Top Praise & Worship Instrumental Solos for Strings: Viola Book & CD

These pieces carry the warmth and sincerity of congregational worship music while remaining instrumental and transparent. Viola parts have breathing room to develop a gentle, sustained tone that lets these familiar melodies speak clearly.

Violists in church ensembles, youth orchestras, and community groups working at Level 2-3 will find immediate accessibility here. Church music directors seeking contemporary repertoire written specifically for strings rather than wind-focused piano arrangements will appreciate the idiomatic writing for viola.

• Use the backing track during rehearsal to build ensemble awareness; switch to the performance track in the final week before performance to hear your part in context.
• Balance your tone to sit comfortably above the accompaniment without forcing volume; these pieces rely on expressiveness rather than power.
• Shape phrases in the alto register where violas often live in these arrangements; listen to where the harmony breathes and make it visible through subtle dynamic shaping.

Select individual titles for Sunday services, community outreach concerts, or youth orchestra pop concerts where contemporary repertoire strengthens audience connection. The collection's 13 titles offer flexibility to program solos throughout a service or dedicate an entire section of a benefit concert to praise and worship themes.

• Playing with recorded accompaniment and tracking ensemble entrances
• Phrasing and expression in contemporary sacred music
• Reading and maintaining control in the viola's shifting register
• Tone development in the warm middle register where these melodies sit