

Orchester-Probespiel: Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions – Viola is a comprehensive Schott collection of important viola excerpts from the orchestral and operatic repertoire. Edited by Kurt Jenisch and Eckart Schloifer, it provides advanced violists with focused material for professional auditions, orchestral training, and repertoire study.
Key Features:
• Essential orchestral excerpts for viola
• Edited by Kurt Jenisch & Eckart Schloifer
• Published by Schott Music
• 64-page advanced collection
• Features major symphonic and operatic repertoire
• Ideal for orchestral audition preparation
Waggon Wheels by Katherine and Hugh Colledge is a progressive collection of 26 short pieces for viola with piano accompaniment. Designed for approximately Grades 1–2, it introduces new notes, rhythms, and bowing techniques through enjoyable music that builds technique and confidence.
Key Features:
• 26 progressive pieces
• For viola with piano accompaniment
• Approximately Grades 1–2
• Develops notes, rhythms, and bowing skills
• Ideal for young and developing violists
Improve Your Sight-Reading! Viola Grades 1–5 by Paul Harris is a progressive Faber Music workbook designed to build confident and accurate sight-reading. Through rhythmic and melodic exercises, prepared examples, and graded sight-reading tests, students gradually develop the skills needed to successfully approach unfamiliar music.
Key Features:
• For viola Grades 1–5
• Written by Paul Harris
• Published by Faber Music
• Progressive sight-reading exercises
• Develops rhythm, reading accuracy, and confidence
• Excellent for lessons and examination preparation
Vaňhal’s Concerto in C Major is a popular Classical work for viola and orchestra, presented here in Bärenreiter’s revised viola and piano edition. With a solo part revised by Jan Plichta and cadenzas for each movement, it offers an excellent balance of lyrical expression and technical development.
Key Features:
• For viola and orchestra
• Viola and piano edition
• Published by Bärenreiter
• Three-movement Classical concerto
• Cadenzas included
• Ideal for study and performance
Enjoy the unforgettable music of Disney’s Moana with this Instrumental Play-Along for Viola from Hal Leonard. Featuring seven favourite songs, including How Far I’ll Go, You’re Welcome, and We Know the Way, the collection includes online demonstration audio for an enjoyable learning experience.
Key Features:
• Seven Moana songs for solo viola
• Published by Hal Leonard
• Online demonstration audio included
• Streamable or downloadable tracks
• Features music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and others
• Ideal for lessons, practice, and performance
A fiery Baroque work by Pietro Antonio Locatelli, the Sonata in G minor, Op. 6 No. 12 blends expressive depth with virtuosic brilliance. This IMC viola and piano edition is ideal for advanced performance.
Key Features:
• Italian Baroque repertoire
• Ornamented and technically engaging
• Warm viola adaptation
• Ideal for recital use
• IMC edition
Music for Viola III, compiled and edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe, is a varied EMB collection of 13 works for viola and piano. Featuring music from Frescobaldi and Handel to Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Fauré, it offers rewarding repertoire for developing technique, expression, and stylistic versatility.
Key Features:
• 13 works for viola and piano
• Edited by Gusztáv Szeredi-Saupe
• Published by EMB
• Wide variety of composers and musical styles
• Develops technique and musical expression
• Ideal for lessons, examinations, and recitals
Twelve Diversions for Viola – Book 2 by Anderson, arranged for viola and published by Bosworth & Co., is a delightful collection of twelve character pieces that help developing violists build technique and musical expression through enjoyable, progressive repertoire.
Key Features:
• Published by Bosworth & Co.
• Twelve pieces arranged for viola
• Book 2 of the Twelve Diversions series
• Suitable for developing and intermediate players
• Develops tone, intonation, and bow control
• Encourages expressive phrasing
• Ideal for lessons, examinations, recitals, and auditions
• Excellent supplementary teaching repertoire
• Builds technical confidence
• Valuable addition to any viola music library