Martha Mier

Martha Mier
Born December 10, 1936
Residence Lake City, Florida
Nationality American
Alma mater Florida State University
Occupation Composer and Piano teacher

Martha Mier is an independent piano teacher and composer of piano pieces. She resides in Lake City, Florida, where she moved after graduating with honors from Florida State University. She is known for composing "Seventh Street Blues", found in her songbook 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. She is also renowned for her "Romantic Impressions" solo piano books, which contain pieces for beginners to advanced players alike.[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 internationally recognised as a composer, teacher and arranger. She also takes part in many competitions in Florida as an adjudicator.[1]

Songbooks

Her songbooks are published at Alfred Music and are listed here in alphabetical order by title, followed by their level of difficulty and succeeded by their item number:

Piano

Piano duet

Works

Her works, apart from her songbooks, are also published at Alfred Music and are listed here under their level of difficulty, followed by their title in alphabetical order and succeeded by their item number:

Piano solo

Early Elementary

Elementary

Late Elementary

Early Intermediate

Intermediate

Late Intermediate

Early Advanced

Piano duet

Early Intermediate

Intermediate

Piano Trio

References

  1. 1 2 "Martha Mier". Alfred Publishing. Retrieved 8 April 2011.


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