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Staff Picks: October 2026
- 19 Oct 2026
Welcome to Schott Staff Picks, a monthly roundup where our ragtag team of musicians, music lovers, and afficionados pick out their favourite sheet music titles, both old and new. Whether it's beloved classics, contemporary soundtracks from our film fans, jazz standards from icons, or folk tunes from all sorts of composers and artists, our selection aims to cover every style, instrument, and difficult level.
So have a look at our picks for October 2026 below, and expect our honest, personal takes, including anecdotes, historical context, tips, and whatever else we think of as we recommend whatever might be piquing our interest!
RECOMMENDED BY ALISON
Spooky Piano Time
Pauline Hall and Kevin Wooding
This is my favourite of all the piano tutors, because I just love the animation throughout the book, illustrated by Chris Mould. ‘Terrifying Pieces, Poems and Puzzles’ is the inscription on opening the book and the first piece to play is ‘The House on the Hill.’ The music should be performed ‘terrifyingly’ and is accompanied by a drawing of the spooky abode opposite. The pieces are between grades prep to 2 and include an arrangement of the famous Chopin funeral march, along with dance themed tunes. There is ‘Vampire Blues’, ‘John Brown’s Funeral March’ and the ‘Phantango!’ What is there not to enjoy about this gruesome volume of piano horrors?!
View in store‘Hush! While I tell of the House on the Hill a
dark and unwholesome and scary abode.
Nobody lives there – nobody will,
but vampires and werewolves, black bats and a toad.’
100 Carols for Choirs
Edited and arranged by David Willcocks & John Rutter
100 Carols for Choirs is a classic that easily fulfils all carol-singing needs!
On more than one occasion, friends have approached me to ask last-minute if I would like to go carol-singing with them, and this is the book that makes it possible to do that on a whim. All the standard favourites are in there, as well as the odd more obscure one to vary things up.
Due to our Oxford University Press sale, this book is currently discounted, so I would recommend you get your Carols ready now!
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RECOMMENDED BY NATAN
Twilight
Music from the Motion Picture
It's October, and though the spooky aesthetic at this tim of year has reigned supreme for a long time, it's officially hoa hoa hoa season. What better way to spread the hoa than with music from the film that brought us here?
Featuring a mix of songs and artists featured in 2008's Twilight, this excellent edition contains easy piano arrangements of modern classics like 'Decode' by Paramore, 'Supermassive Black Hole' by Muse, 'Never Think' by Robert Pattinson, the magical 'Bella's Lullaby' by Carter Burwell, and many more tracks.
So what are you waiting for, loca? Celebrate the season right!
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