Contemporary music - do pianostreet members use it?

[emusicmaestro]

I read with consternation a comment by a piano teacher who states that her students rarely need to buy music since the advent of pianostreet. Surely a repertoire restricted to out-of-copyright pieces is restrictive for piano students' musical development.

[bleicher]

I quite agree! I love contemporary music and I think it's so important to play new music as that is the way that our great tradition of classical music will continue to be a living tradition. The AB Spectrum books are a good place to start because they're not expensive and you get to try out pieces by many different composers.

[lukebar]

I've always thought the Celebration Series books published by Fred Harris have contained a good balance of repertoire, including some very interesting contemporary pieces at all of the various grade levels.
Young children in particular are very receptive to the more avant-garde stuff, as they have yet to form strong pre-conceived ideas as to how music is supposed to sound.

[bleicher]

I've not heard of those books - I'll look them up. Thanks for the tip!

[keyofc]

Piano Street is great in a pinch - but it is my understanding that you cannot print 10 of the same out and use them anyway.  Unless you're paying 10 subscriptions.  Am I wrong?

Besides - how many of the kids you teach start out at a level where they can use this off the bat?

I buy music all the time. I am always looking for what the children like - or adults.
Children prefer to play music from soundtracks as they get older - at least my students have, along with classical.