Welcome to The Brooke Alford
Violin and Viola Studies Program!
As a music professional with over 22 years of violin and viola instruction experience, my primary goal is to provide 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
