is a composer- driven web source for exciting new piano repertoire. Please take a moment to experience the varied music of the Red Leaf composers. If you don’t find exactly what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to ask. We are “living” composers eager to address the ever-changing needs and dreams of the contemporary performer.
Susan Griesdale
Beverly Porter
Susan Griesdale
Beverly Porter
Martha Hill Duncan
Martha Hill Duncan
for One Piano, Six Hands Beverly Porter
for One Piano, Four Hands Susan Griesdale
Martha Hill Duncan began piano lessons at age eight, later receiving a vocal diploma from Houston’s High School for Performing Arts and a composition degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Her past teachers include Donald Grantham, Sam Dolin, Gregory Allen, Danielle Martin, Errol Haun and Trudi Borden. An award-winning composer of vocal and choral music, she is on the faculty of the Kingston Summer Music Institute, and is a piano examiner with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She lives in Kingston, Ontario, with her husband, where she maintains a busy piano studio and directs the women’s choir, She Sings! For more information visit www.marthahillduncan.com.
Susan Griesdale is a composer who has been writing piano music for grade level students for over 25 years. Born in Montreal, she has lived in Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto. Susan’s contemporary music, which is inspired by children’s imaginations, gives students the opportunity to explore new sounds while tackling technical challenges. Susan’s piano music has been published in collections of elementary, junior and intermediate pieces. Susan received a Teacher’s Associate Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Currently she is President of the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher’s Association and teaches full time in her Toronto studio. For more information visit www.susangriesdale.com.
Beverly Porter was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up in Vancouver. By age 19, she had completed the requirements for both the ARCT and LTCL pedagogy diplomas. She studied at the Banff School, and with Soulima Stravinsky at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. This was followed by studies with Albert and Clifford Poole in Toronto. Beverly and her family moved to Kingston Ontario, where she obtained a Bachelor of Music at Queen’s University. Her composition teachers were Clifford Crawley and David Keene. She continues to compose and teach piano in Kingston. For more information visit www.beverlyporter.ca.