Viola Resources: Web Sites

Free sheet music for viola

Official site for the organization. Provides viola resources, job postings, and information about festivals and competitions. Home of the Journal of the American Viola Society.

Numerous resources for strings, including Baroque resources, common string articulations, discussion lists, early history of the violin, essays in string pedagogy, study guide for placement tests, music education, non-traditional string sounds, practice books/charts, professional associations, sound files, and various other resources. Links to instruments for sale, including violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, guitar, and mandolin. Also, sheet music for free and for sale.

Publisher of viola music and music for other instruments.

Publisher of viola music and music for other instruments.

A search engine that allows you to search for topics using various search engines.

Information about viola construction, range, bowing, plucking, left hand, mute/harmonics, chords, extended techniques, player's tips and tricks, and links to viola-related sites.

Searches 4 online reference resources: Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.

Provides information about the competition, including rules, results, and bios on the jury members and artists.

A Yahoo Group that allows you to post discussions with other violists around the world.

Links to vendors for books, sheet music, recordings, and numerous other viola-related resources.

Viola-related links.