Papers

    "Distribution of Responsibilities in a Viola Section", JAVS, v. 16, no. 2, 2000, pp. 31-37

    "Viola Excerpts as Music", ASTJ, winter, 1994, pp. 54-58

    "Auditioning with Finesse," The Instrumentalist, January, 1991, pp. 14-16

    "Teaching Spiccato", ASTJ, summer, 1991, pp. 55-58

    "Viola Excerpts Plus", International Viola Congress, summer, 2000

Papers about Ellen Rose:

    "Merging the old and the new: Margaret Brouwer's Concert for Viola and Orchestra" by Laurie Shulman, JAVS, v. 26, no. 1, pp. 23-33 [PDF]

    "Excerpts for Viola Ensemble: An Alternative Pedagogical Method for the Aspiring Orchestral Violist", Chien-Ju Liao, doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, Conservatory of Music, August, 2009

    Interview with Ellen Rose

Short papers on viola wisdom:

• "How to practice" [PDF]
• "Ten suggestions for learning excerpts" [PDF]
• "Ten simple rules for audition preparation" [PDF]
• "Tape to lose!" (humorous) [PDF]