Sheet Music by Women Composers for Viola: Solo & Ensemble Works

This small suite of three solo pieces was written for violist Deborah Lander, a member of the Sydney Alpha Ensemble, which recorded Kats-Chernin's first portrait CD Clocks for ABC Classics in 1997. Th...

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 7)

Gyroskop is a contemporary Art of Bowing fro the Viola. Although difficult to classify, this mercurial work in two movements is a satisfying challenge to the viola player and fascinating sonic journey...

Melia Watras; a foremost performing violist and professor of viola; has commissioned a good number of composers for new works for her instrument. In her commission of Ran; she requested that a startin...

This tour de force consists of two movements that are complete opposites. Movement I; titled Momentum; starts with the viola and piano aggressively  sharing a single note. Things start swirling out of...

Juxtaposing soulful cantabile with capricious rhapsody, BREAKING BREAD culminates in a quotation from the African American spiritual Let Us Break Bread Together, the only clue to the meaning behind th...

YangKo, an important form of mass folk-dance that originated in northern China, has recently become popular throughout the entire country. In YangKo, the performers not only dance, but they play rhyth...

The solo viola repertoire has been enriched by this plaintive memorial work, originally for solo violin - the instrument in which composer Chen Yi was trained as a performer. The composer provides thi...

After the Schumann family moved to Dusseldorf in 1850, Clara Schumann (1819-1896) had a new lease of life in terms of her productivity as a composer. The Three Romances op. 22 for Violin and Pianofort...

Cool Beans is an eclectic mix of 21 character duets composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. The pieces draw on a wide range of moods, styles and playing techniques, and young string players will enj...

Johanna Senfter’s Duo, completed in 1956, is the last and at the same time most compact of her five compositions for viola and piano. The impressive work is in a classical A-B-A form. Two mostly calm,...

In 1932 Johanna Senfter wrote Sechs Stücke for the church holidays for viola and organ. She arranged five of them for viola and piano as well. They are remarkable, atmospheric and colourful character...

The Sonata F minor for viola and piano op. 41, completed in May 1922, still breathes the spirit of the grand master Reger and yet already goes its own way in terms of rhythm, harmony, modulation and f...

The second Sonata F major for viola and piano op. 101 was composed in 1943 and is a fascinating testimony to its time. It stands in the tradition of the great classical sonata literature and yet is ch...

Of the five works that Johanna Senfter wrote for viola and piano, the Variations op. 94, completed at the beginning of the 1940s, are certainly her most sophisticated composition in terms of harmony a...

The original version for violin dates from 1981, thus being one of the early works by the Israeli composer who teaches at Harvard University. About 35 years later, Chaya Czernowin wrote the arrangemen...

'Jackaroo' teaches fundamental string technique using only open strings and first finger, each piece introduces a new rhythmic or technical point, with useful suggestion boxes for the teacher. The add...

Partially based on a plainsong melody, this peaceful setting of the Latin hymn text features sonorous harmonies, subtle time changes, and fluid choral homophony, with a beautiful soprano solo that flo...

Magic Carpet is a collection of audience-pleasing concert pieces for the youngest beginners. These pieces can be used in either a reading-based or Suzuki teaching environment, and teachers can choose...

String teaching material by the world's favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Technitunes introduce quite advanced aspects of technique, such as high positions, harmonics, rapid bowings and double s...

Twenty very elementary pieces for young players written and arranged by the world's favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Note reading is introduced one finger at a time, building up finger pattern...

Piece by Piece 1 & 2 - Graded pieces in attractive contrasting styles, following on from Right from the Start. Includes traditional melodies, tunes from the classical repertoire and original, jazzier...