“If any contemporary violist continues to carry the torch of the composer-performer, it is Scott Slapin.”     
Journal of the American Viola Society

 “...brilliantly written... real lyricism... heartfelt’"   
Fanfare   

"Slapin is a real viola virtuoso..."   
American Record Guide  

“…a solid core of modern viola duo writing.”
Interlude

  “Scott Slapin is great! It's hard to imagine better performances.”   
20th Century Violin Virtuoso Ruggiero Ricci        

0:00 Bach Sonata No. 1 Fugue
0:39 Slapin South Hadley Mass (Adagio)
1:45 Lane Sonata No. 3 (Wind in the Trees)
2:30 Hindemith Sonata Op. 25, Nr. 1 (mvt 4)
3:02 Slapin Sonata in C for two violas (Andante)
4:10 Slapin Adventures in Ancestry (Part 1)
5:20 Slapin Intermezzo for two violas 

7:06 Paganini Caprice No. 3
7:50 Slapin Sonata in G for violin and viola (Allegretto)
8:31 Bach Partita No. 2 (Chaconne)
10:00 Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro
11:22 Slapin Lullaby
12:03 Paganini Caprice No. 10
12:35 Ernst The Last Rose of Summer

One of Scott's compositions

Scott with his Iizuka viola and violin and two paintings by William Sorrow

Scott with a painting by Emanuel Vardi

bio

Scott Slapin is one of the most prolific composers of recital music for viola. To date, more than ten albums of his Neo-Romantic compositions have been recorded by the Wistaria String Quartet, the American Viola Quartet, the Penn State Viola Ensemble, Viola Around the World, and the Slapin-Solomon Viola Duo. He has completed commissions for the Primrose International Viola Competition and the American Viola Society (where he was a 2020 artist in residence), and he served as a committee member, juror, and performer for the inaugural Maurice Gardner Composition Competition.

Scott has given countless recitals, written for and soloed with orchestras, and premiered solo works at Carnegie's Weill Hall and international viola congresses. He can be heard on dozens of premiere recordings including the first complete cycle of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas on viola, and he can be heard on soundtracks for film and TV playing his own music, solo Bach, and Paganini Caprices. (He's recorded all 24.) At eighteen, he was one of the youngest graduates of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. A former fellow at the Montalvo Arts Center in California, Scott played in symphony orchestras from Cincinnati to São Paulo and met his wife Tanya Solomon touring with the Philadelphia Virtuosi. Scott and Tanya taught in Massachusetts at Mount Holyoke and Amherst colleges, respectively, and have been performing as the award-winning Slapin-Solomon Viola Duo since 1999.

Scott's recital compositions have been performed by hundreds of viola players worldwide, and his playing has garnered critical acclaim in Fanfare, Strad, Musical Opinion, Mundo Clásico, and the American Record Guide. He teaches violin, viola, and composition to adults and teenagers of all levels in his home studio in Newcastle, England and online via Muze. Online, he has reached students on five continents. He plays a violin and viola by Hiroshi Iizuka. For more information, visit scottslapin.com and violaduo.com.

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