JAVS Fall 2008

Ohio Viola Society Jeffrey Irvine, president jeffrey.irvine@gmail.com Oklahoma Viola Society Donna Wolff Cain, secretary dcain@okcu.edu Oregon Viola Society Miriam English Ward, president miriamenglish@hotmail.com Philadelphia Viola Society Shelley Beard, president beardshelley@aol.com Rocky Mountain Viola Society Jim Przygocki, president przygcki@uwyo.edu South Carolina Viola Society Constance Gee cgee@mozart.music.sc.edu Southern California Viola Society Jennie Hansen, president malibujen@earthlink.net Tennessee Viola Society Kathryn Plummer, President kathryn.plummer@vanderbilt.edu Seattle Viola Society Mara Gearman maragvla@yahoo.com

Roberto Diaz with members of the Gulf Coast Viola Society.

Southwestern Alabama to join our society, and we welcome further advice to make the GCVS better!!

our grand vision for the future of the viola in the state of Indiana—the newest state chapter of the American Viola Society was officially up and running! We had our first official activity as an organization this past Labor Day weekend in the form of a potluck barbeque picnic at the home of Theresa Lagdon, Indiana Viola Society charter member and a violist with the Indianapolis Symphony. After a delicious round of hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers— along with the traditional potato sal ads and desserts—we retired to the

– Hsiaopei Lee

Indiana

Thirteen violists from around the state of Indiana convened at Indianapolis Violins on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in May to form the Indiana Viola Society. Two hours later— after collecting dues, estab lishing our by-laws, and discussing

Utah Viola Society Claudine Bigelow, president claudine_bigelow@byu.edu Virginia Viola Society Johanna Beaver, president johannabeaver@yahoo.com

Viola Club of MD/DC & VA Louise Hildreth-Grasso, president louise@louisehg.info Student Chapters University of Northern Colorado Heather Buffington, president uncoavs@hotmail.com

Alan de Veritch conducts members of the Indiana Viola Society.

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