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Celestial Dreams: 5 Original Piano Solos, Naoko Ideda. The Willis Music Company/Hal Leonard (www. musicdispatch.com; (800) 637-2852), 2007. 16 pp. $5.95.
If you are searching for some fresh, new, un-American and un-educational sounding pieces, then Celestial Dreams may be a collection you will want to use in your studio. Naoko Ikeda's collection features five very heavenly mid-intermediate pieces focusing on various celestial qualities, such as the stars, heavens and constellations. The collection features catchy titles like "The Sparkling Night Sky," "The Shining North Star" and "Shooting Stars in Summer," to name a few. A table of contents, which is really referred to as "Performance Notes," lists each piece with its respective key signature, time signature and tempo marking (for example, "Andante" and so on). Ikeda includes some brief thoughts about each piece, such as why the piece was written or for whom it was written, and continues on to explain the story behind each piece. Of special interest ...