Eleven well-known beautiful pieces for solo Violin performing as part of a string quartet! The enclosed CD not only lets you hear what the end result should sound like it also enables you to play along as part of the ensemble and experience these wonderful pieces with accompaniment.

This collection contains 16 traditional fiddling tunes from across North America. They are arranged in a theme and variation format typical of American fiddling. The authentic fiddling style harmonies are written so that variouscombinations from solo instrument with piano to duets and trios to full string quartet/orchestra are possible. Included are two violin parts and piano accompaniment. American Fiddle Tunes for Solo and Ensemble books are written asensemble books so they can be played as solo books with piano accompaniment or together as ensemble.

A comprehensive method for the older beginner-Published in two volumes Violinworks is a comprehensive Violin method created specially for older beginners and improvers. Book 1 carefully guides beginners from the very first steps to around ABRSM Grade 1 standard and book 2 continues up to ABRSM Grade 3 standard. The Violinworks approach is well-suited to self-taught violinists as well as those who have teachers. This method emphasizes the importance of good habits from day one of using your ear and of always aiming for the best sound. Each volume contains a wide selection of repertoire plus detailed descriptions and photographs to illustrate correctplaying positions. The accompanying CD includes performance tracks with Piano String Quartet or Band backings plus aural exercises and downloadable PDFs of the Piano accompaniments. There are supporting video clips and additional resources on a dedicated website making Violinworks a complete resource for anyone learning or returning to the Violin.

Accompaniment-The Tricks To Tunes series is designed for teaching mixed string instruments in groups. It is a systematic program developed over many years from many years experience teaching strings in schools. The tutors are aimed at the primary and lower secondary school age group but are also suitable for older beginners.The children learn ‘tricks’ for their fingers or bows which are fun when done in a group. Reading skills are developed at the same time.Each page represents a small step in musical and technical development based on reading music from the very first lessons. Theory homework is included at the end of most sections providing the complete theoryrequired as children progress.The tutors for each instrument are identical in content except where differences are required to accommodate the different instruments.Books 1 and 2 of the series are each intended to cover one year of group tuition based on a school year of 40 weeks. Book 3 provides material for two years. Progress will vary according to the age of the children the size of the group and the extent of their previous musical experience.Additional repertoire at the end of the books provides: extension work for pupils who reach the end of the book before the rest of the group additional work for those who want it and end of year concert pieces. These brilliant tutors make playing music fun as it should be!The Accompaniment Books contain piano parts that are simple enough to allow parents or siblings with some musical skills to play. For many of the simple pieces the right hand piano part is suitable as a violin accompaniment.These are great resource books for ensemble work. Many tunes are arranged for duets trios or quartets and allow more advanced pupils to play along with beginners. Accompaniment Book Three has harmony parts that span the range of ability from beginner to able fourth year player.Books One and Two contain over a dozen games that provide variation for the class

Two fantasies on the thematic fragments from the string quartets.-'- Two fantasies on the thematic fragments from the 9th & 3rd string quartets of Paisiello.Matthias Pintscher was born in Marl in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany in 1971 and studied composition with Giselher Klebe and Manfred Trojahn. Formative influences were his encounters with Hans Werner Henze who invited him to Montepulciano in 1991 and 1992 and with Helmut Lachenmann Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös. Awards include first prize in the Hitzacker Composition Competition (1992) the Rolf Liebermann Prize and the Opera Prize from the Körber Foundation Hamburg (1993 and 1996) the Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize (1999) Composition Prize from the Salzburg EasterFestival and the Hindemith Prize from the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival (2000). In 2002 he was awarded the Hans Werner Henze Prize (Westphalian Music Prize). Pintscher first came to international attention with the opera Thomas Chatterton at the Semper Opera Dresden (1998) and later with his second opera L'espace dernier at the Opéra National de Paris (2004). He was composer-in-residence with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2002 the following seasons at the Konzerthaus Dortmund Lucerne Festival with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken at the Philharmonie Cologne and at the RSO Stuttgart . From 2010 onwards Pintscher is ?Artist-in-Association? at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 2014 Artist-in-residence at the Danish Radio Orchestra. As a conductor Matthias Pintscher works regularly with leading orchestras and ensembles in Europe and the USA. From 2007 to 2009 he was Professor of Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich and 2010 to 2011 at the New York University. He is Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain and since the 2013 14 season. As of September 2014 he is Professor for composition at the Juilliard School of Music New York.

