Three Etudes for Solo Viola and Pre-Recorded Electronics; Nico Muhly (Music Sales America)

"These Etudes were written for my friend Nadia Sirota. They are designed as performance pieces as well as practice etudes for dealing with the messy fifth-based string crossings my harmonic language sometimes outlines. Etudes 1 and 1A also concern themselves with the messy business of grand pause rests, or silences, in the context of highly rhythmic music." - Nico Muhly