Series Spotlight: Medley Magic

Are you looking for one-of-a-kind holiday arrangements that will please even your pickiest students?

If so, the "Medley Magic" series is a must-have addition to your holiday repertoire!

In today's "Series Spotlight," I'll be discussing this unique series of holiday medleys that includes "mash-ups" of traditional holiday favorites and medleys of Christmas songs combined with well-known classical works!

Keep reading to learn more...

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What is special about the "Medley Magic" series?
This series interweaves traditional Christmas favorites and beloved classical pieces to create one-of-a-kind holiday solos. Each book in the series includes a variety of styles, from upbeat ragtime and jazz arrangements, to expressive and flowing solos.


What type of student will enjoy this series?
This series is appropriate for students of all ages who enjoy playing repertoire with a unique twist.

These pieces are also a great way to add variety to holiday recitals or church services, where audiences may appreciate hearing an alternative to the traditional carol arrangements that they have heard before.


Here is an overview of the concepts you will find in each book in this series:

More Medley Magic

• Late Elementary to Early Intermediate Level (equivalent to Faber's Piano Adventures books 3A and 3B).
• 10 solos
• Features Christmas carols combined with famous classical pieces by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Grieg, and more.
• Key signatures up to 1 sharp and 1 flat.
• Concepts include: intervals up to a seventh, blocked and broken chords, scale patterns, using the damper pedal (with pedal markings included).

​Click on the cover for purchase information and to see and hear samples of every piece in this collection.

Medley Magic

• Early Intermediate Level (equivalent to Faber's Piano Adventures books 3B and 4).
• ​9 solos
• Features mash-ups of well-known  traditional Christmas carols.
  
• Key signatures up to 2 sharps and 1 flat.
• Concepts include: blocked, broken, and arpeggiated chords; cut time; grace notes; rolled chords; glissandos; sixteenth notes; pedaling by ear.

Click on the cover for purchase information and to see and hear samples of every piece in this collection.

Medley Magic, Volume 2

• Intermediate Level (equivalent to Faber's Piano Adventures books 4 and 5).
• ​9 solos
• Features Christmas carols combined with famous classical pieces by Rachmaninoff, Satie, Joplin, J.S. Bach, and more.
• Key signatures up to 3 sharps and 3 flats.
• Concepts include: intervals up to an octave, left hand leaps, 6/8 and 9/8 time,  arpeggios, Alberti bass, fast scale patterns, rubato playing. 

​Click on the cover for purchase information and to see and hear samples of every piece in this collection.

I hope you have found this short introduction to my "Medley Magic" series helpful!  Any questions about this series? Feel free to drop them in the comments below!