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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.830.6259 • Web: alfred.com Who We Are

We help the world experience the joy of making music.

Alfred Music, the leader in music education for 94 years, produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred Music’s home office is located in Los Angeles, with domestic offices in Miami and New York, as well as offices around the world, including Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Since 1922, Alfred Music has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred Music currently has over 150,000 active titles and represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Cole Porter, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Jimmy Buffett, George and Ira Gershwin, John Lennon, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, James Bond, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.

In addition to its own titles, Alfred Music distributes products from over 150 companies, including advance music, Belwin, Cengage Learning, Dover Publications, Drum Channel, Faber Music, Guitar World, Highland/Etling, Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Kalmus, MakeMusic, Penguin, Schaum Publications, and WEA.

Alfred Music is now also paired with MakeMusic, which is part of Peaksware Holdings, LLC portfolio of companies, to transform how music is composed, published, taught, learned, and performed by bringing together the leaders in educational music publishing and music technology.

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As part of its ongoing philanthropy, Alfred Music teamed up with KALA Brand Music Company for National MakeMusic Day on June 21, 2016 and donated over 1,300 copies of “It’s Ukulele Time” to be distributed at sponsored ukulele mass events across the country. Additionally, Alfred Music supplied the rights to eight songs for guitar mass events booklet that was distributed to 5,000 participants nationwide.

Alfred Music was happy to provide product support to Operation: Music Aid, a non-profit organization, based in Madison, CT whose mission is to secure musical instruments of all types in order to help aid in the rehabilitation of our valiant men and women who have been wounded while serving their country.

Alfred Music teamed up with Ukuleles for Ukraine, a California based non-profit charity, as they supplied four children’s homes with clothing, school materials, medicine, and instruments. Alfred Music gave 95 Daisy Rock Girls’ Guitars to give music lessons and improve the children’s confidence and creativity.

Alfred Music continues to donate hundreds of copies guitar materials to GAMA (The Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association), for their summer workshops. These workshops teach music educators how to start or enhance classroom guitar programs and deliver more music making opportunities to children.

Alfred Music, in collaboration with The ASCAP Foundation, delivered more than $14,000 of music curriculum and performance music to more than 40 school ensembles across the U.S., in support of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.

Alfred Music continues to donate percussion materials to PAS (Percussive Arts Society), for their national Day of Percussion events. These “mini-PASICs” draw in local musicians, educators, students and enthusiasts for a day or weekend of performances, competitions, clinics and master classes.

Alfred Music joined other NAMM members for the NAMM Music Education Advocacy D.C. Fly-In, May 23-26, 2016. Alfred Music was proud to support this annual event with $2600 worth of product as it advances NAMM’s core advocacy theme: music education and legislation that advances access to music education for all children.

Alfred Music donated 46 turkeys to the Los Angeles Mission to help those in need have food for Easter.

Alfred Music was proud to be a part of SBO’s 15th Annual student scholarship essay contest, themed, “How Your Music Class Prepare You For Life,” by donating product to the 10 winning schools’ music programs.

Alfred Music was once again a proud supporter of Hit Like A Girl Contest, the fifth annual global drumming contest for female percussionists. Produced in conjunction with founding sponsors DRUM! Magazine, TRX Cymbals, and Tom Tom: The Magazine of Female Drummers, its purpose is to spotlight female drummers and encourage drumming and lifelong musicianship for girls and women, regardless of age or playing level.

During Music in Our Schools Month, Alfred Music was proud to support Heid Music’s Big 10 contest by donating $250 worth of band scores to the winning schools.

Alfred Music was a proud sponsor of Los Angeles City Elementary Schools Music Association’s 75th Anniversary celebration. LACESMA, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization, promotes excellence in elementary music education at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

“Healing Newtown through the Power of the Arts” program (arts space, classes, workshop, performances, art & music therapy, events) was founded in the wake of the devastating events in Sandy Hook on December 14th of 2012. Through the HealingNewtown Program and other projects, The Newtown Cultural Arts Commission is dedicated to providing concerts, events, performances, workshops and classes geared toward helping the community continue to move past this event in a healthy, healing manner. Alfred Music is honored to donate materials to this community to support their efforts in healing through music and arts.

Alfred Music worked with Antonio Violins, along with other dealers, to help Melodic Connections replace much needed sheet music after a flood where they lost nearly everything. The non-profit organization based in Cincinnati, OH provides community music therapy services to individuals with developmental disabilities as they believe that each voice is unique and every voice should be heard. Alfred Music donated guitar, ukulele, piano, and classroom books for their programs.

