Over the past 30+ years, longer than I have been playing the viola, I have been exploring my family tree, absorbing the experiences of my ancestors, learning stories from my...
For years, small musical ideas – melodic fragments, textures, and colors – have occasionally visited me, but until very recently I had never considered writing them down or formally attempting...
Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873–1953), famous for his organ and chamber works, contributed significantly to the viola repertoire, yet lesser-known. Jongen collaborated with Lionel Tertis and formed the Belgian Piano...
Teachers of intermediate viola students are familiar with the challenge of finding pedagogically useful and musically engaging pieces for their studio. The variety and depth of the viola canon can...
While Philip Glass’s name is the first that comes to mind for many people when you say the word “minimalism,” in fact his Songs and Poems, newly transcribed for Solo...
Lillian Fuchs (1902–1995) is a central figure in the development of modern viola repertoire. Celebrated equally for her artistry as a performer and skill as a pedagogue, Fuchs left behind...
The violists in Pershing's Own, the President's Own, and the Air Force Strings serve a unique roll in the orchestral, chamber, pedagogical, and solo music ecosystem in Virginia and beyond....