Walden Hughes' Piano Ensemble Compositions
Dr. Walden Hughes has written 88 compositions and transcriptions for his university piano ensembles, and by commission for performing pianists and piano faculty in the United States and Europe. These works have been performed widely in 49 different countries by various performing ensembles. The compositions can be heard below as MIDI files.
The full scores can be attached to email for instant delivery & printed with Acrobat Reader, which is a free download if you don't have it already - or with 'Finale Notepad' which is also a free download (click on Finale Notepad icon below for the free download).
For information concerning how to obtain performance scores of the compositions represented by the MIDI files below, contact Dr. Hughes through E mail at:
TRIO (1 piano 6 hands)
Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto Number 6" 
Commissioned by Ken Phillips, Hvaler Municipal School of the Arts, Norway.
. . . . . "Allegro ma non tanto" MIDI
. . . . . "Adagio ma non tanto" MIDI
. . . . . . . . . . "Allegro" MIDI
Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" MIDI
Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze" MIDI
Handel's "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" MIDI
Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance" MIDI Watch
a VIDEO Performance of the NNU Piano Ensemble
"Ping Pong Polka" MIDI
"It's a Small World" played with as many ping pong balls as available on the
piano strings
Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise" MIDI Watch
a VIDEO Performance of the NNU Piano Ensemble
Commissioned by Ken Phillips, Hvaler Municipal School of the Arts, Norway.
Rossini's "William Tell Overture" MIDI
Strauss' "Radetzky March" MIDI Watch
a VIDEO performance of the NNU Piano Ensemble
"Percussive Fugue" MIDI (Piano Trio - 1 piano 6
hands)
pianists tap on fallboard, lid and soundboard (1 pianist sitting,1 pianist
standing, 1 pianist lying underneath the piano)
Christmas music
for piano trio (or any multiple of 3 pianists at more than one piano)
Commissioned by Linda Kennedy, Arkansas
. . . . . . . . . . "Adeste Fideles" MIDI
Watch a
VIDEO Performance of the NNU Piano Ensemble
. . . . . . . . . . "In Dulce Jubilo" MIDI
"Angels We Have Heard on High"MIDI
Quartets & Sextets (2 pianos 8 hands, 2 pianos 12 hands, 4 pianos 8 hands & 8 pianos 16 hands)
VIDEO performances of Hughes arrangements & Hughes students' performances
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