Title for the book 'Viola' by Lauren Spaulding in stylized silver and white text on a black background.

Close-up of a viola duo's GRAMMY-winning album titled 'Shapes in Collective Space', the image features a textured, grainy background with blue and green tones with a hand reaching through the light.

“Like a single super viola”
-Gramophone Magazine

“Ethereal Refinement and tranquility”, “impressive sensitivity”, and “toe-tapping exploration”
-Musical America

“A musical journey that travels far and wide”
-Gramophone Magazine

“The Playing throughout is of the highest level”
-“Strings Attached” The Whole Note

“Dynamic and diverse repertoire, killer technique,
and enough heart to make it all matter”
-I Care if you Listen

”Five Stars: Cutting-edge music for two violas that really
speaks to the listener”
-Fanfare Magazine

Golden gramophone on the left and the words "Grammy Winning Recording Academy" in gold text on a yellow background.

Lauren Spaulding, viola, with short dark hair and glasses sitting on a windowsill in a modern office or apartment, holding a viola in her left hand and looking out the window.

Thalea String Quartet sitting on a vintage sofa with a white brick wall background. Each holds a string instrument, including a cello viola, and violins, dressed in formal dark and blue attire.

Two women sitting against a red background, one holding a violin. The woman on the left has long brown hair, fair skin, and is wearing a white sweater with sheer puffed sleeves. The woman on the right has short black hair, glasses, a nose piercing, w

Lauren Spaulding (viola) sitting on a subway train in New York, holding a viola, with short dark hair, wearing a black blazer, white blouse, and black shoes, looking slightly upwards.