Description

The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 violist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks a piano accompaniment booklet Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online. Liz Partridge is an experienced performer and teacher. She began her career as a quartet player and with ensembles at the BBC and the English National Pera before taking up the position of Sub-Principal First Violin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As a freelance player she has performed in concert halls, theatres and recording studios around the world. She currently performs freelance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Liz regularly coaches and mentors individuals and ensembles of all ages and abilities. Her teaching experience informed her work as an examiner for Trinity College London and now as a festival adjudicator.

Contents

1. Stanley Fletcher: The dancers
2. Howard Ferguson: Prelude from ‘Four Short Pieces’
3. Colin Evans: Fifth gear
4. Charles Gounod: Serenade
5. Ailbhe McDonagh: Bandit masquerade
6. Rona Porter: In from the cold
7. Eleanor Murray & Sebastian Brown: Pastorale
8. Colin Kirkpatrick: Time off
9. Astor Piazzolla: Vuelvo al sur
10. Henry Purcell: Largo & Allegro
11. Jean-Philippe Rameau: Rigaudon
12. Alicia Scott: Berceuse
13. Traditional Bosnian Melody: The sultan’s throne
14. Jacques Aubert: Tambourin
15. Peter Tchaikovsky: March from ‘The Nutcracker’ Scale Spot: Dominant 7ths Eb Minor Db Major Chromatic Improvise! Sight
16. Reading Aural Awareness