New Piano Piece Inspired by the Olympic Season

When the Winter Olympics* start on February 9th, your students are going to be soooo motivated by anything that has that spirit of healthy competition, doing your best, and excelling. That’s why we created the new Winter Sports Music Games that you can get here. But along with that, I composed a new piano piece inspired by that feeling of excelling that your students who are just beginning to read notes on the staff or have been reading for a while will love.

When beginning students have to “figure out every note” of a piece, it is really taxing on their brain. But even worse is that it discourages them and overwhelms them, causing them to say “It’s too hard!” and then not practice.

I have a student at just that level of learning steps and skips. I wanted her to be able to play something big sounding, but something that she could fairly easily sight read and feel like it was an easy piece. Of course, repeated notes are very easy for students, so I tried to capitalize on using repeated notes to keep students from having to “figure out every note.”

Is it really winners that inspire us?

When you watch sporting events like the Olympics, perhaps you feel happy for those athletes who win. But more often, I think we are not inspired by the winners, but by the courageous. Those who fail, but get up and try again and again. I didn’t want this piece to celebrate winning because it is not winning that counts. It is even winning that shapes us or makes us a better person. It is the getting up and doing it again and again. It is the daily habits we create. It is the consistent practice at the piano. It is the failing and yet trying again and again and again that is what makes us courageous, no matter what our age.

It is those stories of the olympians who fall and yet finish, those who fail and yet try again…these are the stories of the courageous and the stories that inspire us.

What makes this piece so good for beginners or elementary students?

As I mentioned, reading new notes every beat is taxing on the brain. So the repeated notes, steps, and uncluttered music (no unnecessary rests) make this piece a winner for early elementary students. Students use the entire keyboard, but in easy positions that feel familiar. 

Watch Fanfare for the Courageous:

What’s included in your purchase:

• The piano solo (digital PDF)
• The duet
• The cover (we always include that)

You can give this piece to any student you directly teach if you purchase the studio license and you can use this for:

• Duets (Parade of Champions)
• Monster Concerts (Parade of Champions)
• Music to motivate while students are excited about winter sports
• Recitals
• Festivals

Read More:

• The Olympic Dream – This is a late intermediate piece that has great passion and beauty. Teachers will enjoy playing this one!
• Winter Sports Music Games – These are free right now, but they may not always be!

*Olympics is a registered trademark of it respective owner(s).