Viola Time Runners (Second Edition) A second book of easy pieces for viola

by Blackwell, Kathy; Blackwell, David

• ISBN13: 9780193566194
• ISBN10: 0193566192
• Copyright: 2023-08-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

for viola
Viola Time Runners is the second book in the popular Viola Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all ages. Lively original pieces, traditional tunes, and duets in a variety of styles allow violinists to explore finger patterns 0-12-3-4 and 0-1-2-34. Most pieces are compatible with those in Fiddle Time Runners, while 'C string specials' enable plenty of practice on the C string.

Exciting play-along and accompaniment tracks with a live band are available on major streaming platforms or to download from the companion website. Stylish piano and viola accompaniments are also available in separate books.

Author Biography

Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife, Kathy, of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond.

Table of Contents

Start the show
Banyan tree
Heat haze
Medieval tale
In memory
Chase in the dark
Merrily danced the Quaker's wife
O leave your sheep
Jingle Bells, J. Pierpont
Allegretto in C, Mozart
The Mallow fling
Noël, Daquin
Finale from the 'Water Music', Handel
Ecossaise in G, Beethoven
Viola Time rag
Busy day
On the go!
Blue whale
Takin' it easy
Mean street chase
Ten thousand miles away
I got those viola blues
Air in C, J. C. Bach
Prelude from 'Te Deum', Charpentier
That's how it goes!
Flamenco dance
Somebody's knocking at your door
The old chariot
Adam in the garden
Air, Handel
The wee cooper o' Fife
Aerobics!
Caribbean sunshine