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In this volume, we’re thrilled to once again feature the work of composer-educator Tara Boykin, best known for her innovative Cascade Method. Her music makes learning piano an adventure—encouraging students to improvise, explore blues patterns, and gain fluency reading from the staff. This collection includes three simple-to-use selections from her Pop Method, which allow beginning students to explore familiar tunes. Tara also brings us highlights from Piano Language, the vibrant online platform she acquired in 2022, known for its wealth of fresh educational piano repertoire. Joining her are composers Alexa Madison and Ryan Yard, whose expressive, crowd-pleasing pieces round out this inspiring collection.

Hi, I’m Tara! I am a mom of two boys and live just north of San Francisco, California. I fell in love with the piano at four years old. I started teaching at fourteen and composing at sixteen—eventually releasing four albums that can be heard on Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora.

I created my own method of teaching known as Cascade Method. While I was trained classically, I have a deep passion for teaching fun and modern methods so that students fall in love with the piano and have a desire to play for life! I received my bachelor’s degree in music therapy, with a focus in special-needs education so that I could study the psychology behind learning music and help make the piano accessible and fun for anyone to learn!

For more info, please visit CascadeMethod.com and PianoLanguage.com.

4 - Cascade Method by Tara Boykin: Sugar Plum Fairy Rock

5 - Cascade Method by Tara Boykin: Landscape

6 - Cascade Method by Tara Boykin: Missing You

Each month, TopMusicPro members can access a professionally-engraved sheet music collection of some of the latest composers in the industry. If you’d like to find out more about how to get a copy of the most recent TopMusicSheets, visit topmusic.co/join.

In this volume, we’re featuring an variety of effective technical exercises written by PracticeHabits.co founder Chris Owenby. PracticeHabits.co, acquired by TopMusicCo in July of 2022, was a membership community, blog, and sheet music resource for piano teachers founded by Chris Owenby. The site featured a well-respected practice blog, Facebook group, podcast, and hundreds of sheet music resources for sharing with teachers. Enjoy!

Award-winning composer Chris Owenby is a celebrated composer of music spanning multiple genres.

His music has enjoyed performances by the Goliard Ensemble, the Northwestern College Choir, the DeKalb Choral Guild, the Flint River Trio, the Terminus New Music Ensemble, the Brass Standard, the LaGrange College Singers, the Sons of Lafayette, and members of the Columbus, Atlanta, and LaGrange Symphony Orchestras.

His music has received recognition and awards from the College Music Society (2010, 2011, and 2012 Southern Regional), Vox Reflexa’s New Millenium Composer’s Forum CD Project, and the Dekalb Choral Guild’s 2009 Young Composer’s Competition. His published works include Could It Be (Emerson Music), O Magnum Mysterium, Our True Savior, and Supernova (Imagine Music Publishing). His choral music, instrumental music, and songs have aired on National Public Radio, the Immanuel Broadcasting Network, White Dove Radio, and Bigloo Christian Radio, among other stations.

Chris serves as Composer-in-Residence for the Georgia Festival Chorus. He founded PracticeHabits.co and The Artful Composer.

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