ABRSM Viola Mix Book 1 (Grades Initial to 1)

20 new arrangements, ABRSM Grades Initial to 1

Arranger: Kathy and David Blackwell

Viola Mix is an original series of new arrangements for viola. Book 1 offers attractive repertoire at Grades Initial to 1 in a wide variety of styles. Well-known music includes ‘Autumn’ from The Four Seasons and ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ from Mary Poppins. There are also lots of new tunes to be explored, such as ‘Gavotta’ by Ignatius Sancho and the traditional American song ‘Let us chase the squirrel’.
The series has been compiled by string specialists Kathy and David Blackwell and covers the musical and technical elements of the early grades in three progressive volumes. Many of the arrangements are featured on the ABRSM Viola syllabus from 2024 and, in addition, all are ideal choices for Performance Grade exams. There are piano accompaniments for every piece, and viola accompaniments and guitar chords for many pieces, providing useful flexibility for students and teachers.

Key features of the series
• new arrangements of repertoire spanning many cultures and styles, in three progressive volumes at Grades Initial to 3
• accompaniments for piano, viola and guitar
• a rich source of repertoire for a concert or exam
• many of the pieces are featured on the ABRSM Viola syllabus from 2024
• an interesting footnote and fun fact for every piece

Kathy and David Blackwell both studied music at the University of Edinburgh. Kathy continued with studies at the University of Oxford before following a career in string teaching and writing educational music. David has worked
in music publishing and has composed and arranged a wide range of music from choral and organ compositions to educational music for strings, piano and a variety of other instruments. Together they have written the award-winning String Time series published by Oxford University Press. They have twice won the UK’s Music Industries Association award for Best Education Publication and in 2017 they received an ESTA UK award in recognition of exceptional services to string teaching.

Grade: Initial, 1

Instrumental: Viola

Contents:

La Bergamasca - Anon. 16th century
Autumn from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 - Antonio Vivaldi
Let us chase the squirrel - Trad. American
One little candle - Trad. Jewish
I am a fine musician - Trad. German
The bear is sleeping - Trad. Swedish
Boat Song Lullaby - Trad. Chinese
Dumplings - Trad. Jamaican, arr. Nikki Iles
Andulko - Trad. Czech

Grade 1
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
High Road to Linton - Trad. Scottish
Melody by Mozart from Viola Sonata K. 302 - W. A. Mozart
Gavotta - Ignatius Sancho
The pine tree was burning - Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and David Blackwell
The Great Gate of Kyiv from Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Musorgsky
Agincourt Song - Anon. English 15th century
Royal March of the Lion from The Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saëns
Rigaudon from Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 - Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Jacob’s Ladder - Trad. English
Chevalier’s Rondeau from String Quartet Op. 1 No. 3 - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

ISBN: 9781786015860