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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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Shortnin’ Bread
What happens when Mama’s baby is hungry? Shortnin’ Bread with pepperoni pizza and other tasty treats. A fun duet for a first year string student with a second year piano student. Here is a video of the first performance. One … Continue reading
Posted in cello, cello duets, easy music for strings, piano duet, sheet music, teaching, Uncategorized, viola, violin
Tagged easy string music, music education, sheet music
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My Heart Will Go On for Cello Quartet
The love theme from Titanic is now available for cello quartet. All the cello parts share the melody. The first cello must be able to read treble clef and play in thumb position. All the other parts are in lower … Continue reading
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Tagged cello quartet, love theme, romance, sheet music, Titanic, wedding
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Summer Schedule
Just a reminder, the summer music lesson schedule begins on Monday, June 6.
Posted in cello, photography, piano, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged music lesson, teaching cello, teaching piano, teaching viola, teaching violin
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Cats with a Fiddle
Cats with a Fiddle is a new sheet music title containing two jigs in first position. The jigs are in D Major and B Minor. Excellent supplementary material for playing across the fingerboard. The music is available as a digital … Continue reading
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New Music Night Recital Photos
In April, we began writing tunes to help internalize musical skills. The composers performed their pieces in an online format on May 20. Enjoy the photos from the event.
Posted in cello, concert, Photo Album, piano, recital photos, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged cello, music, piano, recital, teaching, viola, violin, world premier
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Bella Notte for String Instrument and Piano
Bella Notte the dog’s love theme music from Lady and the Tramp gets a new treatment with arrangements for violin and piano, viola and piano and cello and piano. All three arrangements are suitable for a young string player. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Night, Bella Notte, cello, love theme, piano, sheet music, viola, violin
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Augustan Club Waltz for Cello Quartet or Cello Ensemble
A new arrangement of Scott Joplin’s Augustan Club Waltz is now available. It is a challenging cello quartet arrangement. Three of the cello parts require multiple clef reading. It would be easier with more cellists because the double stops could … Continue reading
Posted in cello, cello quartet, digital sheet music, sheet music, sheetmusic
Tagged cello ensemble, cello octet, cello quartet, Scott Joplin
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Weeping Willow
I’ve had students working on the Weeping Willow in the Great Scott! Joplin for Two Musicians book. Here’s a video of the rag as a piano solo. This is the same piece played by violin and cello. Are you inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged cello, piano, ragtime, Scott Joplin, violin
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Treble clef and Thumb Position Practice
Practice along with me. There are two videos. You can play with the treble clef down an octave or the treble clef in thumb position.
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Tagged cello, practice, thumb position, treble clef, video
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Augustan Club Waltz for String Instrument and Piano
The Augustan Club Waltz duets from the Great Scott! book are now available as digital downloads. The violin and piano duet requires the violinist to know accidentals and L1 and L2. It can be played entirely in first position. The … Continue reading
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Tagged cello, music, piano, Scott Joplin, sheet music, viola, violin
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