Prayer for Ukraine – 4 Violas

Here is an arrangement of Prayer for Ukraine by Mykola Lysenko. Please feel free to share... a-prayer-for-ukraine-4-violas-score-and-partsDownload

Viola Day – Stapleford Granary – 6th February 2022

VIOLA DAY FOR PLAYERS GRADE 5+ Sunday 6 February | 12:00pm to 3.30pm  CALLING VIOLA PLAYERS!  What is the Viola Day? Join us on Sunday 6th February for a fun, low-pressure day celebrating All Things Viola with devoted viola aficionados Rosalind Ventris, Vanessa Gaidoni and Isobel Doncaster. The day starts at 12pm with a solo recital by Rosalind Ventris including works taken from her debut...

Viola Practice Camp

Violist Gwendolyn Cawdron has been in touch with news of an exciting new viola venture! See below for details of how you can get involved... Gwendolyn Cawdron I'm excited to share the information about the inaugural Viola Practice Camp, happening this summer! This is a specialist online practice camp for advanced teenage viola players, ages...

The Dounis VIOLA Players’ Daily Dozen

Hello fellow C-stringers - one of my quarantine projects this year was to transcribe Dounis' VIOLA Players' Daily Dozen to alto clef (after transposing down a 5th from the violin version for about 10 years...). Feel free to download (for free) and enjoy!

Improvisation – Phrygian mode – Trills and Tremolos

Ali is back with a brilliant exploration of the Phrygian mode. All you need to do is click on the video and play along.... Have fun! https://youtu.be/d5bQA6yVeEE This time, we're looking at the Phrygian mode, as well as Trills and Tremolos. Hello again, If you had fun playing along to the G Open video from September, the...

Improvisation – A HUGE thank you to Ali Vennart for his wonderful contribution to the BVS Young Violists page.

                                                   If you would like to read more about Ali please click below... Ali Vennart - BiographyDownload Violist, Arranger, Music Educator https://ajvarrangements.com/ Improvisation - September 2020 Hi guys! I’m Ali and I help run RNCM Young Violas together with Lucy. It’s been a strange couple of months, but also a great time for reflection,...

Viola ZOOM – A collection of call & response pieces, to help with playing together online.

Are you missing being able to play music with your friends? Here is a collection of easy, call & response pieces to help you to make music in a fun way while playing together online...... There are loads more out there.... but here are some we have tried so far. Please do feel free to...

Salut d’amour – Learn with Nicola Benedetti

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow – NHS

  FREE SHEET MUSIC - Click Link  Somewhere over the rainbow - Solo Viola

FREE SHEET MUSIC – Torelli’s Christmas Concerto Arranged for 4 Violas

by Vanessa Gaidoni - Christmas 2019   Are you getting in the mood for some Christmas music?! Here is an arrangement for 4 violas of Torelli's wonderful Christmas Concerto, Op.8, No. 6 in G Minor. I have transposed it down a 5th into C minor so it sits comfortably on the viola. Do add in...

Are you preparing for an audition? Do you wish you could find out from the panel what they are looking for?

Violist Matthew Jones, Head of Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, gives help and advice on how to prepare for an audition, and what you can expect on the day. We are very grateful to Matthew for sharing his knowledge and expertise! It does not seem long ago that I was...

Practice Tips – Thoughts on how to learn a new piece of viola music – By Vanessa Gaidoni

"Keep Life Sweet"Sarah Graham Do you have a new piece to learn? Swiss artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) said about the word 'line' "​A line is a dot that went for a walk." As musicians we are always taking dots for a walk, and lifting them right off the page! Learning a new piece can be...