SKU: TL.TCL014801

ISBN 9780857364531.

Selected pieces for Trinity College London violin exams for 2016-2019, expertly graded and edited by leading music educators. This item contains only the violin part.

SKU: PR.144407380

ISBN 9781491133903. UPC: 680160683475. 9 x 12 inches.

In her powerful Foreword to the music, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins has written: “There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them.” The tragedy of Elijah McClain’s murder has moved us all, and for many musicians the image of this gentle young man playing his violin for kittens at an animal shelter has added a poignant extra layer. Zwilich was a professional violinist before turning exclusively to composing, and A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC is a memorial from the heart of one violinist to another.
[THESE NOTES MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLICATION; OK TO QUOTE A BIT AND GIVE AUTHOR CREDIT]We often research important pieces of music to gain some glimpse into the mind of the composer by understanding the times in which a piece was written. The times that brought this piece into being, 2020, has been a year like no other in our lifetimes.With the suffering of a once in a century pandemic raging in ever higher waves, and millions of people around the world confined to their homes with a shared attention span for the first time in generations, we watched in horror the 8 minute 46 second killing of George Floyd, a man previously unknown to us, but now unwillingly joining a long list of names of unarmed African Americans killed by police. The anguished backlash of citizens around the world, from Japan to New Zealand to Germany to the United States, of every age, color, and creed, has rallied for weeks and months on end to demand enough and that “Black Lives Matter.”And yet, in the midst of it all is an America starkly divided against itself with some defiantly pushing back, emboldened by authoritarian-style government actions against its own citizens occurring all over the country. It is against this backdrop that we ever had a chance to know of Elijah McClain. Here in quarantine I sometimes practice my scales in front of the news. And one day the mirror image looking back at me from the screen was a slight young man, warm, affable brown eyes, and also a violin under his chin. The newsreel-style camera pan so familiar now, I knew the only reason we were gazing upon his unfamous face was that he too had been killed by police nearly a year before. But the revelation of it in the broadcast hit me particularly hard.Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, who is not only one of the great composers of our time, is also a dear friend, and called me the next day, also deeply saddened by the news. It was from Ellen that I learned that Elijah used to play for the kittens at the local animal shelter so they wouldn’t be lonely. This kind, gentle soul was aggressively taken into police custody while saying, “I am an introvert. Please respect the boundaries that I am speaking... I’m going home.” He was never seen alive again.Ellen and I spoke of the sadness and the injustice of this several times. She felt a powerful calling to contribute something in a statement and the result is the piece you now hold in your hands. I am deeply honored to be the dedicatee of the piece, to have worked together with Ellen on some of the final details, and to pen this score note. As an invited alumna of the Eastman School of Music, I premiered the work for their virtual event on Diversity and Inclusion. Each time I play it, there is a persistent lump in my throat because Ellen has captured something poignant and powerful here.There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them. We humbly offer this piece in memory of Elijah McClain.Foreword © 2021 by Kelly Hall-Tompkins. Used by permission.

SKU: TL.TCL014894

ISBN 9780857364623.

This audio CD contains exam pieces on the Trinity College London Violin syllabus for 2016-2019, featuring renowned violinist Liz Partridge. (alternative pieces are not included). In addition to full recordings of each piece, the CD also includes 'minus one' style backing tracks, allowing students to practise with the piano accompaniment played by Stephen Wilder.
These recordings are not definitive but may be employed as an aid to preparation for Trinity College London examinations.

SKU: TL.TCL014580

ISBN 9780857364319.

This item contains all the scales, arpeggios and studies required for Trinity College London's violin exams for Initial to Grade 8, valid from 2016. Newly commissioned studies are also included for Grades 1–5 which may be used as an alternative to scales and arpeggios.

SKU: TL.TCL014818

ISBN 9780857364548.

Selected pieces for Trinity College London violin exams for 2016-2019, expertly graded and edited by leading music educators. This item contains only the violin part.

SKU: TL.TCL014597

ISBN 9780857364326.

This item contains all the scales, arpeggios and studies required for Trinity College London's viola exams for Initial to Grade 8, valid from 2016. Newly commissioned studies are also included for Grades 1–5 which may be used as an alternative to scales and arpeggios.

SKU: BT.EMBZ1975

This is a revised edition of the scale studies published in 1948. It contains the major and minor scales used during violin teaching at elementary level as well as broken triads and seventh chords. Its mission is to gradually prepare the player for the volume ''Das Skalensystem by Carl Flesch, used in advanced level teaching.It depends on the needs of the student whether to make use of the fingering suggested in the music or a different one: the same musical patterns can be realized in many different ways. Similarly, bowing, rhythmic patterns, and dynamic levels may be altered according to taste.As far as progressions in thirds, sixths, octaves, and tenths are concerned, dueto lack of space only samples are given here. Based on these, transposed versions may be elaborated individually.

SKU: TL.TCL014641

ISBN 9780857364371.

Selected pieces for Trinity College London violin exams for 2016-2019, expertly graded and edited by leading music educators. This item contains both the full score and violin part.

SKU: TL.TCL014702

ISBN 9780857364432.

Selected pieces for Trinity College London violin exams for 2016-2019, expertly graded and edited by leading music educators. This item contains both the full score and violin part.