In July 2016, flooding hit the small community of Richwood, West Virginia, leaving the town a federal disaster area and their school’s music room with four muddy walls. The school’s choir program has grown from nothing to over 180 students in just five short years. Alfred Music worked with Kerr’s Music to donate nearly $1,500 worth of choral music so that these students had sheet music when they returned to school.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leader in educational print music publishing, is excited to add a new volume of songbooks to the Alfred’s Instrumental Solos series—Billboard Greatest Chart All-Stars.

Billboard Greatest Chart All-Stars Instrumental Solos contains hit songs from the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 200 lists of the past 50 years. Each instrument book, arranged for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello, is carefully edited—complete with articulations, dynamic markings, and keys well suited for the level 2–3 player. While the arrangements can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos, the string and wind arrangements are not compatible with each other. Books in this series include various levels for beginning and intermediate players. Each edition includes a fully orchestrated accompaniment MP3 CD featuring a live instrumental performance of each song followed by a play-along track, PDFs of piano accompaniments, and Alfred’s TNT 2 practice software.

Titles: 21 Guns (Green Day) • Style (Taylor Swift) • All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor) • Cake by the Ocean (DNCE) • Can’t Feel My Face (The Weeknd) • Desperado (Eagles) • Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey) • Firework (Katy Perry) • Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) • Sorry (Justin Bieber) • Mr. Know It All (Kelly Clarkson) • Like I’m Gonna Lose You (Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend) • and more.

Billboard Greatest Chart All-Stars Instrumental Solos for guitar, piano, and ukulele are available for $16.99. All books can be found at music retail stores, online retailers, and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, in partnership with MakeMusic, Inc., announces the release of Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand Lite. This newly released version, available as a download only, is the subset of the CFX Concert Grand. It retains the expressive detail of the original by providing the full power of the Close Classic mic perspective. This allows customers to download stellar piano sounds at an affordable price.

Garritan is the world’s leading provider of quality virtual software instruments. Garritan believes high-quality, expressive, and affordable software instruments should be within the reach of every musician. Garritan sounds are widely used in television, film, game audio, and on the world’s greatest concert stages. Experience the majesty of a pipe organ, the excitement of a marching band, or the drama of a full symphony orchestra inside any size studio, place of worship, rehearsal room, or home.

Garritan Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand Lite, Download is available for $99.95 at music retail stores and online retailers.

CONTACT: Jodi Anderson—Director, Communications & Product Marketing P: 818-891-5999 x259 / F: 818-830-6259 / [email protected] / alfred.com/NAMM

Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is excited to release this new series, A Decade of Pop Hits. These five volumes, spanning the 1960s through the 2000s, include 20 Easy Piano arrangements by Dan Coates of the best chart-topping tunes from each decade that are sheer fun to play! Fingerings, lyrics, and chord symbols are included.

Titles from A Decade of Pop Hits: 1960s include “I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher),” “Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter, Paul, and Mary),” “Mama Said (The Shirelles),” “My Generation (The Who),” Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Jackie DeShannon),” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones),” “The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel),” “This Magic Moment (The Drifters),” and more.

Titles from A Decade of Pop Hits: 1970s include “Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel),” “Dancing Queen (ABBA),” “Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac),” “Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack),” “Moondance (Van Morrison),” “Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin),” “Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees),” “What a Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers),” and “Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd).”

Titles from A Decade of Pop Hits: 1980s include “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins),” “Broken Wings (Mr. Mister),” “Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey),” “Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston),” “Kokomo (The Beach Boys),” “Look Away (Chicago),” “Morning Train (9 to 5) (Sheena Easton),” and “Rhythm of the Night (DeBarge).”

Titles from A Decade of Pop Hits: 1990s include “All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow),” “Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve),” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Deep Blue Something),” “Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead),” “Hero (Mariah Carey),” “If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher),” “One of Us (Joan Osborne),” “Smooth (Santana ft. Rob Thomas),” “Walkin’ on the Sun (Smash Mouth),” and more.

Titles from A Decade of Pop Hits: 2000s include “All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor),” “Bring Me to Life (Evanescence),” “Crazy (Gnarls Barkley),” “Firework (Katy Perry),” “Girl On Fire (Alicia Keys),” “One Call Away (Charlie Puth),” “Payphone (Maroon 5),” “Some Nights (fun.),” “Sorry (Justin Bieber),” “Style (Taylor Swift),” and more.

