Pianist / Composer / Writer
The following choral scores are available on the Beckenhorst Press website (published by ICC Publishing House):
Other scores, published by Colla Voce Music, GIA Publications, and Portion Music, are available on the publishers’ respective websites or on the JWPepper website.
Available on all streaming platforms, including:
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Reading Music – An Introduction
This course introduces the concepts of rhythm, meter, and musical notation in short, straightforward lessons in theStudent Text and ample practice of concepts in the Student Workbook. The Streaming Audiotracks provide short demonstration clips of all concepts and examples, and the two-color Teacher Guide includes all workbook answers as well as tests.
This course is a perfect gateway to further musical study or music theory.
Music Appreciation – Book 1
A study designed to grow the reader’s appreciation of Classical music through understanding the history and musical elements of each piece.
Music Enrichment
A study program that introduces the reader to history’s best and most popular music.
Patrick Fata has performed with his wife Amy for over twenty years, releasing five albums, concertizing throughout the US and Europe and leading worship in the local church, currently Harbour Shores Church in Cicero, IN. He served on the faculty of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, for 19 years. He also coaches a string ensemble for Highlands Latin School in Indianapolis, accompanies the Indianapolis Children’s Choir’s Master Chorale, and is Artist-in- Residence for the Hancock County Children’s Choir.
His studies took him from the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil-Malmaison in Paris to Huntington University and Butler University in Indiana, where he specialized in piano performance.
He has published three books with Memoria Press, combining history and theory into a curriculum designed to develop children’s appreciation of classical music. He also composes and arranges works for schools, concert musicians, media, and the church. His compositions are published by Colla Voce, GIA Publications, ICC Publishing House (distributed by Beckenhorst Press), and Portion Music.
Originally from France, Patrick now makes his home in the Midwest with Amy, their two daughters, and their dog, fittingly named Tempo.