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New Piano Music For Ballet Class by
Patience Clements
Original Ballet Class Music by Patience Clements. Available at Amazon.com (see the carousel below) We are happy to be on i-tunes! 
My new release "Extended Piano Music for the Ballet Class" is coming out very soon! Happy Holidays to all, especially the ones who love ballet as I do.
Currently Company pianist for the Charleston Ballet Theatre, Ms. Clements plays Master classes and Summer Intensives, auditions and concerts throughout the United States. With 35 years experience of playing for ballet class, the New Piano Music For Ballet Class series was created to provide proper tempos and accents for all barre and center work. Primarily in the classical style, Clements' original melodies provide clear introductions and teacher-friendly phrasing, with a variety of tempos.
Photos courtesy of Richard Calmes and Jon Morgan
NEW PIANO MUSIC FOR BALLET CLASS II Ready for class with six tendus and degages, a hard-to-find pas de cheval, two petit battements, three adagios, releves and music for temps lie. With three petit allegros, three grand allegros and two codas, this is compact disc is a must-have for today's ballet studio. 34 exercises in all. Digital Edition also available with 22 selected tracks from this CD.
NEW PIANO MUSIC FOR THE DEDICATED DANCER with Susan Jaffe, Dance Advisor Brand new! The music for this CD was created directly from Susan Jaffe's classes at The Princeton Dance and Theatre Studio. With Six Tendus and Degages to choose from, a gentle Adagio and Rond de Jambe to warm-up with, and a Mazurka for Grand Battement, the music presents a challenging barre. For the center class, the second Tendu , the Adagio and Grand Allegro II are featured twice, the second time with additional instrumentation. There are two jumping combinations, and long bands for Petit Allegro and Grand Allegro. The CD finishes with two tracks for fouettes, to satisfy all your “turners” tempos. 34 tracks. Digital Edition also available with 21 selected exercises from this CD.
NEW PIANO MUSIC FOR THE YOUNG DANCER With 37 unrepeated tracks, this CD is full of music appropriate for the beginning ballet student. Easy tempos, clear phrases with strong beats and melodies. Plenty of tendus, jetes, two grand battement exercises, with an extended polka, chase, chainee and petit jetes. A Polonaise, slow mazurka and a tango are included, along with great music for introductory pirouettes. Digital Edition also available with 20 selected tracks from this CD.