A Decade of Pop Hits: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s are available for $14.99 each at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is thrilled to announce and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the best-selling Alfred’s Drum Method, Book 1.

Alfred’s Drum Method, Book 1 (of 2), the most comprehensive beginning snare drum method ever, is the ideal teaching tool to help prepare beginning players for all styles of snare drum and percussion performance. This best-selling book contains 80 pages of excellent sequential instruction covering rudimental studies, roll studies, contest solos, and bass drum and cymbal technique, as well as 23 solos suitable for recitals and contests. This title is available in SmartMusic.

Alfred’s Drum Method, Book 1 is available for $9.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is proud to release Alfred’s Easy Best-Loved Children’s Songs, the newest addition to the Alfred’s Easy Series.

Toddlers and young children love to sing and dance classic nursery rhymes and songs. This activity strengthens bonds with family, encourages brain development and musicality, and most importantly, it’s fun! This beautiful keepsake collection of over 100 classic nursery rhymes, playground songs, activity tunes, and memory rhymes ensures that all those bases are covered for parents, teachers, and their kids. Carefully arranged for piano to play and sing with toddlers and young children, each song also includes guitar and ukulele chords for easy strum-and-sing performance. The book features a “Genre Index” that breaks the titles down into song types and categories—especially useful for educators. Finally, an “About the Songs” section rounds out the collection with a brief history of all the tunes, and, to demonstrate what the songs should sound like, professional MP3 recordings of every song can be downloaded from alfred.com with purchase.

Titles: A-Hunting We Will Go • All the Pretty Little Horses • All Through the Night • Alouette • The Alphabet Song • The Animal Fair • Apples and Bananas • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep • The Bear Went Over the Mountain • Billy Boy • Bingo • Bobby Shafto • Boys and Girls Come Out to Play • Brahms’ Lullaby (Lullaby and Goodnight) • Brush Your Teeth • Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone) • Come Little Leaves • Deck the Hall • Did You Ever See a Lassie? • Do Your Ears Hang Low • Down by the Bay • Down in My Heart (I’ve Got the Joy) • Eency Weency Spider • The Farmer in the Dell • Father’s Whiskers • Five Little Monkeys • Frere Jacques/Are You Sleeping • Frog Went A-Courtin’ • Go In and Out the Window • Goodnight, Ladies • The Grande Olde Duke of York • Happy Wanderer • Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes • Here We Go Looby-Loo • Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush • He’s Got the Whole World (in His Hands) • Hey Diddle Diddle • Hickory Dickory Dock • Home on the Range • and many, many more.

Alfred’s Easy Best-Loved Children’s Songs is available for $34.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leader in educational print music publishing, is pleased to introduce to the Alfred’s Easy series Movie Hits for guitar, piano, and ukulele.

For beginning musicians, Alfred’s Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. This series heralds the debut of the “Easy Hits” guitar TAB, ukulele TAB, and piano arranging formats, which provide melody, chords, and lyrics—plus any integral “hook” parts—to songs spanning across the decades.

Movie Hits features popular songs and themes from the most timeless of films, such as “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz, “Let It Go” from Frozen, “Ghostbusters” from the original 1984 movie, “I See Fire” from The Hobbit series, “Gonna Fly Now” from Rocky, and many more!

Titles: Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (Arthur) • Because You Loved Me (Up Close and Personal) • Better Love (The Legend of Tarzan) • Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme) (Superman) • Evergreen (Love Theme) (A Star Is Born, 1976) • Everything Is Awesome (Awesome Remixxx!!!) (The Lego Movie) • Falling Slowly (Once) • Footloose (Footloose) • For Your Eyes Only (For Your Eyes Only) • Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters, 1984) • Glory of Love (The Karate Kid Part II) • Goldfinger (Goldfinger) • Gonna Fly Now (Rocky) • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Title) (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) • The Great Escape March (The Great Escape) • The Greatest Love of All (The Greatest) • and many more!

Alfred’s Easy Movie Hits for guitar and piano are available for $19.99, and ukulele for $18.99. All books can be found at music retail stores, online retailers, and at alfred.com.

Review copies are available upon request.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the release of Selections from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Available in two editions: Easy Piano and Piano Solo/Vocal.