Yamamoto Perpetuo was composed in 1993 at the request of Yohji Yamamoto to accompany his fashion show in Paris. Written with Alexander Balanescu in mind it became a virtuoso work in twelve movements. It subsequently became inits entirety the first violin part of Michael Nyman’s String QuartetNo.4.

Accompaniment-The Tricks To Tunes series is designed for teaching mixed string instruments in groups. It is a systematic program developed over many years from many years experience teaching strings in schools. The tutors are aimed at the primary and lower secondary school age group but are also suitable for older beginners.The children learn ‘tricks’ for their fingers or bows which are fun when done in a group. Reading skills are developed at the same time.Each page represents a small step in musical and technical development based on reading music from the very first lessons. Theory homework is included at the end of most sections providing the complete theoryrequired as children progress.The tutors for each instrument are identical in content except where differences are required to accommodate the different instruments.Books 1 and 2 of the series are each intended to cover one year of group tuition based on a school year of 40 weeks. Book 3 provides material for two years. Progress will vary according to the age of the children the size of the group and the extent of their previous musical experience.Additional repertoire at the end of the books provides: extension work for pupils who reach the end of the book before the rest of the group additional work for those who want it and end of year concert pieces. These brilliant tutors make playing music fun as it should be!The Accompaniment Books contain piano parts that are simple enough to allow parents or siblings with some musical skills to play. For many of the simple pieces the right hand piano part is suitable as a violin accompaniment.These are great resource books for ensemble work. Many tunes are arranged for duets trios or quartets and allow more advanced pupils to play along with beginners. Accompaniment Book Three has harmony parts that span the range of ability from beginner to able fourth year player.Books One and Two contain over a dozen games that provide variation for the class

Easy Solo Violin and Piano-A collection of 12 traditional carols for easy violin (Grade 2) and piano accompaniment from master arranger Bruce Healey. This group of delightful arrangements will become your most valuable resource of holiday music for years to come. Each carol is given a fresh creative treatment yet is expertly arranged with younger players in mind. Songs include: Away in a Manger · We Wish You a Merry Christmas · Deck the Halls · Ding Dong Merrily on High · God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen · Greensleeves · O Come All Ye Faithful · Chanukah Oy Chanukah · O Holy Night · Pat-A-Pan · Silent Night · Three Holiday Songs (Medley including The Dreydl Song Jingle Bells and Joy to the World). Alsoavailable for: 00842194 Solo Viola and Piano 00842195 Solo Cello and Piano 04490404 String Quartet String Orchestra: · 04490308 Conductor Score · 04490309 Violin 1 part · 04490310 Violin 2 part · 04490311 Violin 3 part (Viola T.C.) · 04490312 Viola part · 04490313 Cello part · 04490314 String Bass part · 04490315 Piano · 04490316 Opt. Harp · 04490317 Opt. Percussion

Titles: Minuet from String Quartet, K. 421 (W.A. Mozart) * Courante from Concerto Grosso 9, Op. VI, Amsterdam 1714 (A. Corelli) * Sonata No. 1, Sonata in A Major, ChA 27, Op. 1, No. 3, HHA IV/4, No. 1-EZ (Andante, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro) (G.F. Handel) * Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041 (Allegro moderato, Andante, Allegro assai) (J.S. Bach) * Gigue from Suite I in G Major for Violoncello, BWV 1007 (J.S. Bach) * Courante from Suite I in G Major for Violoncello, BWV 1007 (J.S. Bach) * Allegro, Sonata I for Violin, Op. V, Rom. 1700 (A. Corelli).