Bowen Piano Studio

Introducing PIANO LITERATURE

Favorite PIANO Selections Progressively Graded

• PROGRESSIVELY GRADED

  • Fits the criteria of most adjudications and festival organizations
    

• EDITED FOR TEACHING

  • Compiled for Late Elementary to Late Intermediate students

  • Classics in their original form

  • Perfect for smooth sight reading progression
    

• WELL PACED APPROACH

  • Reading, rhythm, and technique are taught steadily

  • Teaches counterpoint gradually and develops finger dexterity and independence
    

• WIDE VARIETY OF BAROQUE, CLASSICAL, AND ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE

  • Favorite teaching standards alongside rarely published works

  • Perfect for recitals, large studios, and self-guided reading assignments

Introducing ETUDES
for Building Piano Technique

PROGRESSIVE ETUDES ARRANGED BY TECHNICAL CHALLENGE

Introducing Etudes is a three-book series of studies specially designed to help students learn technique as effectively as possible. Students face a number of common technical challenges during their development as pianists. Usually, young pianists have to learn pieces from several books of etudes just to cover the basics. The pieces in this series have been carefully selected to include the best of those traditional studies, and every piece is conveniently and strategically matched to the technical challenge it was meant to teach. These pieces are arranged in order of difficulty for students from the late elementary level to the late intermediate level. In addition, the three-book series features eight original compositions by Ward Bowen written specifically to add new artistic repertoire to this genre.

For convenience, a listing of technical challenges on page 3 provides a helpful resource for teachers to find the studies that are most appropriate to meet the unique needs of each student. As studies can be useful for many different purposes, they are listed by their most prominent functions. Teachers can use the studies for their primary purpose or use them creatively for added practice on a variety of techniques. This collection can be used by teachers and students to help lay a strong technical foundation for the study of repertoire. By covering the common technical challenges and introducing students to important etudes, the books are also a useful complement to any method.

Introducing the Composers Series

Piano literature collections designed to present students with their first works by the master composers, aided by illustrated biographies. These pieces have been carefully selected so that they are accessible to students in an early stage of development, thereby better preparing them for the study of each composer’s major works.

Improve Your Teaching and Enhance Your Love of Learning

After working as an editor for two publishing houses and teaching for well over twenty years,
I have developed a passion for piano literature and its use to motivate, guide, and inspire students.
There is such an abundance of teaching and repertoire materials that it can be overwhelming to
find the right repertoire. Our goal is to help make that task just a little easier by
connecting you with publications and materials that are pedagogically edited and leveled,
as well as created or compiled with a specific artistic or technical teaching purpose.

As teachers, we know when we have found the perfect collection or piece because it sparks joy
and increases motivation in our students. Moreover, it feels effortless and just challenging enough,
all while helping the students grow in musical maturity.
We hope that the resources above can help you achieve these goals as you continue to inspire your students. This way, we can keep students thriving and falling in love with piano, one lesson at a time.
What an incredible mission we all have as piano teachers!