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J. Evans Music Press

PIANO MUSIC

My piano music utilizes conventional aesthetics and techniques found throughout canonical keyboard repertoire. It has been my joy to compose works that are practical and engaging. Stylistic accessibility, idiomatic keyboard writing, and musical eclecticism are three distinctive hallmarks of my piano compositions. Hopefully, I have composed piano music that appeals to students, teachers, amateurs, and virtuosos alike.

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Some of my piano music has been recognized in competitions, including the New York City Contemporary Music Symposium- Call for Scores (Three Inventions-FINALIST) and New York City's Locrian Chamber Players- Call for Scores (Five Pages From A City Journal-WINNER). My piano music falls into 3 categories: 1) Easy piano music (early intermediate to early advanced), 2) neoclassical works, 3) eclectic-contemporary works. Additionally, I have also composed collaborative works/chamber music with piano and a Concerto for piano and string orchestra. Below you will find links to SHEETMUSICDIRECT to purchase scores. 

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Piano on Dim Stage

PIANO WORKS


EASY PIANO WORKS

(Early intermediate- early advanced)

 

Two Lyrical Sketches for the Young

1. The Cuckoo & the Nightingale

2. Carnival Fantasy

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Classical Sonatina

(Homage To Joseph Bologne,

Chevalier de Saint-Georges)

1. Moderato

2. Adagio

3. Veloce e leggiero

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Lyrical Sketchbook (14 easy pcs.)

1. Afternoon Regatta

2. Song Without Words

3. Wizard's Dance

4. A Winter Waltz

5. Constellation

6. Jukebox Boogie Woogie

7. Sentimental Souvenir

(to Florence Price)

8. Music Box Medley

9. Tarantella in A Minor

10. Preludium in C# Minor

11. Riverside Rag (to Scott Joplin)

12. El Toreador

13. Lonestar Blues

14. Rejoice!

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Three Lyrical Duets

for piano 4-hands

1. Fantasia in D Minor

2. Song of the Meadowlark

3. Jubilee Texas

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​Two Canzonas

1. Canzona in D Major

2. Canzona in Blue

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Four American Canvas Sketches

(Celebrating Artists from America's Gilded Age)

1. John Abbott McNeill Whistler,

Nocturne in Black & Gold

2. Mary Cassatt,

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

3. Henry Ossawa Tanner,

The Banjo Lesson

4. Winslow Homer,

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)

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Three American Bagatelles

1. Overture

2. Ballad

3. Reel

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A Garland of Peach Roses and Lace

(5 Two-Part Melodies

in Baroque Style,

homage to women composers)

 I: To Francesca Caccini,

1587 – after 1641

II: To Barbara Strozzi,

1619-1677

III: To Isabella Leonarda,

1620- 1704

IV: To Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre,

1665-1729

V: To Wilhelmine von Bayreuth,

1709-1758

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NEOCLASSICAL

PIANO WORKS

(Advanced concert works)

 

Three Inventions

1. Heron’s Engine

2. Archimedes’ Spiral

3. Da Vinci’s Flying Machine

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Two Nocturnes

(Inspired Robert Frost's

Fire and Ice)

1. Nocturne (Fire)

2. Nocturne (Ice)

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Toccata

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Sonatina

(Inspired by the Art of

Children's Storytelling)

1. Ballad

2. Arietta-Interlude

3. Finale

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Sonata

Revised, 01/ 2026

Please inquire about a complimentary

score if previously purchased

1. Prelude

2. Basso Ostinato

3. Scherzo

4. Elegy

5. Finale

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Fantasia & Allegro Ostinato

1. Radiant and rhapsodic

2. Rustic and driving

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Three Preludes

1. Festive and driving

2. In a whispered voice

3. Rustic and driving

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ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY

PIANO WORKS

(Advanced concert works)

 

Lyrical Etude in C 

 

​Three Epigraphs

1. Poetic with a steady tempo

2. Pensive and a bit subdued

3. Ruminating with expression

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Four Short Waltzes

1. Languid and sentimental

2. Nostalgically

3. With ease and simplicity

4. Melodious with a lilt

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Shades & Hues, BOOK 1 (1-7)

1. Maximum Red

2. Desert Sand

3. Jazz Berry Jam

4. Midnight Blue

5. Royal Purple

6. Sea Foam Green

7. Black Leather Jacket

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Shades & Hues, BOOK 2 (8-14)

8. White Smoke

9. Palomino Gold

10. Tie-Dye Spiral

11. Ghost White

12. Dark Gray

13. Tart Orange

14. Raven Black

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Shades & Hues, BOOK 3 (15-21)

15. Opera Mauve

16. Baby Pink

17. Outer Space (Crayola)

18. Antique Brass

19. Burnt Sienna

20. Antique White

21. Metallic Sunburst

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Five Pages from a City Journal

1. Beat on the Street

2. Remembrance

3. Funny Page

4. Musing

5. Metropolitan Express

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Prologue In Two Pages

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Lyric Cartography

for piano solo

(Commissioned by the

American Mavericks Project,

New York City)

UNAVAILABLE until 2026​

following its premiere 

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COLLECTIONS

(Collections will be available SOON!)

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Collected Piano Works, BOOK 1

(Easy Works)

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Collected Piano Works, BOOK 2

(Neoclassical Works)

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Collected Piano Works, BOOK 3

(Eclectic-Contemporary Works)

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CHAMBER MUSIC

WITH PIANO

 

Soundscapes

for violin and piano

1. Riverscape No. 1

2. Riverscape No. 2

3. Cityscape
 

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Piano Quartet: Memories of Summer

for Bb clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

1. Basso-ostinato
2. Commemoration
3. Scherzo
4. Threnody

5. Introduction and Finale

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​​​​PIANO WITH ORCHESTRA


Piano Concerto 

for piano and string orchestra
1. Prelude-Variations
2. Scherzo
3. Fantasy
4. Toccata​​​​​​​​​​​​

(Full score, 2-piano reduction, & parts

will be available soon, in progress)

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