Joyce Grill, Squeaky Stairs
Joyce Grill
"Squeaky Stairs" is a spooky, fun piece, which could also be used for a Halloween concert. Students will have to navigate the LH melody and not allow it to be overpowered by the RH accompaniment. Young pianists will enjoy exploring the wide range of dynamics, as well as the changes in articulation.
Composer/Publisher Information[]
Joyce Grill, a former faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, provides practical suggestions from her extensive teaching experience as she presents workshops to teachers and students across the country. Grill holds the MTNA Master Teacher Certificate and has been active in MTNA serving as the Wisconsin State President and the Division Vice-President. She also founded the La Crosse Area Music Teachers Association and serves on several arts advisory boards. In 2006, she was named a MTNA Foundation Fellow.
Grill holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has also received training at the School of Fine Arts in Fontainebleau, France, where she studied theory and composition with Nadia Boulanger and piano with Robert and Jean Casadesus.
Known for her ensemble writing, Grill is also a frequent guest conductor for multi-piano concerts. Some of her best-known publications originally published by Warner Bros. Publications, including In Style, Down the Road, and Accompanist (Yes, It Really Happens), are now available from Alfred Music Publishing.
Country Scenes is available through Alfred Music Publishing.
Author[]
Dr. Alan Huckleberry, Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy, The University of Iowa School of Music