In Portraits For Piano Bonnie von Reis Doe has 'painted' a musical portrait of each of her grandchildren each piece is characterised by their principal personality traits. This collection of pieces reflects thecomposer's fascination with harmonies chord qualities and progressions and how a simple change can profoundly alter the emotional effect of a motif or theme. In general these pieces were composed with young people inmind. There are some rewarding technical challenges and all are stepping stones to more advanced works. All the pieces leave plenty of room for interpretation and self expression so that each performer can make them his or herown.
