Concert Etudes by Nathan Ivan Kaplan edited by Lawrence Sobol. Kendor Music Inc, 2014, SS, 22 pages. Nathan Kaplan (1948-2000) was an American composer who collaborated with the editor on these etudes in 1969-1970. Now fully revised and edited, this collaboration of 18 solo etudes prepares students for many of the challenges they will encounter in contemporary music performance. Helpful commentaries precede each piece in the set. The publisher rates this as grade 3-6 (probably a bit high, but certainly a 5 on the upper end) which makes it primarily suitable for advanced high school and early college level students (C2190)