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In Praise of August Sundogs

Instrument:	Viola
Format:	Score Set of Parts Score and Parts

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In Praise of August Sundogs by Katrina Wreede. For 4 violas (including 1 prepared viola). Chamber with some improvisation if desired. Advanced. Score and parts. Composed 1994. Duration 7 minutes. Published by Vlazville Music (VZ.VV2002).

Composed for professional and college-level viola groups. Improvisation sections in the first and fourth parts. Four Viola friends got together and decided to do a series of concerts of arrangements, standard repertoire and new original works for viola quartet. The title comes from seeing a sundog (astronomical event where a second sun appears next to the real one for a few moments) while driving across the San Francisco Bay Bridge. This piece was also used for a series of "Drive-by Viola" concerts (music presented quickly in strange places before the cops show up) in Boston in 2006.