Multi-Level Masterpiece™
Multi-Level Masterpiece™ arrangements and original compositions help music students to learn and grow in music performance, improvisation, and composition with greater efficiency, speed, and enjoyment!
Although there are so many wonderful professional and educational pieces available in this day and age, we've heard from many music educators who share our wish for resources that would maximize learning for all students within an ensemble—no matter which instrument they happen to play, their ability level, or the size of their ensemble.
We wanted large or small groups of students from multiple levels to come together to make music. We wanted the double basses to play more melody parts. We wanted structures that would accommodate the changes in our students' lives as they entered classes mid-year or had to be absent. We wanted our students to learn more about improvisation, composition, arranging, and music theory as a natural part of our normal ensemble rehearsals.
After 20 years of experimentation and refinement, we've found that the structures of these Multi-Level Masterpiece arrangements and compositions work better to address our hopes than anything else we've discovered! We personally use these arrangements with our own educational ensembles and private students, and we've also used them for weddings, memorials, and other special events. These Multi-Level Masterpiece arrangements have now been utilized as educational resources with the following organizations, to name a few:
Aspen Music Festival and School
University of Colorado Boulder
Kansas State University
University of Northern Colorado
Colorado Music Educators Association
American String Teachers Association
Westminster Public Schools
Jeffco Public Schools
Boulder Valley Public Schools
Explore the complete listing and welcome videos of individuals and organizations who have joined the Lumiroar Legion to utilize these works!
Most of the currently-published pieces are Mariachi arrangements, and a wider-variety of arrangements and original compositions are in-development! Over 100 arrangements/compositions have been started over the past 20 years, but now, one-by-one, they are being edited into this Multi-Level Masterpiece format to be made available for public use! Special thanks to the Aspen Music Festival and School as well as our Lumiroar Legacy Members for their support to develop this structure and for commissioning new works.
The flexible complexity of these pieces can make your first experience a bit tricky at first, but once you understand the various parts/options, they are extremely powerful educational pieces that can sound professional and can lead to improved skills in the areas of performance, improvisation, composition, and more!
Based on the experiences of thousands of musicians over the past few years, updates and additional resources will be released in the upcoming months and beyond. Stay-tuned for updates!
Original Compositions and Public Domain Arrangements
Cielito Lindo - Quirino Mendoza y Cortés - Available for Licensing!
La Llorona - Mexican Folk Song - Coming Soon!
El Cascabel - Mexican Folk Song - Coming Soon!
Arrangements of Copyrighted Works
Poco Loco - Coming Soon!
Feliz Navidad - Coming Soon!
The Merry-Go-Round of Life - Coming Soon!