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Jazz Etude in D minor

Kevin Olson

About the composer

Kevin Olson is an active pianist, composer, and member of the piano faculty at Utah State University. A native of West Jordan, Utah, Dr. Olson began winning composition contests at age five. He maintains a large piano studio, teaching students of a variety of ages and abilities. Many of the needs of his own piano students have inspired his pedagogic piano work.

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Who's this piece for?

This piece is not as difficult as it sounds and is ideal to develop your technique get you ready for more demanding repertoire.

3-4 pages

Jazz

D minor

MOOD: Playful.

TECHNIQUE: Syncopation.

Ranking

Equivalent to RCM level 7

Equivalent to ABRSM level 6

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2002

On the Transmigration of Souls, John Adams' homage to the victims of the 9/11 attacks premieres in NYC.

2003

Licht ("Light"), Karlheinz Stockhausen's cycle of seven operas, started in 1977 and was completed in 2003 with the opera Sonntag aus Licht.

2004

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2012

The existence of the Higgs Boson was confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland.

2014

Jazz Etude was composed by K. Olson at the age of 43 years old.

2016

Bob Dylan receives the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2016

Pierre Boulez, one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world, dies on January 5th.

2018

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking dies on March 14th.

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