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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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Category Archives: Book
Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound: 20 Sacred Pieces for Playing Together
How do you have a first-year violinist play with a third-year pianist friend? Or a beginning pianist play with an intermediate cellist? What if there is a parent with rusty piano skills who wants to play with their child? Or … Continue reading
Posted in Book, cello, string quartet, Uncategorized, viola
Tagged #miriamtroxlermusic, #playcello, #playpiano, #playviola, #playviolin, cello, hymns, piano, sacred music, viola, violin
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Walking Together Through Kidney Disease
I wrote the book I wish had been available when my husband was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). There are chapters about what we learned and things to remember. There are chapters about food choices and what it is … Continue reading
Make Musical Monsters
What does a Monster sound like? We will be discovering it in this new composing primer. Learn to write your own songs. Get the book here. Add your name to the list to be notified when composing class starts.
Count with Me
Two new children’s eBooks are now available. Enjoy them free for the next two days. Is that a moo? e-book Snakes are Prime e-book
Flower Fairy Festival
A new book in the Music is Easy series, Flower Fairy Festival is available for Violin, Viola and Cello. Each book has the melody above the flower. In score form below the flower is the melody and two harmony parts. … Continue reading
Posted in Book, cello, music, Music is Easy, string quartet, string trio, viola, violin
Tagged cello, string ensemble, string quartet, string trio, viola, violin
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Piano Gnomes
Piano Gnomes is a new book of piano solos. The solos range in difficulty from beginner to intermediate player. The type of gnome pictured indicates the level. All of the solos can be heard on YouTube in this playlist. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Book, music, piano, piano solo
Tagged book, piano music, supplemental piano music
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Cockles and Mussels Play Along Videos
I’ve created some play-along videos to facilitate learning the March tune in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano. To work through all the videos, you will have learned the first verse. Cockles and Mussels, introduction video Cockles and Mussels, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, Cockles and Mussels, music education, piano
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A Year of Folk Tunes for Strings
A systematic way to approach learning all 12 keys, A Year of Folk Tunes for Violin, A Year of Folk Tunes for Viola and A Year of Folk Tunes for Cello are now available. Each month has scales, arpeggios and … Continue reading
Posted in Book, cello, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged A Minor, African folk tune, C Major, cello, folk tunes, viola, violin
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A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano
A systematic way to approach learning all 12 keys, A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano is now available. Each month has 5-finger warm-ups, arpeggios and scales for the focus key. The folk tunes have an easier verse and a … Continue reading
How the Tortoise Cracked His Shell: An African Folktale with Music
How the Tortoise Cracked His Shell is a retelling of an African Folktale with piano duets and narration for early elementary players. The duets have been arranged from traditional Mandinka tunes as taught by Balla Kouyaté on balafon at the … Continue reading
Posted in Book, music, piano, piano duet
Tagged African muisc, folk tale, Mandinka, narration, piano duet
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