Listed on CD Baby’s “Top Albums” list in 2008 & 2009 and favorably reviewed in past Dance Magazine issues, San Francisco Ballet pianist Jamie Narushchen unveils his new, 51-track ballet class CD of original music that is a must-have this fall! About Narushchen Sunrise: Best Original Music From His Morning Ballet Classes: Before he starts his day at SF Ballet, Jamie Narushchen rises early to play and improvise music for a morning ballet class at a nearby dance studio. Known for his vast harmonic vocabulary and punchy rhythms, it’s no surprise that Narushchen produced another 51 tracks in less than a year. Whether it’s exercises that roll on ragtime syncopation or harmonies that echo Ravel and Bill Evans, Narushchen Sunrise offers some of Jamie’s most spirited improvisations that were captured live during the recording.Notes: Exercises are printed on the back of the case and on its one-page CD insert. A Hamburg Steinway concert grand piano was used during the recording.EXERCISES:1 Warm Up3/496m2 Plie3/4128m (both sides + more)3 Slow Tendu4/432m4 Tendu2/464m5 Tendu w/Temps lie3/464m 6 Quick Tendu 2/464m7 Degage2/464m + 32m (w/balance or stretch)8 Fast Degage6/832m9 Rond de jambe a terre3/464m10 Fondu 2/464m11 Tango2/480m12 Frappe2/464m13 Rond de jambe en l’air3/448m (flat, releve)14 Petit battement2/4 6415 Serre4/832m16 Battement en cloche3/432m17 Developpe4/464m (both sides)18 Grand battement4/432m (both sides) 19 Port de bras3/464m20 Releve2/480mCenter21 Adagio I6/832m 22 Adagio II3/464m23 Center Tendu4/432m24 Balance3/4160m25 Hungarian Dance¾80m26 Pirouettes (waltz)96m27 Pirouettes (march)96m 28 Grand battement3/464m 29 Polka80m30 Slow Mazurka48m31 Quick Mazurka64m32 Polonaise32m33 Port de bras36m3/434 Italian Fouette turns3/464m 35 Center Fondu3/432m36 First jump2/464m37 Second jump2/4116m38 Third jump2/4128m39 Sissonne Ouvert2/432m40 Sissonne Ferme6/832m41 Big Waltz3/4160m42 Galop96m43 Coda I2/464m44 Coda II2/464m45 Grand Allegro I 3/480m46 Grand allegro II3/4164m47 Maneges128m48 Hops on pointe2/448m49 Prep for turns on pointe2/448m 50 Chaines turns2/440m51 Reverence3/448mAbout The Musician:Jamie Narushchen was born and raised in Minneapolis and began studying piano with his grandmother at age six. He studied piano performance at Johns Hopkins' Peabody Conservatory, and he joined The San Francisco Ballet as an accompanist shortly after moving out west. His strong interest in improvisation led him to take additional coursework in composition at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.Throughout his twenty-four years at SF Ballet, he has regularly provided accompaniment for the West Coast auditions held by The American Ballet Theatre, The Julliard School, The Boston Ballet and others. He also enjoys the opportunity to play for Mark Morris's and Suzanne Farrell's classes when they visit the Bay Area. When he's not playing the piano, he's usually at home playing with his kids.