Violin Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017141 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 7 pages. James Babcock #6065417. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017141). For violin with piano accompaniment 7 pgs   Like Shenandoah and Red River Valley, this simple bittersweet melody evokes America’s rural past with an emotional remembrance of regret and yearning. Written on a past Memorial Day, its cover offers this interpretation: It is 1861. A young farm boy, called to war, waltzes with his girl for the last time. The slow tune calls to mind a warm summer night’s barn dance, a sweet romance, and a sad farewell forever.    Separate versions for cello (SO.876817) and solo piano (SO.876485) are also available on SMP. It is included among the four pieces in A Scotch-Irish Suite, which is also available on SMP (SO.876851).  Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.

Violin Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017145 Composed by James F. Babcock. Baroque. 117 pages. James Babcock #6065591. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017145). All three parts. 117 pgs.  This four-movement concerto, of intermediate  difficulty, evokes the styles of the great violin pedagogues of the Baroque  era―Vivaldi, Tartini, Corelli, LeClair, Pugnani, Nardini, and of course j. S. Bach―and it serves as a tribute to their signal contributions to the technique  of the modern violin.   Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.  

Violin Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017147 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 47 pages. James Babcock #6065787. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017147). Piano accompaniment only. 35 pgs. (Violin part. 15 pgs. Sold separately SO.876851)            Four pieces of intermediate difficulty, full of Irish and Scottish melodies, dances, and marches.  Although musically unified, the suite’s movements make nice separate recital pieces.The Suite is dedicated to American violinist Caroline Campbell. You can hear her play it on YouTube.The four movements are available separately on SMP. (1) BALLAD. (SO.876463)  A passionate Irish song of intermediate difficulty. (2) AIR AND JIG. (SO.876353) Pleasing Irish melodies of early-intermediate difficulty. When you can play these, you’re playing the violin! (3) WALTZ.  (SO.876515) Like Shenandoah and Red River Valley, this simple bittersweet melody evokes America’s rural past and an emotional remembrance of regret and yearning. (4) FLING. (SO.876477) A string of stirring Scottish dance and march tunes of intermediate difficulty. Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.

Violin Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017146 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 32 pages. James Babcock #6065761. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017146). – Violin part only. 15 pgs.(Piano accomp. 35 pgs. Sold separately SO.876877) Four pieces of intermediate difficulty, full of Irish and Scottish melodies, dances, and marches. Although musically unified, the suite’s movements make nice separate recital pieces.The Suite is dedicated to American violinist Caroline Campbell. You can hear her play it on YouTube. The four movements are available separately on SMP: (1) BALLAD. (SO.876463)  A passionate Irish song of intermediate difficulty. (2) AIR AND JIG. (SO.876353) Pleasing Irish melodies of early-intermediate difficulty. When you can play these, you’re playing the violin! (3) WALTZ. (SO.876515) Like Shenandoah and Red River Valley, this simple bittersweet melody evokes America’s rural past and an emotional remembrance of regret and yearning. (4) FLING. (SO.876477) A string of stirring Scottish dance and march tunes of intermediate difficulty. Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.

Violin Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017149 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 15 pages. James Babcock #6350285. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017149). FROM CHILDHOOD – Violin part only. 15 pgs. (Piano accomp. 35 pgs. Sold separately. ) Four easy to Intermediate violin solos for instruction and performance. With piano accompaniments.  Each of the four pieces is available separately on SMP.   (1) MARGARET DANCING.  (SO.      ) Like a Beethoven song and country dance, this piece offers pleasing melodies for the beginner who is well along, both to study and to perform in recital.   (2) MUSICBOX. (SO.      )  This short easy piece imitates the sound of a music box, including its running down at the end.  For instruction it can serve to introduce the student to light staccato bowing or up and down slurred staccato bowing.  For performance it can serve as an amusing interlude.   (3) HYMNSONG. (SO.      )  In the form of an etude, this piece consists of a simple theme with numerous variations, somewhat like Paganini’s famous Caprice 24.  Of intermediate difficulty, it offers double stops, tremolo, and various bowings. For performance it can be played as is or it can easily be shortened by omission of one or more passages.   (4) MOTHER’S STORIES.  (SO.      ) Varying from sweet to dramatic, this simple composition offers an opportunity for emotional interpretation. Intermediate from that standpoint, It is otherwise basically easy. A nice recital piece. Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.

Violin Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017135 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 12 pages. James Babcock #6065395. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017135). For violin with piano accompaniment. 12 pgs. Like a Beethoven song and country dance, this simple piece offers pleasing melodies for the beginner who is well along, both to study and to perform in recital. It is included in the From Childhood collection, which is also available on SMP (SO.876527). Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.