At the Library of Congress earlier this month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

‘A viola. It’s the alto member of the string family. It’s larger than a violin. It has a much more beautiful, mellow tone,’ and I keep right on talking till the elevator doors open.

The viola is often seen as the awkward child of the string family (and the butt of everyone’s jokes). But composers throughout the history of music have written some of their most beautiful work for ...

The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the strings or plucking. The bigger ones create a lower sound.

For strings students (violin, viola, cello) in Suzuki book 2-4 or comparable ... plus pops, movie, family and other concerts. It commissions new works and hosts the Women in Classical Music ...