This meditative piece reflects on the eternal mystery of ‘what is true is beautiful and what is beautiful is good’. The simplicity of the text is mirrored in the pure tonality of D major and in the repetitive four-bar harmonic progression.

Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising andjamming. Go to www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy. Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising and jamming. Goto www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy.

Arranged for Piano Duet-The Celebrated Chop Waltz ('Chopsticks') by Euphemia Allen arranged for Piano Duet by Ben Andrew .

The original version for solo soprano and SATB choir appeared on Patrick’s debut album Blue in Blue. It was subsequently recorded by Hayley Westenra for her Number-One-selling album Odyssey and in 2014 by Voces8 choir to produce a version for them which featured on their Number-One-selling album Eventide. Arranged here for lever harp from the piano version by Elinor Evans the music reflects the heartfelt longing for the joys of heaven a happiness to be shared in a future moment of meeting expressed in the words.

Connections for violin and piano are appealing contemporary pieces by Christopher Norton. They have been carefully edited (including bowing and fingering) as well as graded. As with Connections for piano the pieces cover a wide range of popular styles - including waltz rock Latin and swing. Students and their teachers will learn how to play the violin better while gaining valuable perspectives on a range of styles.

The composer writes: This piece was composed using as its basis the compositional technique of serialism in which a fixed series of notes are used to make the harmonic and melodic base of a piece. I looked at the twelve Munro’s on the Isle of Skye known as The Cuillin and used their height’s to get the twelve notes required in serialism. The tallest is Sgùrr Alasdair at 992 meters and Sgùrr a’ Mhadaidh is the shortest at 918 meters. I added together the number of meters to get a single number that could be related to a note in the scale. I wrote down the scale I had chosen and assigned each Cuillin a note the heights of the Cuillin gave me the order which gave me the tune Iuse. I decided not to use a conventional scale so I put on my B and F levers which gives the scale a darker colour that I feel matches the mystery of the Cuillin. Although the technique used to achieve the scale is serial the piece itself cannot be described as a serial piece and I have allowed the music to develop more freely and organically than a system would allow.

Connections For Piano - Book 9

Christopher Norton 's Idaho Suite for solo Piano.

Christopher Norton 's Sonata for Bassoon and Piano.

This meditative piece reflects on the eternal mystery of ‘what is true is beautiful and what is beautiful is good’. The simplicity of the text is mirrored in the pure tonality of D major and in the repetitive four-bar harmonic progression.

Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising andjamming. Go to www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy. Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising and jamming. Goto www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy.

Arranged for Piano Duet-The Celebrated Chop Waltz ('Chopsticks') by Euphemia Allen arranged for Piano Duet by Ben Andrew .

This meditative piece reflects on the eternal mystery of ‘what is true is beautiful and what is beautiful is good’. The simplicity of the text is mirrored in the pure tonality of D major and in the repetitive four-bar harmonic progression.

Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising andjamming. Go to www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy. Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising and jamming. Goto www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy.

Arranged for Piano Duet-The Celebrated Chop Waltz ('Chopsticks') by Euphemia Allen arranged for Piano Duet by Ben Andrew .

Christopher Norton 's Sonatina for Cello and Piano.

For Piano Duet- Christopher Norton 's A Christmas Suite for Piano Duet.

Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising andjamming. Go to www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy. Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising and jamming. Goto www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy.

Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising andjamming. Go to www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy. Christopher Norton Connections for Piano is a collection of pieces in popular styles that is ideal for students and teachers looking for a sound pedagogical supplement or alternative to the study of classical piano literature. The entire Connections! series presents a kaleidoscope of contrasting styles keys and tempos. The repertoire in each volume is arranged into four categories: swing lyrical latin and character. Connections for Piano Repertoire is written for both solo and group play-along. The recorded accompaniments created for Connections by professional studio musicians reinforce the styles and double as useful backgrounds for improvising and jamming. Goto www.80dayspublishing.com to hear samples and buy.

Christopher Norton’s distinctive contributions to the repertoire successfully bridge the gap between traditional literature and music in contemporary popular styles. The original series Christopher Norton ConnectionsTM for Piano contains over 200 newly composed pieces carefully selected edited and sequenced to span ten levels from elementary to advanced. The subsequent books for other instruments are drawn from these alongside more recently composed music. The pieces in Connections for Guitar 1 cover a wide range of styles and present many of the same challenges found in more traditional repertoire whatever the instrument – tonal beauty balance between melody andaccompaniment natural movement and phrasing. More rhythmically oriented pieces require coordination a deep-seated sense of pulse and awareness of stylistic touches and accentuations. All pieces benefit from a strong connection to mood movement or image.