Out of Box Can be ordered now by email on line at £17.50. Alternative email address juliancarlick@gmail.com
To search for a title click HERE Click on the title to take you to order that item.
For the Tutor Books store page click HERE For the ensembles store page click HERE
Please note that the list for hard copies is the same as the digital down loads.
The price is the same but postage and packing is not included. Please enquire by email to ovalmusicedition@ovalmusicedition.org
For ordering hard copy books please include your postal address when you email. Thank you!
Welcome to Oval Music Edition the creation of Julian Carlick
MUSIC: This site is to enable interested people to download printable files of the music and hard copies to order by email to: ovalmusicedition@ovalmusicedition.org
WHO IS IT FOR? The music is for students of all ages in their first three years or so of learning Violin, Viola and Cello and Double Bass. It has been tried and tested by many students. They clearly enjoy the fun in playing the music, both the tutor books and ensemble pieces.
WHAT YOU CAN FIND
Tutor Books for Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass, named “Collections”. Starting from the very first lesson up to about one/two years learning. Nine Volumes to be collected one by one or available in one whole volume OR in two parts! Downloadable files available on this site or hard copies obtainable by email to ovalmusicedition@ovalmusicedition.org
Seventeen ensemble pieces for mixed ability groups from open strings only to learners of about three years experience, altogether. Great for everyone. The series is called TUTTI STRINGS.
VIDEOS OF CELLO AND KEYBOARD MUSIC: GET TO KNOW JULIAN!
Click here for one of the 100 tunes Julian and Ilfra, (his wife), have posted on YouTube for cello and piano. A jolly piece by W. H. Squire, Danse Orientale.
Latest News
Out of the Box the new guide book to Collections tutor books was launched on 7th March 2026.
Out of the Box: The Guide to Collections: Order from the store page or by email, Copies £17:50 each. plus postage. No download available as this is a glossy hardback coffee table book. A sample page is shown here on the right >
A new campaign to send hard copy samples by post will begin soon
The score of Au Calir de la Lune and Drunken Sailor is now offeed as a free download. Parts £1 One copy per instrument may be copied freely. Click this link https://ovalmusicedition.org/product/972612-clair-de-lune-and-drunken-sailor-score-and-parts-together
All parts are downlaodable as .PDF and can be printed in as many copies you need but not the Score please! Sample hard copies of any single item free by request.
All the 87 pieces each have their own page. Violin/Viola/Cello and Double Bass together.
- A huge resource for teachers and parents to share with their children in hardback
- Over 150 photos
- Fascinating facts about the titles
- See string teaching from a new angle
- It's a treat even for non-string players
- Hard copy book contains one page for each piece across all instruments. as shown on thei site.
- Pictures reflect the title and the text suggests teaching ideas and lots of other information.
- It is presented as a coffe table book intended for teachers, students' parents, students and anyone else interested.
- It is unique and an inspiriation for imaginative teaching across many taught subjects as well as music. It needs to be used along side a Collections book. Only available to order by email - no down load available - sorry! Available now from 27th December 2025.
Keep up to to date enrol here.
ARTICLES:
- The See Saw Cello Bow Principle : An article about holding the cello bow published in ESTA ARCO magazine Summer 2022 Click here /cello-bow-hold-method
- From ESTA UK ARCO magazine: Starting off - Reflections on a project in the 1980s on how to get more children to learn stringed instruments. Click here /published-articles.
- A review by Nicola Anderson of the Collections tutor book series has been published in the Spring Edition of the European String Teachers Association magazine ARCO. Please see https://ovalmusicedition.org/review-of-tutor-books
Hard copies of Collections books can be ordered on-line by email to ovalmusicedition@ovalmusicedition.org
Download files of ‘Collections’ Tutor Books and The Ensemble Pieces -Tutti Strings Series from this site
100 Videos of Julian and his wife performing tuneful cello and keyboard melodies by clicking here or on the YouTube button below. They are fun to watch and there is a painting by Ilfra Carlick for each melody Click here for the paintings. These were posted on YouTube for entertainment during Covid Lockdown in March 2020 for 100 consecutive days.
Out of the Box - The Guide to Collections
Order Now via vlnvlavlcdb@gmail.com
Hard Copy only in coffee table book glossy format