Music for Ballet Class Instruction: Barre and Center Practice
Hello, I’m Robert Long, welcome to my site.
Quality ballet class music can be hard to find. This site offers three albums of original piano music for ballet class, including barre (selections play twice for ballet classroom convenience) and center floor practice with port de bras, adage, pirouettes, petit allegro and grand allegro.
My Videos page now includes several examples of ballet teachers demonstrating their work accompanied by music from my albums. Take a look so you can see different uses for my pieces.
Click on the album covers below to go to listening samples for all selections, or the ordering links below each album cover for numerous CD, download, streaming and sheet music options.
Visit the site menu for more information, including testimonials, resources and more. I hope you’ll enjoy your visit (and thanks for dropping by!).
1. Ballet Class Music: Ballet Etudes
Listen to this album! (medley of audio samples, all selections)
Structural details for all selections
Order in MP3 Format
Order in CD Format
Additional Options – (CD, Download and Streaming: Apple, amazon and Spotify)
Sheet music for Ballet Class – (PDF files available for entire Ballet Etudes album)
2. Ballet Class Music: Etudes II
Listen to this album! (medley of audio samples, all selections)
Structural Details for All Selections
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Sheet music for Ballet Class – (PDF files available for entire Etudes II album)
3. Ballet Class Music: Etudes Volume 3
Listen to this album! (medley of audio samples, all selections)
Structural Details for All Selections
Additional Options – (CD, Download and Streaming: Apple, amazon and Spotify)
Sheet music for Ballet Class – (PDF files available for entire Etudes Volume 3 album)
“Your music is such a gift to the dance world and I’m very grateful to have access to it.”
– Ben Kaplan, Houston, TX, 11/09/21
Some new pieces not on the albums.
It has often been said that the choreography of ballet is rooted in the music, but for me, the experience has been somewhat different. From an early stage I became fascinated with musically interpreting the balletic movements I was witnessing, and that is, to a large extent, how I learned ballet accompaniment.
“Astounding and exquisite music!. . . Thank you so much for this breath of fresh air!!!”
– Nancy Gunther, Kitty Hawk, NC, 02/02/06
“You must be or must have been a dancer, because you caught the spirit of each exercise perfectly.
Your music is pure remedy for the soul. . .”
– Sybille Carstens, Munich, Germany, 8/12/05
“I just had to tell you that your compositions, and the rich quality of the recording is
absolutely the best I have ever come across!. . .the music gets my students so excited,
they get all chatty and giggly. . . But boy do they dance!”
– Christine Mills-Peet, Cedar City, UT, 1/07/03
“I work as a piano accompanist. I think it is not easy to compose music for ballet classes and I loved your compositions. Your music is very inspiring.” – Alicia Hernández, Spain, 22/12/2018
You can read customers’ comments by clicking on “Testimonials” in the Menu, or you can get in touch with me (go to “Contact” in the Menu) if you have any questions or comments about music for ballet class and my albums.
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