Solo Time for Viola Book 1

Viola Time is a great series for young viola players. Packed with lively original tunes, well-known pieces, and easy duets, the series is carefully paced and organized to build confidence every step of the way. Viola Time Joggers and Viola Time Runners are compatible with their violin counterparts. Look out for the piano accompaniment books and the books of viola duet parts for a teacher or more advanced student.

"Kathy's [Blackwell] approach is full of common sense with well-tried and effective pedagogy that can only come from a teacher with a great deal of practical experience within the world of small and large group string teaching in schools. In her approach it seems to me that Kathy has managed to explore the very best practice that modern string pedagogy has to offer; taking the best elements of each and combining them into a package that would work in the majority of situations that modern teachers find themselves placed in!." - Review of Kathy Blackwell's ESTA Pathways in Teaching event in Arco, Summer 2014

Kathy Blackwell and David Blackwell

Kathy Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in groups (ABRSM, 2004). She has worked for Music Services and privately and her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time with her husband, David.

David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, since when he has pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM, where he became Editorial Director, and then at Oxford University Press, where he is now Head of Music Publishing. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication.