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Author: Paliulyte Emilia
Publisher: Emilia Paliulyte
Imprint: Emilia Paliulyte
Dimensions:
Width: 27.90cm
, Height: 0.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.218kg
ISBN: 9781527227668
ISBN 10: 1527227669
Pages: 60
Publication Date: 03 August 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Pooky Plays Piano is a delightful, fun, and modern introduction to playing piano which includes composition, sight reading, duets, musical games, and writing exercises. Furnished with colourful characters, stories, and illustrations the book goes beyond the traditional piano teaching curriculum. Emilia's upbeat learning style includes an important pre-staff notation stage before transitioning to reading on the grand staff. Many of the pieces are thoughtfully designed as black key duets which encourages students to go beyond middle C centered pieces and to gain confidence playing all twelve notes. With the addition of lyrics to many of the pieces, students are equipped with a holistic music training by learning to play and sing simultaneously. The refreshingly delightful melodies are written with awareness to the size of a child's small hands all while being supported by rich and florid parent/teacher accompaniments. Creativity shines through in this delightful and colourful book and composition is promoted from the very beginning, something sadly often overlooked by many other method books. Color highlighting is used for concept emphasis and is a welcome addition to the many grayscale beginner piano books available today. With Pooky encouraging the young beginner student to think, sing, feel, create, play, and develop musically every step of the way, Pooky Plays Piano is the ideal first music book and provides an excellent path to musical development for any child. Tim Treacy, Pi Kappa Lambda BA (mus), Grad Dip., MA, DMA (ABD)
Author Information
An accomplished pianist with a passion for music and languages, Emilia has started her music career at the age of 5 and has since accumulated a strong portfolio of performances with Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Midlands Youth Orchestra and has won over 30 music awards from competitions in Lithuania and Ireland. She also took part in RTE's talent show Class Act. After receiving a scholarship from the UCD Philharmonic Orchestra in 2010, she spent the next three years of her Bachelor's degree under the tutelage of Dr. Ciaran Crilly, majoring in both Music and English. Following a Bachelor of Arts degree, Emilia finished a Master's programme in Modernity, Culture and Literature, and decided to go back to her ultimate passion - music - by opening up ESML in 2013. The school has been featured in three documentaries and Ken Wardop's movie Making the Grade in 2018.
