This document accompanies a recorded album, consisting of selected music written for unaccompanied viola in the 21st-century. The goal of this recording project is to produce high- quality recordings of each selected work, along with easily accessible information about each piece relevant to both first-time performers and listeners of these pieces. The selected works include unique voices of living composers, all of whom come from varying backgrounds. The written document provides brief biographical information for each featured composer, followed by information about each accompanying piece that might be helpful for someone as they approach the piece for the first time. The compositions are presented in the order in which they appear on the album.

INDEX WORDS: Caroline Shaw, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Derrick Skye, A.S. Cosman, Amanda Harberg, in manus tuas, ko’u inoa, hill and valley for solo viola, Hum for solo viola, Heartstrings, For Sydney, viola, solo viola, 21st-century viola, viola and singing