I think exactly one copy was sold while it was there.

The original working title was "Dreams".  Then it became "Simply Sung", and was sold through Sheet Music Plus under that title.  When I moved it to Piano Pronto, the editor suggested I change it.  I had already had "second thoughts" about the title, and thought it might be more appropriate for a compilation in the future.

This one was written at the piano during a break in teaching, and I put a "scratch video" up on Facebook right away.  Response was overwhelmingly positive from my musical and non-musical friends.  I have played this as an offertory at Franklin (Georgia) United Methodist Church, the scene of the video below.

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.

I am a member of a music club that meets in Atlanta every other month.  Adult amateurs and local piano teachers share music with each other, with the occasional violinist, violist, or even classical guitarist thrown in,  I often play one of my pieces as a "warm-up" before my "main event" piece, and several of my pieces have been premiered there! The video below was made at the beautiful home of Clarice and Mason Belcher.  (Clarice is learning the piece now.  Perhaps I can get a video of her playing it later.)

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.this link.

My friend Van Martin, a freelance graphic designer as well as a guitarist and singer-songwriter, usually attends these meetings with me.  In fact, he did the video shown above.  He also produced the "ambient space" version of "Celestial Cloud" as well.  This piece is dedicated to Van.  We may work together to create a guitar version that he can play. At least I want to.

Van's design page is here,
More of his work can be found here.
He won't let me make no video of him sangin and strummin.
Yet.

This piece, and the rest of my "newer" music, is available at Piano Pronto through this link.

My "older: titles are still available at Sheet Music Plus through the link below.

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