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The Best of Margaret Goldston, Book 2: Piano Book

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The Best of Margaret Goldston, Book 2: Piano Book

The Best of Margaret Goldston, Book 2: Piano Book

A Special Collection of 6 Late Elementary to Early Intermediate Favorite Piano Solos

By Margaret Goldston

Level: Late Elementary / Early Intermediate

Item: 00-17397
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Six more solos are found in Book 2 of this series. Caribbean Surf, Kitten Kisses and Danza de la Senorita are just three of the six late-elementary to early-intermediate solos included. Students will find the music enchanting and motivating.

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Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 16
ISBN10: 1-4706-4821-0
ISBN13: 978-1-4706-4821-3
UPC: 038081159409
SKU: 00-17397

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About the Composer: Margaret Goldston

Margaret Goldston

Margaret Goldston (1932-2003) built her career as both a composer and educator, maintaining a North Carolina studio where she taught students across all age levels. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Louisiana State University and received the school's highest alumni honor, Alumnus of the Year, in 1991. Her compositional voice developed through private study with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Robert Ward, and her work was recognized early when she was commissioned to write a piece for Clavier Magazine in 1990.

Throughout her career, Goldston earned the respect of her peers and the music education community. The North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs named her Composer of the Year twice (1983 and 1994), and she served as a clinician and convention speaker for the organization. She conducted masterclasses and teacher workshops across the United States and Canada, sharing her pedagogical insights with music educators at every level. Her legacy extends beyond her lifetime: the Music Teachers National Association honored her posthumously as a Foundation Fellow in 2020, and her compositions remain staples on NFMC Junior Festivals lists.

Why we love this

Goldston's writing for young pianists strikes a genuine balance between musical substance and student engagement. Each piece in Book 2 has its own character and rhythmic personality, so students aren't recycling the same harmonic or textural patterns piece to piece, which keeps practice fresh and their ears sharp.

What to expect

Six distinct moods unfold across these pages: Caribbean warmth and rhythmic bounce in one piece, intimate tenderness in another, Spanish-inflected sophistication in a third. Goldston writes music that gives young pianists real compositional language to inhabit rather than just technical drills set to melody.

Who it's for

Late-elementary and early-intermediate piano students ready for solos that move beyond generic exercise writing. Teachers looking for repertoire that motivates practice because the pieces actually sound rewarding to play.

How to get the most out of it

  • Explore the tempo markings as emotional guideposts rather than metronomic limits. Goldston's titles suggest clear imagery (Caribbean Surf, Kitten Kisses), so let students discover what tempo brings that story to life at their hands.
  • Attend to the voicing in left-hand accompaniment patterns. Even at this level, small adjustments in weight distribution between bass notes and harmonic support create polish without requiring advanced technique.
  • Use the variety of piece styles within the collection as an opportunity to discuss how different musical settings demand different touch qualities. A delicate piece will need entirely different finger work than a rhythmically driven one.

How to use it

Pull individual pieces for student recitals throughout the year, or present several back-to-back as a themed program that shows range. The collection works especially well for early-intermediate students preparing competition or festival repertoire, since each piece has enough personality to hold an adjudicator's attention.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading and performing varied rhythmic patterns across different time signatures
  • Executing hand position shifts and navigating wider intervallic leaps in both hands
  • Developing pedal awareness and control within a musical context
  • Connecting title or character to interpretive choices and tempo decisions
  • Balancing melody and accompaniment textures with independent hand control

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