JAVS Fall 1992

THE VIOLA

AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

CLYN BARRUS is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, the Vienna Academy, and the University ofMichigan where he earned his doctorate in viola. He was principal of the Vienna Symphony and for thirteen years occupied that same posi tion in the Minnesota Orchestra. He has been heard frequently as a soloist and recording artist, and is now director of orchestras at BYU.

DAVID DALTON studied at the Vienna Academy, the Munich Hochschule, and took degrees at the Eastman School and Indiana University where he earned his doctorate in viola under William Primrose. He collaborated with his teacher in producing the Primrose memoirs Walk on the North Side and Playing the Viola. He served as president of the American Viola Society.

The Primrose International Viola Archive, the largest repository ofmaterials related to the viola, is housed in the BYU Library. BYU graduates find themselves in professional orchestras and as teachers at institutes of higher learning. B.M., B.A., and M.M. degrees in performance-pedagogy are offered viola students. BYU is one of the best buys in college education.

For information, write: Walter Birkedahl Department of Music, C-550 HFAC Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 TEL 801.378.3294

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