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miriamtroxler
Miriam Troxler resides in Beaver, Pa, where she runs a private music studio. After graduation from Chatham University, she toured in Europe with the Continental Singers Orchestra as principal cellist. A long time member of Greenville Symphony Orchestra, she is also the founder and musical director of CelloBrationS. Miriam enjoys composing and arranging with several published pieces to date.
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The Erie Canal Piano Solo
The sheet music for The Erie Canal is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has E Flat Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to … Continue reading
Posted in piano, piano solo, sheet music, sheetmusic
Tagged C Minor, folk tunes, lullaby, piano
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The Erie Canal with swing
The October song in A Year of Folk Tunes is the Erie Canal. Some students caught on quickly and so we worked on swing for the rest of the month. Listen to how it turned out. Video performance of the … Continue reading
Posted in cello, Photo Album, recital, teaching, video scrapbook, violin
Tagged Erie Canal, photo album, video performance
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Sound Explorers
We began a deep dive into B flat major and G Minor. We worked on one octave scales and arpeggios and Simple Gifts, the song of the month in A Year of Folk Tunes. If you missed it, you can … Continue reading
Sound Explorers Learn Parson’s Farewell
Here’s the video if you missed it. Let me know if you’d like the sheet music.
Playing Music with 3 Flats
In A Year of Folk Tunes, October’s key of the month is E Flat Major and C Minor. I wrote four rounds to help navigate this key. Everyone who played them, got a lot better at the hand positions required for … Continue reading
Posted in cello, composing, digital sheet music, music, piano, sheet music, viola, violin
Tagged C Minor, E Flat Major, supplemental music for strings
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Sound Explorers Learn Spooky Scary Skeletons
Here’s the video if you need to get caught up.
Two Students Playing All the Pretty Little Horses
Video performances one and two. This is the September tune in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano,
Moraine State Park, Bike Trail
Posted in Photo Album, photography
Tagged bike trail, Lake Arthur, leaves, Moraine State Park
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Sound Explorers 10/4
Today we worked on the October scales, E flat major and C minor. We also did some physical stretches for ease in playing. If you missed it, catch up with the video.
Miriam Troxler 