Michael Aaron

Michael Aaron published the music book series Michael Aaron Piano Course. Grades 1 and 2 of his series were worked on by Joshua.
== Information on the person ==
Michael Aaron was born on July 4, 1898 in London, England. When he was young, his family moved to Calgary, where he would teach himself piano and take lessons. By 1920, he was giving private piano lessons in New York City and in 1925 married Jessie McGregor in Montreal. In 1932, they had a daughter named Beverley, but would end up divorced in 1938. Aaron married Muriel Reisman in 1942 and had another son named Robert. From 1945 to 1946, he published five volumes of Michael Aaron Piano Course, and published dozens of piano materials throughout most of his career. In 1949, he started a private piano school in Long Island, New York and became a member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. He died on April 29, 1963 in Miami, Florida.
== Pieces ==
==== 2016: ====
===== Composed: =====
* First Lesson
* Up and Down
* Two New Notes
* Dancing Notes
* Up the Scale
* Down the Scale
* Ding Dong
* Diving
* The Grasshopper
* New Positions for the Left Hand
* Progress
* Sandman's Lullaby
* Hands Together
* Our New Horn
* The Swing
* Trill Study for Right Hand
* Trill Study for Left Hand
* Sharpen Up!
* Flatten Out!
* You're a Natural!
* Study in G
* Slurs
* The Old Mill Wheel
* Follow the Leader
* Hunting Song
* The Busy Mill
* Double Note Study (Intervals)
* Double Note Study
* Music Hour
* Prayer
* Triads of the Major Scale
* The Three Major Triads
* Evening Song
* Chord Study in C Major
* The Sunflower
* New Time Signature - 6/8
* In a Canoe
* Study in Staccato
* Banjo
* Finger Study
* Rockin' On
* Chord Study in F Major
===== Arranged: =====
* Boatsman Chant
* Are You Sleeping?
* Dance of the Wooden Shoes
* Spring Song
==== 2017: ====
===== Composed: =====
* Wake Up!
* At the Skating Rink
* Chord Study in G Major
* Fun in the Sun
* The Birdling's Serenade
* Trill Study
* The Choir
* Scale Study
* The Pied Piper
* Scale Study 2
* The Singing Brook
* Ghosts at Midnight
* Drummer Boy
* Chopstick Revels
* Thru Central Park
* Five Finger Study (Five Note Group)
* Surf Riders
* Chord Study in Inversions
* Song Without Words
* Five Finger Study (Nine Note Group)
* Show-Boat Ride
* Extension Study (1st and 2nd fingers)
* Study in Sixteenths
* In a Goldfish Bowl
* Dreamland
* At the Band Rehearsal
* Sunrise
* The Mosquito
* Cradle Song
* On Parade
* The Breakers
* Chorale
===== Arranged: =====
* Evening Chimes
* Jingle Bells
* Extension Study (1st and 2nd, 4th and 5th fingers)
* Merrily We Roll Along
* Swanee River
* Unfinished Symphony
==== 2018: ====
===== Composed: =====
* Kittens at Play
* Movie Thriller
* Alphonse et Gaston
* The Canary
* Study in Wrist Staccato
* Fireflies
* The Old Tar
* Jig
===== Arranged: =====
* Waltz
* On Wings of Song
==== 2019: ====
===== Composed: =====
* Tarantella
* The Whistler
* Prelude
* In the Toy Shop
===== Arranged: =====
* Turkish March
== Trivia ==
* He and TC have composed the most pieces worked on in Joshua's piano lessons.