JAVS Fall 1996

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE AMERICAN VIOLA Socn:TY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTJN

ScHOOL OF Mus1c proudly announce the XXVIOLA CON(;Rt-:ss e ome to the heart of the Texas Hill Country and celebrate this sliver jubilee Congress with Incomparable performances ana workshops by the world's most accomplished violists. June .3- 7, 1997 For all inquiries and re~tsfration information, contact: PROFESSOR ROGER MYERS, HOST CHAIR SCHOOL OF MusiC U!>iiVERSITY or TEXAS AT AusnN AusTIN, TX 78712

Featured violists will be headed by the Norwegian virtuoso LARs ANDERS ToMTER, who will perform the opening gala recital. The Congress will feature appearances by the best ofNorth American violists and teachers, such as:

HEIDI CASTLEMAN • VICTORIA CHIANG • JoNATHAN CRAIG JosEPH DE PASQUALE • KAREN DIRKS • IGoR FEDETOV JEFFREY IRVINE • ScoTT LEE PAuL NEUBAUER • JurrA PucHHAMMER LYNN RAMsEY • KAREN RITsCHER • MATTHEW RoMBAUM PAMELA RYAN • SABINA THATCHER • KAREN TuTTLE GERALDINE w ALTHER • BERNARD ZASLAV

Also at the Congress: A fascinating examination of the Bartok viola concerto by internationally acclaimed Bartok scholars ELLIOT ANTOKOLETZ, MALcoM GILLIES and DoNALD MAuRicE. See and hear the stars of tomorrow in the Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competi tion and the concert ofpast and present winners. Be sure to visit our website at: http://www. utexas.edu/co fa/ music/violacon Your A VS officers (left to right) Bill Schoen, Chris Rutledge, Dwight Pounds, Roger Myers (host chair), Tom Tatton, Pam Goldsmith, Jerzy Kosmala & David Dalton are looking forward to meetingyou in .front of the University of Texas Tower, Austin, on]uly3-7. ~