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Beginning Folk Fiddle is the long awaited prequel to Exploring Folk Fiddle. Written by Chris Haigh, this comprehensive method is designed for beginners learning folk styles on the violin. It provides a clear, structured learning path starting with simple tunes and progressively introduces more complex pieces and techniques, ensuring learners build a strong foundation before advancing.

Ghostly Piano Tales is a collection of 24 imaginative solo piano pieces of very easy to medium difficulty, which are ideally suited for beginners' lessons and first auditions.

Music lovers can study The Matrix in this durable, high-quality edition, carefully reproduced and edited from the original handwritten manuscript. The 2nd edition features a new layout, corrections to minor engraving errors, and a detailed analysis by Dr Chris Heckman based on his doctoral thesis.

With How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, director Dean DeBlois completed his trilogy of films for DreamWorks Animation, based on the book series by Cressida Cowell. Like its two predecessors, it was a financial success for the studio, grossing $520 million worldwide. Once again, DeBlois turned to John Powell to provide the musical narration.

Musicians, music students, conductors – any music lover – can study The Mask of Zorro in this durable, high-quality edition, carefully reproduced and edited from the original handwritten manuscript.

The Piano Concerto (1900) is Kashperova's earliest surviving orchestral work, and it was premiered by the composer the following year in Moscow and St Petersburg, bringing her much wider recognition and paving the way for an international career. 

Setting of a prayer by Mother Cornelia Connelly, foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in 1846 and latterly Mayfield School.

This is an approachable and affecting setting of a devotional poem by the revered Carmelite nun St Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–97). The choral writing, marked ‘placid’, comprises simple four-part homophony.

Questions about the guilt and responsibility of a character who changed the course of the world: a new production of Werner Egk's Columbus will premiere at the Bonn Theatre on 16 June 2024. Hermes Helfricht conducts the production by Jakob Peters-Messer. The Bonn Theatre is thus continuing its FOKUS'33 series, which won the OPER! Award 2023 was honoured. The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Violin Junior is a new creative violin method for primary-age children. The books are fun and engaging with beautiful illustrations, a wide range of musical styles, lots of rhythm, composition and improvisation games and a thorough musical and technical approach that provides children with a strong foundation to their playing whilst encouraging their creativity.