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Premier Piano Course Sight Reading 2A & 2B (Value Pack): Piano Packet

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Premier Piano Course Sight Reading 2A & 2B (Value Pack): Piano Packet

By Carol Matz and Victoria McArthur

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Premier Piano Course: Sight Reading develops sight reading skills through activities that reinforce reading concepts and musicality. There are 14 units correlated with the Lesson Books, and each unit contains five activities that emphasize note reading, rhythm, playing without stopping, and playing expressively. These activities build sight reading skills in a simple, fun way. This value pack includes Books 2A-2B.

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Series: Premier Piano Course
Publisher: Alfred Music
UPC: 038081450667
SKU: 00-106529

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About the Authors

Carol Matz
Carol Matz is an accomplished composer and pianist who has created over 300 published works for piano students. Drawing on her extensive experience as a piano educator, she brings both pedagogical expertise and creative vision to her compositions and arrangements. Her Famous & Fun series, published by Alfred Music, has become well recognized in music education circles.

Throughout her career, Matz has shared her knowledge by conducting piano-teaching workshops across the United States, Canada, England, New Zealand, and Australia. Her compositional palette spans multiple genres and ensembles, including orchestral, jazz big band, brass quintet, and string quartet works. Additionally, she has created studio arrangements for various recording artists based in Miami.

Matz studied composition, arranging, and orchestration at the University of Miami, providing the foundational training that informs her diverse body of work.
Victoria McArthur
Victoria McArthur recently retired from her position as Program Director of Piano Pedagogy and Coordinator of Group Piano at Florida State University's College of Music. One of the nation's most prestigious music schools, FSU provided the setting for her distinguished academic career in keyboard instruction and pedagogy.

Her scholarly contributions span over 80 publications, including her widely acclaimed co-authorship of Alfred's Premier Piano Course. Dr. McArthur has served as Keyboard Editor for Alfred Music Publishing since 2000 and contributed extensively to leading music education journals and journals. Her expertise appears in The Science and Psychology of Music Performance published by Oxford University Press, where she authored the chapter on sight reading. For years, she also reviewed new music for the prestigious Piano Quarterly.

Dr. McArthur remains actively engaged in piano education through her private studio, McArthur & Musical Associates, which serves the Tallahassee area with instruction for students of all ages and levels. She holds the Permanent Professional Certificate in Piano and Music Theory from the Music Teachers National Association. Beyond her teaching practice, she has contributed her knowledge internationally, presenting piano workshops throughout Korea for Alfred Music Publishing in 2006.

Why we love this

Matz and McArthur have structured these sight reading books to work as genuine companions to the Lesson Books rather than as standalone drills. The five activities per unit (note reading, rhythm focus, continuous playing, expressive playing) build competence progressively without feeling repetitive, and students actually want to work through them because they stay engaging and musically relevant.

What to expect

These activities feel purposeful rather than workbook-like. Students encounter real musical decisions (how to shape a phrase, where to breathe) within sight reading practice, building confidence that reading unfamiliar music is a skill they can actually develop.

Who it's for

Piano students working through Level 2 of the Premier Piano Course who need consistent, focused practice in reading and interpreting new material. Teachers seeking supplementary sight reading work that integrates seamlessly with their existing curriculum will find this value pack efficient and cost-effective.

How to get the most out of it

  • Rotate through the five activities over multiple weeks rather than completing a full unit in one session. This spreads the reinforcement and keeps each activity feeling fresh.
  • Have students play through an entire activity without stopping, even if they make mistakes. Sight reading fluency matters more than perfection on the first pass.
  • Pair the expressivity activities with concepts from the concurrent Lesson Book unit so students understand how phrasing and dynamics connect to the material they are studying.

How to use it

Use these books as the weekly sight reading component of your Level 2 curriculum. One activity per lesson keeps the practice steady and prevents students from treating sight reading as something separate from their core Lesson Book work.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading and identifying note positions on treble clef
  • Decoding rhythm patterns at sight
  • Playing through passages without stopping despite unfamiliar material
  • Adding dynamic shaping and expressive details while reading new music
  • Building sight reading fluency and confidence

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