Relive the wonder of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with this spectacular souvenir folio, loaded with full-color photos from the film. Fantastic Beasts marks a new era in J. K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, which takes place decades before Harry Potter. Filled with spells and mysterious dark forces, the story follows Magizoologist Newt Scamander and an unlikely band of heroes as they recover magical beasts that have accidentally escaped the hidden dimensions of Newt’s deceptively nondescript leather case and are loose in 1920s New York.

The Easy Piano collection by prolific popular-music arranger Dan Coates makes memorable themes from the movie accessible to students at the intermediate level. Helpful fingering suggestions and pedaling indications are included. Titles: Newt Says Goodbye to Tina / Jacob’s Bakery • A Man and His Beasts • Blind Pig • End Titles Pt. 2: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them • Kowalski Rag.

The Piano Solo/Vocal folio presents arrangements of selections from the film’s sweeping score, penned by A-list composer James Newton Howard, and also includes eight vibrant color pages of art from the movie.

Selections from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Easy Piano and Piano Solo/Vocal editions are both available for $14.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the release of David Garibaldi: Off the Record, which includes 10 authentic drum transcriptions personally transcribed by the legendary Tower of Power drummer himself.

Each transcription in Off the Record features an in-depth analysis of Garibaldi’s interpretation and approach to playing each tune. Titles: Knock Yourself Out • Down to the Nightclub • Soul Vaccination • What Is Hip? • Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong) • Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream) • Squib Cakes • On the Serious Side • Vuela Por Noche • Drop It in the Slot.

David Garibaldi: Off the Record is available for $15.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is excited to release Book 2 as an addition to the series Alfred’s Great Music & Musicians. This series provides a foundation for understanding the major cultural periods, musical styles, and development of music through the ages. Both books are appropriate for use in conjunction with any other piano method or as a focal point for group lessons.

Alfred’s Great Music & Musicians, Book 2 focuses specifically on keyboard composers and literature. Each unit includes an overview of major keyboard composers and literature, as well as information about the development of the piano and related cultural trends. Also included are short unit summaries and review activities. At the end of each unit is a Listening Guide that includes important keyboard compositions to reinforce the concepts presented. Recordings of these pieces can be downloaded as MP3 files.

Book 1 of the series provides a foundation for understanding the major cultural periods from the Greco-Roman Era to the present. It guides students through musical styles and the development of music through the ages. The book and included CD provide art and listening examples that offer a unique opportunity for discussions with students. Each unit includes an overview and historical background, a closer look at important musical developments, art to provide further insight into life during that time, a short summary, listening suggestions, and a written review.

Alfred’s Great Music & Musicians, Books 1 & 2 are available for $12.99 each at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, announces the release of three new, innovative music education resources designed for the classroom—JP’s Sousaphone, Music Symbol Parade , and Once Upon a Music Class. Each resource is uniquely constructed to easily teach music concepts and history while engaging students with colorful animation and entertaining characters.

JP’s Sousaphone details the story of new band member, JP, and his amazing journey to discover the sousaphone! Along the way, JP learns about America’s most famous bandmaster, John Philip Sousa. This interactive software CD-ROM is a one- of-a-kind resource told with engaging illustrations and age-appropriate vocabulary, which can be read from each screen and heard with each page turn. Professionally voiced narration guides users through JP’s adventure while background music and entertaining sound effects immerse students in the story as they follow along. Utilizing flash technology compatible with individual computers and interactive whiteboards, watch and listen as JP’s story comes to life by clicking the highlighted elements on each interactive page. Students will love learning about music history with JP’s Sousaphone!

Music Symbol Parade is sure to be a hit with students and teachers alike! These adorable 9” x 12” cardstock posters are more than just a delightful decoration—they’re also a fabulous teaching tool. Playful illustrations depict music signs and symbols, while concise definitions clearly explain each term. Each poster is an eye-catching delight! A tiny mouse represents pianissimo, a lion roars for fortissimo, a snail is largo, and a hammer shows marcato just to name a few. Dynamics, articulations, tempo headings, clefs, accidentals, and more are also included to help students understand complex musical terms in a fun, easy-to-use format.

Once Upon a Music Class: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Nursery Rhymes is the story of a hardworking music teacher determined to slay the dragons of student doldrums. She looked far and wide for meaningful, yet entertaining lessons that would engage her students while addressing the Common Core music standards. One day, she happened upon a set of enchanting books filled with folk tales, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, myths, legends, and more. As they dove into the grade-appropriate literature and music activities, her students became active musicians and lived happily ever after! Each volume of Once Upon a Music Class includes 20 lessons, complete with objectives, procedures, reproducible student pages, and all necessary recordings. Volume 1 is recommended for grades Pre-K through two and Volume 2 is recommended for grades three through six.

