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MASTERCLASS REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS

  • In addition to the 2 repertoire selections from American Popular Piano and their corresponding etudes
  • From this list, each participating student must also select ONE Christopher Norton piece at his/her appropriate level :
  • The = APP indicates the appropriate level of the various collections to American Popular Piano
CONNECTIONS Check out recordings http://www.christophernortonconnections.com/samples.html
Connections 1
= APP L3
Connections 2
= APP 4
Connections 3
= APP 4
Connections 4
= APP 5
Driving Range
Walk in the Park
Whistling Tune
Trucking
Dots and Dashes
Full of Confidence
Trip to the Bazaar
4 Wheel Drive
Bear Dance
No Worries
Lost Toy
On Stage
Rocking Horse
Creaking stairs
Ready for Action
Pipe Tune
Minstrel
Carol in Canon
Bell Tower
Frolics
Sea Bird
Smooth as Silk
In the Snow
Out of the Mist
Still at the Center
Merry go round
Marking Time
Dance Steps
Eastern Song
Caribbean Song
Picnic Hop
In the Quiet House
A walk in the Sun
Toronto Tango
Feelin good
You’ ve got Mail
Sidewalk Café’
Stately occasion
Trumpet Blues
Grey Skies
Suave
Highlands
Sugar cane
Half Asleep
Long Haul
Smiley
Morning Song
Motoring Along
Snappily Dressed
Across the Avenue
Circling
Leading the Cheer
Calming Influence
Drum Dance
Long Goodbye

Licorice Allsorts
Given half a Chance
Rainforest
In the Spirit
A Gentle Touch
The Dream
Feeling Silly
Wind Riders
Crystals
Poolside
On the Spur of the Moment
Angel’s Breath
White Sand
Samba Band
Breezy
At the Market
Sunset Mood
Ocean Breeze
Happy go Lucky
Trail Ride Blues
Snake Dance
Up and Away
Counterintuitive
Deep in Thought
A steady Hand
The Young rider
Positively Swinging
Stegosaurus]
Pony Ride
Bedbug Blues
Taskmaster
Running out of Steam
Line by Lne
By Myself
Sunny Again!
Hornpipe
Lightbulb
A simple Song
Two Trails
Number Crunching
Open Window
Cake Mix
Jaunty
Holidays
Lighter than Air
Connections 5
= APP 5
Connections 6
= APP 6
Connections 7
= APP 7
Connections 8
= APP 8
Scamp
Moonscape
Contra Dance
A summer Day
So Easy
Boxcar Blues
Sometimes it’s how I feel
Palm Trees
Floating
A folk song
Leaves Falling
Back on track
Country Calm
Daydreaming
Rail Rhythms
Strutting About
Mysterious Stranger
The Arrival
Tap Dance
Simple Pleasures
Boogie Express
Caribbean Mood
Free for the Day
Cool as a Cucumber
Mood Marigold
Mississauga Rag
Beguine Again
Rocker
Bare Trees
Too cool
Gazelle
In Between
Tent Meeting
Bahama Beach
As in a Dream
Buttoned Down
Seconds Apart
Displacement
Twilight Dance
Big Band Swagger
A Minor Incident
Little Lullaby
Upside
Fantasy Bossa
Nefertiti Blues
Alone in Autumn
On a Swing
Hanging Gardens
Southern Serenade
Streetwise
Desolate
Picking up the Pace
Ringing Changes
The Band strikes Up
On the Alert
Soft Edged
Stormy
A cool Night
At the Rode
Wound Up
Early morning Workout
Sax Tune
Water Lilies
Hot Day
Last September
New England Dawn
In Spain
Texas Line Dance
Cuban Romance
Celtic Lament
Veiled in Mystery
Top of the Class
Grand March
Out on the Prairie
Too sad for Words
Jane’s Song
At Peace
Mambo Queen
Perpetuo
Hot Breakfast
Waltz for Elaine
Cause for Rejoicing
Latin Lament
Infinitely Regretful
Country Sentimental
PRELUDES Check out recordings http://www.soundcloud.com/nortonchristopher
Latin Preludes
= APP 8
Jazz Preludes
= APP 8
Rock Preludes
= APP 8
Country Preludes
= APP 7/8
Samba I
Rumba I
Samba II
Slow Mambo
Bossa Nova
Beguine
Mambo
Slow Samba
Rumba II
Rumba III
Bossa Nova II
Pop Bossa
Bolero
Samba III
Up and Away
Tie break
Jazz fantasy
Sparkling
Tough Love
Blue April
Beech Street
Without You
New Kid
The moonlit sky
Chicken Feed
Latinate
The still night
Rollicking
Wild cat
Blurred Horizon
Jingo
Sierra
Rising Force
Blue Sneakers
Sunshine Piece
Sturdy Build
Country Song
Four, three
Dreaming On
A Steady Hand
Barnyard Blues
Forcing the pace
Country Rag
Border Tune
Southern Fried
Homecoming
Bar room Strut
Roving River
Mustang
Right Time, Wrong place
Forest’s Edge
Country Girl
Cowboy Blues
Hot Rod
Sitting on the Porch
She done me Wrong
Riding High
Barnstorming
CONCERT COLLECTIONS Check out recordings http://www.soundcloud.com/nortonchristopher
Concert Collection
=APP 5/6
Concert Collection 2
=APP 6/7
Improvisations on best loved American folk tunes
Polly wolly Doodle
Dixie
Carry me back to ol Virginy
Camptown Races
Home on the Range
Yankee Doodle
Turkey in the Straw
Dreadful Sorry, Clementine
Alabama Rag

