Charmaine Siagian

Willis Music’s ‘Strange Sounds’

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With autumn well upon us, and a new school year firmly underway, many teachers and players will no doubt be looking for repertoire to enjoy as we approach Halloween.

Each year I am asked to recommend suitable music for the annual spook-fest, and for elementary to early intermediate players, around UK Grades 1-3, a recent compilation of “10 Bewitching Piano Solos” from The Willis Music Company could be just the ticket.

Intrigued? Let’s tiptoe through the gate and investigate the secrets within…

Folk Songs of the Far East

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Flushed with enthusiasm for Hal Leonard’s just-published African American Folk Songs Collection (reviewed here) I wanted to waste no time looking back at previous publications in this superb and growing series.

In this review I will focus on four collections of intermediate piano arrangements of traditional songs from the Far East:

Chinese Folk Songs Collection (arr. Joseph Johnson, 2009)
Korean Folk Songs Collection (arr. Lawrence Lee, 2010)
Japanese Folk Songs Collection (arr. Mika Goto, 2013)
Malay Folk Songs Collection (arr. Charmaine Siagian, 2019)