Violin Globetrotters + CD

Ros Stephen is a violinist, composer and teacher based in London. She has performed on BBC television and radio, in West End Theatre and at leading concert venues and theatres in the UK and Europe. She leads the Sigamos String Quartet, with whom she has recorded several critically acclaimed albums, and she recently co-created the musical score to the hit West End show 'Midnight Tango'. Ros is also a committed teacher, and enjoys working with students of all ages and experience. Her first book in the Globetrotters series, Violin Globetrotters, was published to popular and critical acclaim, receiving the award for Best Education Publication at the 2011 Music Industries Association Awards. Ros has since written Globetrotters books for cello, flute, clarinet, and B flat and E flat saxophones. Several Globetrotters pieces have been included in the ABRSM exam syllabus.

Written for violinists of three or more years' experience, this is primarily an educational resource rather than a collection of authentic world music. However, style has been closely imitated and the pieces are likely to be more satisfying for students to play than authentic tunes, which are harder to master . . . This book as an educational package is second to none, with fresh and lively presentation and violin accompaniments, technical warm-ups and backing tracks for each piece, as well as piano parts in PDF format on the enhanced CD. Thoroughly recommended for a varied musical diet.

• Dublin Time (jig, Ireland) ; Stoppin' off in Louisiana (Cajun, USA) ; Relaxing in Rio (bossa nova, Brazil) ; Dancing in Odessa (klezmer, Eastern Europe) ; Shanghai Rickshaw Ride (pentatonic, China) ; Acropolis Dance (rebetico, Greece) ; Tango in San Telmo (tango, Argentina) ; Iguazu Rapids (chamame, Argentina) ; Cairo Cradle Song (Arabic lullaby, Egypt) ; 'Hole in my Shoe' Blues (blues, USA) ; Bulgarian Gallop (Bulgaria) ; African Jamboree (West Africa)