Uplifting Piano Solo Spring Awakening by Catherine Wilson is energetic and optimistic with an exhilarating feel. The 4/4 time signature is mostly divided into a 3, 3, 2 pattern that is driven by the left hand and creates an air of excitement while the hand crossing increases the range of notes covered to add movement and to convey a sense of space and growth. Instrument: Piano Solo Approximate difficulty level: Grade 4 - 5 / Intermediate Key: C major Time signature: 4/4 - split into quavers / eighth notes 3, 3, 2 Features: Driving left hand ostinato-style patterns, hand crossing, chords in 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths Focus: To work on finger strength and dexterity, coordination, chord placement Piano sheet music for Spring Awakening available here: https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/spring-awakening-studio-license and https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/spring-awakening-single-use

Relaxing Piano Solo Summer Sunset over the Sea by Catherine Wilson is relaxing, calming and peaceful. The sweeping ostinato style of the left hand, combined with the meandering right hand rising and falling patterns, helps to build the image of waves, while the chords in the right hand mimic gulls calling. Instrument: Piano Solo Approximate difficulty level: Grade 4 - 5 / Intermediate Key: G major Time signature: 4/4 Features: Flowing pianistic left hand patterns, chords of 3rds and 4ths in right hand, scale-like melodic motifs Focus: To work on finger dexterity and strength, coordination, maintaining a consistent pulse Piano sheet music for Summer Sunset Over the Sea available here: https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/summer-sunset-over-the-sea-studio-license and https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/summer-sunset-over-the-sea-single-use

Relaxing Piano Solo Falling for Autumn is playful, whimsical and atmospheric. The flurries of notes in the right hand evoke movement that is supported by a driving left hand that also helps create momentum. Instrument: Piano Solo Approximate difficulty level: Grade 4 - 5 / Intermediate Key: Tonal centre F Time signature: 6/8 Features: Flowing pianistic left hand ostinato-style patterns, Semiquaver / sixteenth-note triplets, short melodic motifs Focus: To work on finger strength and dexterity, coordination, rhythmic control Piano sheet music for Falling For Autumn available here: https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/falling-for-autumn-studio-license and https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/falling-for-autumn-single-use

Uplifting Piano Solo A Winter’s Journey by Catherine Wilson creates a sense of searching and determination combined with a mystical feel. The ritornello form helps structure the adventure by using a theme to suggest wandering along, interspersed with sections that are suggestive of meeting different characters along the way. Instrument: Piano Solo Approximate difficulty level: Grade 4 - 5 / Intermediate Key: D natural minor Time signature: 4/4 Features: Motivic repetition, interval jumps spanning up to an octave, pianistic left hand patterns Focus: To work on finger strength, coordination, intervallic recognition Piano sheet music for A Winter's Journey available here: https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/a-winter-s-journey-studio-license and https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/a-winter-s-journey-single-use

Halloween Piano Solo Haunted House by Catherine Wilson is spooky, eerie, with an ominous feel. The riff-like left hand supports repetitive motifs in the right hand that are replicated over three octaves to help create a sense of space and movement. Instrument: Piano Solo Approximate difficulty level: Grade Initial - 1 / Elementary Key: Tonal centre of D minor but with tritones using G# Time signature: 4/4 Features: semitone / half-step motifs, recognising intervals of 4ths, 5ths and 6ths, ‘copying and pasting’ motifs an octave higher Focus: To explore the dissonance created by the use of semitones / half-steps and tritones Piano Sheet music for Haunted House available here: https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/haunted-house-studio-license and https://www.catherinewilsonmusic.com/haunted-house-single-use