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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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Spring Recital 11:00 May 20, Photos
Thank-you Andrea for taking pictures.
Posted in photography, Photo Album, recital photos, teaching, violin, piano, viola
Tagged cello, piano, recital, viola, violin
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Cockles and Mussels Piano Solo
Cockles and Mussels is now available as a digital download on Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download solo version has D Major warm-ups to facilitate learning the … Continue reading
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Tagged easy piano, piano, sheet music, solo
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Four Rounds for String Ensemble and Optional Piano
The April canons for string ensemble are in A Major and F Sharp Minor. Most of the rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional … Continue reading
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Tagged cello, duet, piano, string ensemble, trio, viola, violin
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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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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
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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
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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
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
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
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