Welcome to Ebony Music

Quite simply, we at Ebony Music believe our Piano Course and piano teaching materials are the best available. All our books are in continual use by our own pupils.

Ebony Music works! Esther Cohen, who devised and created Ebony Music, writes:
"Over many years of piano teaching, I have used a huge range of material and have developed clear ideas about what works and what doesn't. I have found that it doesn't matter how colourful the pages of the book are. What matters is how colourful the music is. Children respond to music which is witty, meaningful, attractive, and physically enjoyable to play."

Do please spend a little time browsing through this site, looking and listening to samples of our music books. All can be purchased securely online. If you have any questions, or would like any further information, Esther Cohen would be pleased to hear from you.

The following is a brief summary of each category of our publications.

About Ebony Music
A quick tour of the piano music and teaching materials you'll find here, with a little about the thinking behind them.

Music for piano - Choice
As the name suggests, the music has been chosen from all our different series of piano teaching music. This 24-volume series begins with the 'Piano Course' and contains graded pieces in classical, jazz, folk and contemporary styles through all levels to around grades 7-8.

Piano Course
For beginners in four books A systematic and carefully graded four-book course suitable for all beginners. An excellent basis for musicianship, technique and performance in piano-playing, this course has proved to be enormously popular with pupils and teachers alike.

Piano Repertoire
A series of 8 graded repertoire books of keyboard music from the 17th to the early 20th century edited and annotated by Esther Cohen.

Piano music by Esther Cohen
Sets of pieces for beginner to intermediate pianists. All are highly evocative and, like the music in the Piano Course, use a wide variety of styles.

Traditional song arrangements
Hebrew songs, Folk songs, Scots songs arranged by Esther Cohen. Children feel that they are performing 'real' music - a great motivator.

Scales and Workbooks
Miscellaneous Studies, scales books, music reading and writing workbooks.

Ebony Music Recordings
Recordings CD recordings of many Ebony Music publications. Ebony Music CDs are recorded for pupils to make practice more effective and rewarding.