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Viola Time Joggers (Third Edition) – Kathy and David Blackwell

Sforzando Music — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:39:28 +0000

Viola Time Joggers contains Kathy and David Blackwell's trademark attractive and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all ages. Appealing play-along tracks are available to stream or to download from a companion website.

Viola Time Runners (second Edition) – Kathy and David Blackwell

Sforzando Music — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:28:27 +0000

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.

Viola Time Sprinters – Kathy and David Blackwell

Sforzando Music — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:21:58 +0000

Viola Time Sprinters is the third book in this hugely successful series. The book includes original pieces in different styles, pieces by a range of composers, and duets with parts of equal difficulty, together with a CD of performances and backings. Straightforward piano accompaniments are available in a separate volume.

Duke Ellington

Sforzando Music — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:32:44 +0000

Nine all-time classics! This set includes some of the most famous jazz standards in the world from ballads to swing. Every jobbing musician should know these tunes. The ballads are rich and lush while the swing tunes are crisp andlight. Each tune “feels” great! An inspiring way to practice. Makes a great gift for any musician who wants to learn standards, or who plays just for the fun of it! Everyone should learn these songs. Duke Ellington has probablysingle-handedly influenced more music and musicians than any other jazz musician.

The Real Christmas Book (2nd edition) – DO/C-instrumenten

Sforzando Music — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:22:43 +0000

The Christmas collection that all jazz cats will want in their stocking! This unique fake book features 150 custom arrangements of carols and contemporary holiday songs featuring sophisticated jazz chord changes in the popular, user-friendly Real Book format. Players will enjoy putting the cool back into these Christmas classics.

Sinterklaas & Kerstliedjes – Frank Glaser – C/Do/Ut-Instrumenten

Sforzando Music — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:11:24 +0000

Cadenza XIV – Obe Vermeulen – Altviool

Sforzando Music — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:22:45 +0000

Minor Scale Music proudly presents CADENZAS: ’14 virtuoso solo pieces for woodwinds, brass and strings’. In his first album, Belgian composer Obe Vermeulen, in cooperation with his selected soloists, explores the extreme boundaries of each instrument and that of their performers. “I believe that any ambitious player will enjoy taking on the challenge I am offering in these pieces.” He says.

The concept behind the 14 solo pieces’ is to go beyond the usual style of playing. The composer entered into an in-depth study of both the traditional and extended techniques of his selected instruments. The result is a complex but musically consistent whole that is much more than just an inventory of effects. These cadenzas, for that’s what in essence they are, breathe a certain degree of abstraction. However, each soloist is given the necessary musical content to allow them to revel in its theatricality while creating their own unique performance space. All this is made possible because Obe Vermeulen was inspired to develop them from the typical internal dialogue between these instruments within their usual orchestral setting and then elaborated them further, into works of art in their own right