Advanced Supplementary Piano Sheet Music

Teachers keep returning to Dan Coates's The Professional Pianist: Solos for Christmas for reliable seasonal repertoire, and Victoria McArthur's scale book for its dual purpose as technique and musicianship resource. Martha Mier's Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 5 and her solo arrangements like Amazing Grace appeal to students ready for rhythmic variety and expressive depth within the early advanced range.

Recent additions include Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield's Rare Recital Treasures, Book 3, two new works by Norwegian composer Agathe Backer Grøndahl (Fantasy Pieces Op. 39 and In the Blue Mountain, Op. 44), and William Phemister's Timeless Carols Reimagined.

Martha Mier is an internationally recognized composer whose educational work spans all student levels. Her Jazz, Rags & Blues series and Romantic Impressions series have built a global following; she brings both pedagogical insight and accessible harmonic language to pieces that hold student interest without sacrificing musicality.

Carol Tornquist began playing piano by ear at four and studied at the Warren Conservatory before earning her music education degree from SUNY Fredonia. She taught vocal music in upstate New York and worked with the Yamaha Music School before moving into composition full time. Her A to Z Praise and Worship Hits reflects her deep roots in both classical training and contemporary worship idioms.

Melody Bober earned degrees in music education from the University of Illinois and in piano performance from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. She intentionally crafts motivational pieces that deepen students' musical understanding and engagement. Her work appears frequently in this collection as both original compositions and arrangements.

Dennis Alexander built an international reputation as one of the world's most prolific composers of educational piano music. His four-hundred-plus publications with Alfred Music span all levels, and he taught piano pedagogy at the University of Montana for 24 years, grounding his compositional voice in deep classroom experience.