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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 Cat’s Meow for String Orchestra
Beginning shifting has never been more fun! This canon for string ensemble with optional piano is in the key of C. All the parts get to glissando as the cat meows. Listen to The Cat’s Meow in this video. Get … Continue reading
Posted in cat, easy music for strings, sheet music, sheetmusic, string trio, teaching
Tagged cello, music, piano, rounds and canons, sheet music, viola, violin
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Elf’s Dance
The Elf’s Dance is a lively canon for strings and optional piano. The violin and viola part double for smaller ensembles. The sheet music is available here. Minimum of two players are required. Listen to the Elf’s Dance in this … Continue reading
Posted in digital sheet music, sheet music, string trio, teaching
Tagged C Major, cello, duet, piano, rounds and canons, string ensemble, viola, violin
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Funga alafia
Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, Funga alafia is now available as a solo sheet music download. The song is paired with C Major warm-ups to facilitate learning the C Major scale and rhythms used in the … Continue reading
Penguin Party, C Major Round in 5/4
For Point Contest learn the Penguin Party. Download your music and use the appropriate clef. Piano A, B, C, D: 5 points for each hand Piano E, F: 10 points as written hands together Violins and Violas: 5 points, 10 … Continue reading
Posted in cello, piano, point contest, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged 5/4 time, bass, C Major, cello, free sheetmusic, piano, viola, violin
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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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Learn by Ear: Menuet No. 2 in F
This year for Point Contest there is a learn by ear assignment. Mozart’s Menuet No. 2 in F is 24 measures long. There are two repeated sections. The first one is 8 measures. The second is the remainder of the … Continue reading
2:00 Garden Recital Photos
Thank you Todd and Carly for taking pictures.
Posted in music, Photo Album, photography, piano, recital, recital photos, teaching
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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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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
Posted in cat, cello, music, sheet music, sheetmusic, teaching, Uncategorized, viola, violin
Tagged cat, fiddle, jig
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