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JP’s Sousaphone, Music Symbol Parade, and Once Upon a Music Class are all available for $29.99 each at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com. Review copies are available upon request.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the complete release of Learning Together, Volume 2 for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano joining Volume 1 as a teaching resource for strings.

Learning Together consists of sequential unison repertoire for string instruments of the orchestra and is intended for use in string classes, group ensembles, and private lesson settings, and can be used to establish solo technique, introduce ensemble skills, develop aural skills, and as a foundation for learning to read music. Harmony parts and bass lines complete the arrangements and are composed so that any mixed string ensemble, as well as ensembles of like instruments, can perform the pieces. Piano accompaniments are included and can be added to any of these combinations.

Each instrument book comes with a CD that includes solo performances, string ensemble performances, and piano accompaniment tracks of the featured repertoire.

Winifred Crock, William Dick, and Laurie Scott, the authors of the Learning Together series, are award-winning teachers with over 100 years of combined recognized success. They share extensive experience as performers, conductors, clinicians, and studio and classroom teachers. These books demonstrate their commitment to providing rich musical experiences for all students in classroom and studio settings.

Learning Together, Volumes 1 & 2 are available for $12.99–$19.99, depending on instrument, at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is thrilled to present for the first time everLed Zeppelin: The Complete Studio Recordings, a complete guitar TAB hardcover edition featuring all nine of the band’s landmark studio albums.

Drawn from more than 30 years of documentation, interviews, and recorded footage, these transcriptions deliver unprecedented accuracy and insight into the groundbreaking music of Led Zeppelin and the guitar style of Jimmy Page. Included are over 30 vintage photographs and a comprehensive introduction and overview of each album written by Brad Tolinski, former editor-in-chief of Guitar World magazine and author of Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page.

Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times • Babe I’m Gonna Leave You • You Shook Me • Dazed and Confused • Your Time Is Gonna Come • Black Mountain Side • Communication Breakdown • I Can’t Quit You Baby • How Many More Times

Led Zeppelin II: Whole Lotta Love • What Is and What Should Never Be • The Lemon Song • Thank You • Heartbreaker • Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman) • Ramble On • Moby Dick • Bring It on Home

Led Zeppelin III: Immigrant Song • Friends • Celebration Day • Since I’ve Been Loving You • Out on the Tiles • Gallows Pole • Tangerine • That’s the Way • Bron-Y-Aur Stomp • Hats Off to (Roy) Harper

Led Zeppelin IV: Black Dog • Rock and Roll • The Battle of Evermore • Stairway to Heaven • Misty Mountain Hop • Four Sticks • Going to California • When the Levee Breaks

Houses of the Holy: The Song Remains the Same • The Rain Song • Over the Hills and Far Away • The Crunge • Dancing Days • D’yer Mak’er • No Quarter • The Ocean

Physical Graffiti: Custard Pie • The Rover • In My Time of Dying • Houses of the Holy • Trampled Under Foot • Kashmir • In the Light • Bron-Yr-Aur • Down by the Seaside • Ten Years Gone • Night Flight • The Wanton Song • Boogie with Stu • Black Country Woman • Sick Again

Presence: Achilles Last Stand • For Your Life • Royal Orleans • Nobody’s Fault but Mine • Candy Store Rock • Hots on for Nowhere • Tea for One

In Through the Out Door: In the Evening • South Bound Saurez • Fool in the Rain • Hot Dog • Carouselambra • All My Love • I’m Gonna Crawl

Coda: We’re Gonna Groove • Poor Tom • I Can’t Quit You Baby • Walter’s Walk • Ozone Baby • Darlene • Bonzo’s Montreux • Wearing and Tearing • Baby Come on Home • Travelling Riverside Blues • White Summer/Black Mountain Side • Hey, Hey What Can I Do

Led Zeppelin: The Complete Studio Recordings is available for $89.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is excited to release Mindfulness: The Piano Collection. This new collection contains 20 beautiful piano pieces, each one carefully chosen to help you relax and unwind. Each piece is preceded by a short paragraph recommending simple mindfulness approaches that can be integrated when learning and playing the music. This provides a unique way for pianists to reach a state of mindfulness by sharpening their musical focus towards their internal and external experiences within the present moment. With the help of well- known composers such as Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, and Satie, as well as 6 full-page, music-themed images to color in, this aid to simple meditation is the perfect musical remedy in an increasingly frantic and pressurized world.

