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Mary Cohen's quick change! Is a brilliant new collection of traditional, well known pieces and scales in both alto and treble clefs, it is perfect both for violinists taking up the viola who need to b...

'Jurassic Blue' follows on directly from 'Jackaroo', this book begins with a revision of the first finger and then moves on to second, third and fourth fingers. Each piece introduces a new rhythmic or...

The title is a quote from John Milton. A limbeck is a glass, chemical apparatus (an alembic) used for distillation. So my piece, a short set of variations, is about the transformation of some original...

This is a celebration of music from the time the pioneers explored the vast reaches of North America. A presentation of eleven imaginative and idiomatic arrangements for elementary viola (Grade 1-3) w...

Winter Journey was originally written for solo violin in November and December 1982. This version for viola was made in 1999 for Sarah Jane Bradley. At the time that I wrote it, I was (not to get exce...

If you can play just a few notes on the viola, then you're ready for this book. Here are 12 imaginative, newly-composed little pieces for the absolute beginner, all with attractive piano accompaniment...

This piece was originally composed in 1989, with a new version created in 2002, commissioned by cellist Kate Dillingham and premiering in April 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

This work, originally for violin, is one the earliest works by Augusta Read Thomas that has not been withdrawn by the composer. This new edition for solo viola was made by the composer upon the sugges...

This work, originally for violin, was premiered by Ilya Gringolts on March 17, 2003. This new edition for viola was commissioned by Carol Rodland, who gave its premiere on June 15, 2006. 6 minutes.

Based on a well-known Chinese folk song, a common influence in Sheng's works. In this setting, the viola should evoke the timbre, and tone quality of a female folk singer.

Viola and piano reduction of Tower's one-movement concerto for viola and orchestra. 19 minutes.

Inspired by the concept of the serenading lover. In two colorful sections. Advanced Level.

Augusta Read Thomas' Dream Catcher for solo Viola.

This anthem sets a text by the 17h-century Bishop Thomas Ken. The vocal parts are narrative in style and coloured by decorative organ passages. This setting would be well-suited for use on Saints' Day...

The work is divided into three self-contained groups of two to three pieces each, and reflects the composer's pleasure in writing an English style of music by evoking, in this case, the forms of song...

Larsen's beautiful piece is absolute music in a standard classical layout with an emphasis on long lyrical lines. A good piece for conservatory and university students.

Wilberg has arranged O holy night! in the accessible key of D flat major using his signature lush textures which complement the warm, rich, and dramatic qualities found in this famous carol. Orchestra...

Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces For Viola . These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements, presented in chronological order, to take you from the seventeenth century right up t...