Piano Inventions on Nursey Rhymes
Twinkle
Put it all together (Eggshells)
Lavender’s kind of blue
Bo peep
Kettle Rag
The Tragedy of Mary
Black Sheep of the Family

Piano Inventions on Christmas Tunes
King Boogie
We Wish
Camel Stomp
Deck the Hall
Away in a Manger
Good Christian Men
Joy to the World

7 Improvisations on favorite Spirituals
Joshua fit de battle
Nobody knows
Let my people go
Swing low
Standing in the need of prayer
Were you there?
Every time (I feel the Spirit)

7 Folk song Improvisations
Auld lang syne
All through the night
Drink to me only
Barbara Allen
Country Garden rag
The Ash Grove
Drunker sailor

7 Improvisations on best loved Classical themes
A Latin Musical Joke (Mozart)
Morning Fantasy (Grieg)
Seville Stomp (Rossini)
Thine be the glory (Handel)
The young huntsmen (Schumann)
Barcarolle fantasy (Offenbach)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)

NEW MICRO COLLECTIONS Check out recordings www.christophernorton.com/music
Micro Rock
=APP 2-4
Micro Swing
=APP 2-4
Micro Ballad
=APP 2-4
Micro Latin
=APP 2-4
End of term
In the groove
Power band
Part time gangster
The gig
Truck stop
You got a problem?
Hangin out
The kids are out
Stray dog blues
Watching and waiting
The big picture
Down the highway
Emotional reaction
Soft rock waltz
Taking it to the world
Rocking everywhere
Into the dark
Goodby again
Fireball
Top man
Irish swing
Bits and pieces
All the way home
Five knights
Township Song
Two hander
A simple tale
The spying game
A happy occasion
A little distracted
Played out
Casual air
Todays the day
Prom night
Trail boss
Guiding light
In the playground
Early evening
Blues lament
Merida
Lonesome
Broxburn lament
Ballad in five
Lost love
A Lament
Old haunts
The main feature
Gospel ballad
Departure lounge
A clear view
This is my song
Plains ballad
Romantic interlude
A dream
Just me
Contemplation
The first time I saw you
The grand gesture
Missing you
Colourful
Moonlit encount
Excursion
Heavy load
Sun and sand
In the band
Beach ball
Jam jar
Esplanade
Tangolita
Light fingered
Sultry night
A gentle ride
Bucket and spade
A bright day
Island hopper
Stirring the pot
Warm breeze
The rendezvous
The parting
LOST IN CYBERSPACE
LOST IN CYBERSPACE
=APP 3/4
     
Into the Web
Keypad
Screen icon
Point and click
Cyberspace
Net surfer
System lock
Lost in Cyberspace
     
MICROJAZZ COLLECTIONS Check out recordings www.christophernorton.com/music

Microjazz Collection 1
=APP3

Microjazz Collection 2
=APP 4/5
Microjazz Collection 3
=APP 5/6
Rag Time
A Day in Majorca
A Doleful Song
A Short Walk
A Thought
A Winter Song
After the battle
Ambling
Country Ballad
Cowboy Song
Cross-over
Down to business
Duet for One
Exotic Travel
LonesomeTrail
New Confidence
On the Right Lines
Questions
Riviera
Snow Scene
Sprightly
Stairway
Struttin'
Tip Top
Toy Soldiers
Tram Stop
Tut-tuttin'
Walking Together
Alone
Blues No1
Inter-city Stomp
A Spiritual
An Adventure
Blues Lullaby
Chant
Cloudy Day
Coconut Rag
Conversation Piece
Cruising
Disco Drive
Duet
Face in the Crowd
Fifth Dimension
Get in Step
In the Park
Jazz Waltz
Just a Sample
Just an Aside
Miniature Blues
New Day
Open Space
Picnic Piece
Play it Again
Ready or Not
Reflections
Reggae
Samba
Sunset
Three plus Two Blues
Tiger Blues
Touch Sensitive
Two-handed Blues
Washing Blues
Sad Song
Cycling
Farmyard Blues
Mechanics Rag
Dreaming
Steam-train Blues
Spring Song
Blues Duet
In a Hurry
Fleet Feet
Cops and Robber
Feet First
A Brief Tango
Young at Heart
Ostinato
Highly Strung
Promises
Mix 'n' Match
Imps
Haiku
Take your Time
Wombling
Beguine
Shoehorn Blues
Barbed Wire Blues
Mongoose Crawl
Boogie
Hungarian Stomp
Love Song

 


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