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Ivory Palaces
A Viola solo stating the melody in a straight forward fashion with an accompaniment that is gentle and constantly moving. The second section presents the thematic material in the piano with a motivic overlay in the solo line. The final section is fashioned much like the first section The Coda is a gentle motif of the theme ending is a sweet repose.
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Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger
This viola solo is a solemn, expressive piece from beginning to end where the melody is in the solo line. In the middle section the piano presents the tune while the solo line uses the counterline that was used previously by the piano.
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Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
This solo with piano is structured in a quasi-rondo form. Thus making a great deal of variety in texture, style, and dynamic.It will make the young performer sound more advanced. The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering
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Dare To Be A Daniel
This solo with piano begins with the strains of a lion’s roar. Next enters Daniel in a simple fashion followed by a statement in a triumphal march. The lions return-Daniel prevails. The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering marks.
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Praise Him All Ye Little Children
This solo with piano begins with a bold march statement with an elongated rhythm of the melody. The middle section is more expressive while the final section imitates the beginning. The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering
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Abide With Me
This solo piece with piano is presented in a straight-forward manner for the younger player with some altered pitches for interest. The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering marks.
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My Jesus I Love Thee
This solo with piano begins with a modified melodic statement. It enters into a second section with simple obligati and then returns to a beginning-like statement and ends with a simple coda. The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering
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Holy, Holy, Holy
This solo with piano is straight forward in design, giving the young player the opportunity to display dynamic and stylistic variety.The arrangement is edited with bowing and fingering
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God Of Abraham Praise
This unaccompanied violin trio begins with a unison statement, then breaks into harmonic development. There are brief moments of harmonic shifts to add variety to this otherwise easy piece.
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Springs Of Living Water
Bubbly is an appropriate description of this violin duet from beginning to end. It begins with non-thematic material and then breaks into the song as a simply duet style followed by the second part carrying the theme while the first part adds a delightful obbligato. The middle section is a contrast in tempo and style with an expressive line in the first violin with a gentle underpinning of the piano. After a tempo increase the violins repeat the duet style line of earlier section and then embellishes the lines with more active rhythms. With a final acceleration, the piece comes to a solid close.
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Channels Only
A Violin duet beginning with a motivic introduction followed by part one presenting a modified melody with part two using a moving countermelody. The next phrase the roles are reversed. Next a modulation occurs and the melodic material is much like the first verse followed my another modulation. The coda section is much like the introduction only this time in a different meter and concludes in a simplistic fashion.
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Trust Him Only
Scored for two unaccompanied strings it begins with a motif in imitation… The first thematic statement is made with a delicately altered theme in the upper line while the lower line moves in a gentle counterpoint.. The second section is in a new key at a higher level with the melody alters even more while the second voice is more expressive and stretched out. The next section changes key once again and mirrors the movement of the first section. Again, a modulation takes place and the parts are more bold and duet like in their presentation. A final modulation takes the piece upward and the style is more bold where it comes to a brief Coda- where it relaxes into a quite confidence.
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His Eye Is On The Sparrow
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many double stops with duet like sections and it is very rhapsodic in nature–and as one would expect, many bird-like devices.
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O Jesus, I Have Promised
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of the broad range of the instrument’s ability. It is very rhapsodic in nature while being expressive throughout- going from simplistic renditions to often embellished melodic alterations.
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Joybells-Heaven Came Down
An upper level violin solo with piano, this joyful piece demands the use of many double stops and large amounts of melodic embellishment. It is very rhapsodic and virtuosic in nature. This medley includes: “Joybells,” and “Heaven Came Down.”
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Balm In Gilead
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many double stops, and it is very rhapsodic in nature and is expressive throughout. It is very sensitive and allows great opportunites for expressive playing.
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Sweeter As The Years Go By
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece is very rhapsodic in nature–it is expressive throughout while using a varying degree of melodic embellishment.
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I’ll Be A Sunbeam
An upper level violin solo with piano that makes use of the full range of the instrument. It is very rhapsodic in nature and gives a rather child-like manner even though being technically challenging.
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Name Of Jesus Medley
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece is very rhapsodic in nature, but is expressive throughout. As a medley, it incorporates: “The Name Of Jesus,” The Beautiful Name,” and “Take The Name Of Jesus With You.”
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness/Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many double stops displaying duet type lines. It is very rhapsodic in nature plus being expressive throughout. And as a medley in form, it incorporates: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” and “‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus.”
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Does Jesus Care
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many melodic embellishments making it very rhapsodic in nature–it is expressive throughout.
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He The Pearly Gates Will Open
An upper level violin solo with piano that makes use of the full range of the instrument. The piece is very rhapsodic in nature and is expressive throughout. The production is well edited with string instrument markings.
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Sound The Battle Cry
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many melodic embellishments making it very rhapsodic in nature–it is rather millitant in its portrayal.
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Grace Greater Than All Our Sins
An upper level violin solo with piano, the piece demands the use of many double stops and makes use of the full range of the instrument. Though very rhapsodic in nature, it is expressive in nature.
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I Will Sing Of The Mercies
Enthusiasm is the nature of this solo. It goes through many transformations of the melody but continually remains joyous. This piece would serve very well as special music in a service.