It's a Violin Thing, book 2

Ailbhe McDonagh expands her acclaimed It's a…Thing series with the arrival of It’s a Violin Thing Book 2, offering fresh, engaging repertoire for developing violinists.

Designed to inspire violinists at every stage, this book delivers expert guidance on style and technique throughout, making each step of learning both accessible and rewarding. Ailbhe McDonagh notes, “while writing the pieces for It's a Violin Thing, I really wanted to create repertoire that would be memorable and fun to perform, while also having a specific technique in mind for every single piece".

It’s a Violin Thing Book 2 includes 15 compelling and engaging pieces of repertoire for developing violinists of grade 4 to 8 standard.

Ailbhe highlights that “in It's a Violin Thing Book 2, there is a piece called Boyne Street Rhapsody, which is the last piece in the series. This has a very dramatic opening cadenza-like start, which is followed by a vivacissimo section. In here you have all of the techniques; Left-hand pizzicato, harmonics, ricochet, and it finishes off with a fast and furious finale".

The publication comes with a violin part and piano accompaniments, as well as audio downloads for both the piano accompaniment, recorded by Ailbhe McDonagh, and performance tracks with violinist Lynda O’Connor.