The Victress Sessions: Classical Pop Piano Solos Inspired By Female Composers

I enjoyed playing through these contemporary pieces inspired by female classical composers. Besides Clara Schumann, I really had not had previous exposure to the classical composers Andrea Dow sought out as inspiration for her pieces. I ended up researching their nationalities and the dates when they lived/composed (i.e., Amy Beach was American and lived from 1867-1944). This information would be a great detail to include in the book! The pieces were easy to learn, and I have been able to use them as preludes/postludes when playing for church services. My request would be for Andrea Dow to compose a second volume of songs inspired by female composers! I also really like "The Amadeus Anthems," another of her books!

In the last year, I have purchased several of the "sessions" books, and they have all been incredible! The Victress Sessions have been a particular favorite of mine and my older students. These have been the perfect transition out of method books for my intermediate/late intermediate students. I enjoy this one in particular because it offers inspiration to my students (girls in particular) and introduces them to prominent female composers. I have even had parents ask for their student to play more of these because the family enjoys hearing them so much!

This book is full of engaging and beautiful songs inspired by female composers and rewritten to modernize the pieces. The Victress Sessions are sure to motivate intermediate pianists of all ages to grow in musicianship. Andrea and Trevor Dow have nailed yet another resource for piano teachers and students alike!

So far I'm liking anything by this author.

These arrangements are beautiful!!! I'm so excited to share this collection with some of my early intermediate students. I am buying more copies today! Thanks for acknowledging some female composers!!!

The Dows have done a wonderful job on this one, I am positive all of my teen students are going to absolutely fall in love with these pieces! Beautiful piano music!

These books and curriculum are absolutely incredible!

The media could not be loaded. I’ve never seen another book like this! Beautiful contemporary reimaginings of classical pieces by female composers that teens will live to learn, parents will live to hear, and teachers love to teach! They’re also a great starting point for introducing lesser known classical works by important composers! These pieces have inspired my teens to do their own arranging and exploring new composers! I’m thrilled!

I have been so impressed with this resource and love the link between fabulous Classical composers and the appeal of the pop styled arrangements, paired with such a fun presentation. Bravo! Highly recommend!

Another session of beautiful music by the talented Andrea Dow. I have all in the series, and I personally love playing them myself. Excited for my students to progress so they can experience the inspiring music within.

My students are just getting to the level where they can start learning pieces from the Sessions books. In the meantime, I keep buying them to play myself!