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The Isle of Loobienox

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Catalogue #: LT. 36
Composer: Frank Horvat
Author of Accompanying Story: Karen Moonah
Year Composed: 2000
Instrumentation: Solo Piano, music for young children
Duration: 7 pieces, each being anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes in length
Score: Yes

Recording Information

Availability: MIDI Demo & Story Narration
Date: July 2001
Location: Horvat Home Studio
Musicians: N/A
Producer/Engineer: Frank Horvat

Comments From The Composer...

This set of easy piano pieces and accompanying story explores the wonderful world of the Loobies, a fictional bunch who lives on an island called Loobienox. Children have an opportunity to discover music in a fun and interesting way, just as our Loobie friends do in the story.

As a composer and a teacher, I feel that youngsters are stimulated by music that makes them feel an emotion or that can tell a story. This is what Loobienox is all about! A young performer will be able to play a short piece about a character or an event that they will also be able to read about and see.

Loobienox features pieces suitable for youngsters of various levels (not necessarily in order of difficulty). Contrasting tempos, dynamics and touches makes the pieces a useful tool in developing technique while the student has fun at the same time.

- Frank Horvat

Writer - Karen Moonah Biography

Writer / screenwriter Karen Moonah hails from Toronto, Canada. For the past five years, she has written extensively for television, on such preschool cartoon series as Franklin, Franny=s Feet, Caillou, Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, Timothy Goes to School, and the stop-motion series Lunar Jim. Her work on Franny's Feet earned her a 2005 Canadian Screenwriting Award nomination.

Karen also loves creating stories for older kids, including 14 episodes of the popular 'tween series Braceface, starring Alicia Silverstone. She has also written for Jacob Two-Two and the upcoming buddy comedy Iggy Arbuckle. She is presently story-editing a new preschool show, My Friend Rabbit.

After her adventures with turtles, dinosaurs, astronauts and orthodontically-challenged teens, Karen is delighted to add the 'Loobies' to her colourful list of friends!

Piano Grade Levels of Individual Pieces

Pieces: Grade:
Loobie Anthem
3
Loobie Working Song
1
Tiny Loobie's Song
1
Grouchy Loobie's Song
1
Liza Loobie's Lament
1
Loobie Dance
2
Loobie Lullaby
2

 

 

 




 
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