Canadian Contemporary Repertoire Series

Canadian Contemporary Repertoire Series is a series of graded piano repertoire designed to:

• Provide Canadian and international students with sound pedagogical material for study purposes

• Provide students with repertoire written in jazz, pop, Latin, rock and folk styles by Canadian composers

• Provides students with performance repertoire with audience appeal that is at the same time pedagogically sound

• Provide repertoire for performance, study, sight reading, examinations, and recreation

• Provide ideal Canadian music to festivals

• Create a series of Canadian works for Grade One to advancing levels

• Create repertoire that could be used by any school of music but has been endorsed by Conservatory Canada as part of their Contemporary Idioms Program

• Provide established and new Canadian composers with a voice by having their works selected for inclusion

Canadian Contemporary Repertoire Series currently consists of three levels with a fourth in preparation:

• Level 1 was produced in 2008 and includes 32 works and arrangements by Canadian composers
• Level 2 was produced in 2009 and includes 31 works and arrangements by Canadian composers
• Level 3 was produced in 2009 and includes 34 works and arrangements by Canadian composers
• Level 4 was produced in 2010 and includes 31 works and arrangements by Canadian composers (with the assistance of SOCAN Foundation Funds).
• Level 5 is newly released in 2011 and includes 24 works and arrangements by Canadian composers (with the assistance of SOCAN Foundation Funds).