Titles from this collection include “Gnossienne, No. 1 (Satie),” “Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven),” “Morning Prayer (Tchaikovsky),” “Prelude in E Minor (Chopin),” “Rêverie (Debussy),” “To a Wild Rose (MacDowell),” and many more.

Mindfulness: The Piano Collection is available for $15.95 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

Review copies are available upon request.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is excited to release Premier Piano Express, Book 3. This all-in-one, accelerated piano course is designed for students who need a fast-paced approach to piano study. Book 3 continues the development of artistry and keyboard skills that began in the first two books, covering all of the concepts included in Premier Piano Course, Level 3 by integrating Lesson, Theory, Technique, and Performance pages. The book is organized into skills-based units that feature clear explanations of important musical concepts. Worksheets within each unit provide review and strengthen understanding. Included with each book is a CD-ROM that contains both audio performances on acoustic piano and orchestrated accompaniments for selected pieces. Accompaniments are also available for download.

Book 1 includes all concepts introduced in Premier Piano Course, Levels 1A and 1B. Book 2 includes all concepts introduced in Premier Piano Course, Levels 2A and 2B.

Premier Piano Express, Books 1-3 are available for $12.99 each at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces the long-awaited release of Sound Innovations for Concert Band: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by thirteen of today’s most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade ½, 1, and 1½ levels are grouped by key, including: • Long Tones • Expanding Intervals • 5-Note Scales • Passing the Tonic • Chord Builders • Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales) • Pitch Matching • Moving Chord Tones • Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) • Scale Builders • Diatonic Harmony • Chorales • Interval Builders • Rhythmic Subdivision

The compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O’Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson.

Sound Innovations for Concert Band: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is available for $5.99 (instrument books), $12.99 (piano), and $39.99 (Conductor’s Score) at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, announces an upgraded version of Alfred’s StagePlayer Guitar Stand & Stool. Durable, comfortable, and multi-purpose, this can easily be used as a convenient seat or a guitar stand, by placing the guitar in the handy, padded cradle for safekeeping. The stool folds down easily for use in a single motion, locking in place. When not in use, simply fold it flat for easy storage by emovingr the retractable pin under the seat. Guitar not included.

Alfred’s StagePlayer Guitar Stand & Stool is available for $49.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is happy to announce the release of The Stephen Foster Collection for solo voice and piano arranged by Mark Hayes. This stunning collection features 10 favorite early American songs in medium high and medium low voice editions.

Often referred to as the “Father of American Music,” Stephen Collins Foster penned some of America’s most enduring songs. Background information by Kathleen Ballantyne is included illuminating each song’s significance and its historical roots. This exquisite collection offers piano/vocal arrangements of some of his most well-known songs such as “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Oh! Susanna,” “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” and many more.

Beautifully arranged, Mark Hayes adds his touch to this quintessential repertoire perfect for recitals, concerts, and contests. Every song is thoughtfully arranged creating the perfect platform for a uniquely expressive performance.

“Camptown Races,” one of Foster’s earliest hits, is one of 10 iconic and beloved classics included in The Stephen Foster Collection. Energetic and playful, “Camptown Races” embodies the illicit excitement of betting on horse racing, while Hayes incorporates some humor as the verse plods along with frequent stops and starts before settling into a jaunty waltz feel at the chorus. Both medium high and low voice editions can also be purchased with an accompaniment CD including all 10 tracks performed by Mark Hayes.

The Stephen Foster Collection is available for $26.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2017 Alfred Music, the leading publisher in music education since 1922, is thrilled to release The Women of Western Music: Hildegard to Ella, an exceptional classroom resource focusing on the lives of 18 sensational female composers, musicians, and teachers. This long-awaited manual focuses exclusively on the female artists who haven’t made it into most textbooks, such as Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Marian Anderson, Ethel Merman, and Billie Holiday. The lesser known history about the women in this book truly exemplify their outstanding musical accomplishments and contributions. These 18 women defied tradition and familial pressure to lead extraordinary lives as teachers, composers, conductors, and performers. From a Medieval nun to a modern-day country singer, each of these amazing women affected lasting change.

This completely reproducible book includes biographies, student assessments, and recordings making integration into your curriculum easier than ever. Recommended for grades five and up.

The Women of Western Music is available for $34.99 at music retail stores, online retailers, and alfred.com.

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