Martha Mier
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Martha Mier is an independent piano teacher and composer of piano pieces. She lives in Lake City, Florida, where she graduated with honours from Florida State University. She is known for composing "Seventh Street Blues" from Jazz, Rags & Blues: Book 1. She also composed 'Jackson Street Blues' which is being used in the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 2007-08 syllabus as Piano Grade 5 Piece C:1.
Aside from her skills and duties composing and teaching, she is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, the Florida State Music Teachers Association, and the National Guild of Piano teachers, and is a nationally recognised composer, teacher and arranger alike. She also takes part in many competitions in Florida as an adjudicator.
[edit] Her Composions
These are some of Mier's composions in books like Jazz, Rags, and Blues 1 and 2.
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- Just Struttin' Along
- Don't Wanna Leave You Blues
- Ragtime Do-Si-Do
- Hallelujah!
- Ol' Rockin' Chair Blues
- Surfboard Boogie
- Seventh Street Blues
- Sneaky Business
- Downright Happy Rag
- A Neat Beat
- Beach Buggy Boogie
- Clarinet Blues
- Jelly Bean Rag
- Lazy Days
- Misty Night Blues
- Red Rose Rendezvous
- Slippin' Around
- Wild Honeysuckle Rag