- Level: Intermediate to Late Intermediate
- Pages: 6 pages, 4 pages of music, cover art included!
- Style: Deeply passionate, hopeful
- Format: PDF instant download
- Studio License Bonus: Free mp3 of the piece without any voiceovers
New Beginnings celebrates the hope of a new start while still acknowledging the tentative nature of new beginnings. There’s no completely fresh start, so all those difficult things that are behind us can help us begin again with more wisdom and love. Those difficulties have refined us and given us a new perspective about the future. That perspective helps us begin again.
New Beginnings is an especially hopeful piece about 2021. After such a devastating year, this piece is composed with all the hope and promise of a better tomorrow.
What level is New Beginnings?
New Beginnings is late intermediate level. It’s quite manageable for intermediate level as well, except for about four measures in the B section – just a bit more movement in both hands. The smallest note value in the piece is the sixteenth note, but these are all in groups of four. The piece is mostly in G Major with a few beautiful jaunts through D Major. New Beginnings falls easily under the hands. There are two measures in which there are eighth note octaves in the right hand.
This piece is carefully edited with fingerings, dynamics, and articulations to help ensure a musical performance even in students. But the piece is an especially stunning performance, sacred music offering, or recital piece for teachers as well.
New Beginnings Includes a Free mp3 Performance
In addition to receiving the music and the cover (this is always included for ComposeCreate® pieces), you’ll also receive one free mp3 recording of New Beginnings performed by Wendy Stevens. This recording does not have any voiceovers so it will helpful for you and students in learning the piece. You are permitted to send this recording to your students who are working on the piece.
What is the studio License?
New Beginnings is delivered digitally (through your email receipt) and is studio licensed. This means that you can print and use these for any student that you directly teach for your entire lifetime of teaching.
susan –
Easy ,tricky but caterpillar-ing along to the new. Needing sensitive fingers, hearing
Linda Schneider –
This is a very nice flowing piece that takes time to master but my teens enjoy it
nancyarnold710 –
I wonder if anyone can play this with the emotion Wendy plays, but my students love the challenge! Beautiful song! Thank you!
Amber –
I am addicted to playing this song! It is so beautiful and peaceful, and helps me express deep emotions – I love it!! It’s perfect to play for weddings, reflective moments at church services, and other events where beautiful music is called for.
Candace –
I love this piece for my teen and adult students. I enjoy playing it myself! So appropriate for 2021!
Joanne –
What a wonderful an refreshing piece you’ve share with us, Wendy. It has a diaphanous, airy and totally uplifting quality to it! I just finished playing it and already feel that buoyancy in my spirit.
Beth Syverson –
I don’t currently have any students at this level, but I bought “New Beginnings” for myself to play at church. It’s a delight to play and lies under the fingers nicely.
Jill Herbold –
I love this piece! I used it for a time of reflection in a church service and it was very well received. I am sure I will be using it for students as well.
kay lindley –
I bought it for my own enjoyment and I’ve played it many times. Thanks, Wendy.
kay lindley –
I introduced this piece to an eighth grader and she’s loving every measure!