Ruth Sellar

Piano, Violin and Choral Composer

Beside the River

You can hear a sample by clicking the play button below.

Ten river-based pieces for intermediate violin with piano accompaniment

The colourful sights and sounds of a walk by the river are depicted in these varied pieces for violin and piano – including a darting kingfisher, weeping willow tree and even a toad doing the tango! The tunes also provide educational opportunities for techniques such as double stopping and harmonics, as well as changes of time and key signature. I hope they will be enjoyable and useful additions to the violin student’s repertoire. 

  1. Sparkling Water Droplets
  2. Up-Down Ducks
  3. Weeping Willow
  4. Darting Kingfisher
  5. Waterwheel Waltz
  6. Stepping Stones
  7. Song of the Water Vole
  8. The Thistle Bank
  9. Swooping Swallow
  10. Toad in a Tango