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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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Sound Explorers 8/16
Today’s class started with play-by-ear in D Flat Major. Then we worked on the second verse of Buffalo Gals in A Year of Folk Tunes book. Fingerings were given for piano, violin, and cello. If you missed it, you can … Continue reading
Sound Explorers 8/9 Learn the chorus of Buffalo Gals
Today we reviewed the D Flat Major Scale. We learned the next part of Buffalo Gals by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated. If you missed it, catch up with the video.
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2, Frederic Chopin
Sophie’s summer project was Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2. Enjoy this video performance.
Posted in performance, Photo Album, piano, teaching, video scrapbook
Tagged Chopin, piano, summer practice, video recital
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Sound Explorers 8/2 Starting Buffalo Gals and D Flat Major
Today we began working on the D Flat Major Scale. We also started to learn Buffalo Gals in by ear. Fingerings for violin, viola, cello and piano were demonstrated to make it was easy to learn the D Flat Major … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sound explorers, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged 5 flats, A Year of Folk Tunes, cello, D Flat Major, piano, viola, violin
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Yankee Doodle Piano Solo
The sheet music for Yankee Doodle is now available as a digital download. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has F Sharp Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to learn … Continue reading
Posted in music, piano, piano solo, sheet music, sheetmusic, teaching
Tagged 6 sharps key signature, folk tunes, keyboard, piano, sheet music, Yankee Doodle
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Sound Explorers 7/26
This morning we worked on the D Sharp harmonic minor scale, F Sharp Major Scale and G Flat Major Scale. We reviewed last week’s learn by ear harmony part for Yankee Doodle and played Yankee Doodle in F Sharp Major. … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged A Year of Folk Tunes, cello, D Sharp Harmonic Minor, F Sharp Major, G Flat Major, piano, viola, violin
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Summer Sound Explorers 6/28
Play along with the video for extra practice in half position and the key of B. This morning we worked on arpeggios, Shenandoah and Catch Me if You Can.
Catch You Later, Playing Music with 5 sharps!
F Sharp, C Sharp, G Sharp, D Sharp, A Sharp …. B is still natural, and E is natural. In A Year of Folk Tunes, June’s key of the month is B Major and G Sharp Minor. It’s not a key … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sheet music, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged B Major, cello, G Sharp Minor, piano, sheet music, viola, violin
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Bird Rounds for String Ensemble and Optional Piano
The bird canons for string ensemble are in E Major and C Sharp Minor. The rounds have one part doubled so they would be playable with only two parts. In score form, each tune also has an optional piano part … Continue reading
Posted in cello, music, piano, sheet music, string trio, teaching, viola, violin
Tagged Augustan Club Waltz Sheet Music, C Sharp Minor, Canon, cello, E Major, instructional, piano, viola, violin
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The Ants Go Marching Piano Solo
The Ants Go Marching is now available as a digital download on Sheet Music Plus. Included in A Year of Folk Tunes for Piano, the digital download version has A Major warm-ups and preparatory studies to make it easier to … Continue reading
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