Welcome to The Brooke Alford
Violin and Viola Studies Program!
As a music professional with over 20 years of violin and viola instruction experience, my primary goal is to provide high quality, private and group violin instruction to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students 8 years of age and up (Adult students are welcome!). BAVVSP Students will be presented with a varied foundational studies experience including basic music theory and technical studies. We will also learn how to set and attain musical goals, achieve practice-time management skills, and build consistency for on-going progress from lesson to lesson. This is a great set-up for achieving confidence and success in many other areas of their lives! In-person and virtual sessions are available.
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Studies Materials and Curriculum.
Beginning Studies:
Lesson Materials:
• Instrument (violin or viola)
• Tuner Metronome (Korg TM-50)
• Music Stand (folding or Manhasset)
• Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
• Extra Set of String (Dominant and D'addario Strings)
• Shoulder rest • New notebook (exclusively for violin lessons)
• No. 2 pencils (non-mechanical pencils)
• Two pocket folder (for holding practice logs)
Books:
• All for Strings Theory Book 1 - Robert S. Frost and Gerald E. Anderson
• Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 - Gerald E. Anderson
• Essentials for Strings Book 1 - Robert Gillespie, Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, and Michael Allen
Piece Books:
• Suzuki School Volume 1 – Suzuki Method International
• Solos for Young Violinists (or Violists) – Barbara Barber
Intermediate Studies:
Lesson Materials:
• Instrument (violin or viola) • Tuner Metronome (Korg TM-50)
• Music Stand (folding or Manhasset)
• Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
• Extra Set of String (Dominant and D'addario Strings)
• Shoulder rest
• New notebook (exclusively for violin lessons)
• No. 2 pencils (non-mechanical pencils)
• Two pocket folder (for holding practice logs)
Books: (Violin and Viola)
• All for Strings Theory Book 2 - Robert S. Frost and Gerald E. Anderson
• Preparing for Kreutzer Book 1 - Harvey S. Whistler
• Introducing the Positions Volume 1 – Harvey S. Whistler
• Essentials for Strings Book 1 (Violin Only) – Gerald E. Anderson
• Scale Studies for Viola - Leonard Mogill (Viola Only)
• Etudes Especiales Op. 36 - Jacques Féréol Mazas (Viola only)
Piece Books: (Violin and Viola)
• Suzuki School Volume 2 – Suzuki Method International
• Solos for Young Violinists (and Violists) – Barbara Barber
• Pupil’s Concerto No. 1, Op. 7 – Friedrich Seitz • Czardas – Vittorio Monti
Advanced Studies:
Lesson Materials:
• Instrument (violin or viola)
• Tuner Metronome (Korg TM-50)
• Music Stand (folding or Manhasset)
• Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
• Extra Set of String (Dominant and D'addario Strings)
• Shoulder rest
• New notebook (exclusively for violin lessons)
• No. 2 pencils (non-mechanical pencils) • Two pocket folder (for holding practice logs)
Books:
• Kreutzer 42 Studies – International Music Company
• Carl Fischer Scale Studies • Introducing the Positions (Violin and Viola) Book 2 – Harvey S. Whistler
• School of Technics (Violin or Viola) Book 1 – Henry Schradieck
• Melodius Double Stops - Trott, Josephine Trott
Pieces:
(Violin)
• Pupil’s Concerto No. 1, Op. 7 – Friedrich Seitz
• Pupil’s Concerto No. 2, Op. 13 – Friedrich Seitz • Canzonetta (Andante) from Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Concert in A minor, BWV 1041 - Johann Sebastian Bach
(Viola)
• Concertine in G, Op. 15 - Ferdinand Kuchler
• Concerto in B minor Op. 45 – George Frideric Handel
• Pupil’s Concerto No. 3 for Viola, Op. 12 – Friedrich Seitz
