Supplementary Piano Sheet Music

Teachers consistently reach for Martha Mier's Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1 as a gateway to jazz and blues styles at the late elementary level. Dan Coates's The Professional Pianist: Solos for Christmas serves advanced students seeking accessible yet musical holiday arrangements. The Keyboard Chord Chart and Piano Chord Dictionary (by Morton Manus) are working reference tools that studios use year after year. Paul Harris's Improve Your Sight-Reading! Piano, Level 1 has become a standard for building confident sight readers in the early elementary grades.

Recent additions include Carsten Gerlitz's Christmas Classics and Weihnachtslieder für Klavier for seasonal programming, Dimitar Ninov's Piano Album for late intermediate to early advanced students, and Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield's Rare Recital Treasures, Book 3 alongside new work from Jessica Lynne Ordaz.

Melody Bober has built a reputation for composing motivational pieces that deepen students' musical understanding and engagement. A University of Illinois music education graduate with a master's degree in piano performance from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Bober's 458 titles in this collection include Grand Solos for Piano, Book 3, a widely adopted resource for late elementary students.

Catherine Rollin combines an active performing and teaching career with prolific composition work. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Oakland University School of Performing Arts and has conducted masterclasses in over 200 cities across the United States, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Her Lyric Moments: Complete Collection remains one of the most popular titles in this collection.

Dennis Alexander has been publishing with Alfred Music since 1986 and is recognized internationally as one of the most prolific composers of educational piano music across all student levels. After 24 years teaching piano pedagogy at the University of Montana, Alexander brought his classroom expertise and compositional voice to over 400 publications. His Nocturnes, Book 1 demonstrates the romantic-style sensibility teachers seek for advancing intermediate students.