JAVS Fall 1998

12

The International Viola Congress XXVII will be held June 9-12 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Guelph is a university community about 40 minutes by car from Toronto's Pearson Inter national Airport. The final rounds of the Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition will also be held in Guelph on Tuesday, June 8. For more information about the competition, contact Lisa Hirschmugl at 1 S. 229 Pine Lane, Lombard, IL 60148, or check the web site of the Competi tion-http://www. viola. comlcongress991prim99. html. The Congress registration will begin on Tuesday evening, June 8, and opening ceremonies will begin at 10:00 a.m., June 9. The Congress will feature full-length recitals by Rivka Golani and by the Belgium-based Russian violist Michael Kugel, whose performance at the recent Con gress in Glasgow was enthusiastically received. There will be the usual luthiers' exhibits, and Steve Larson, second-place winner of the 1997 Tertis Competition, will play the instruments in the luthiers' demonstration. Mixed recitals will feature young talent, the viola in chamber music, and the viola and elec tronics. Michael Kugel and Ralph Fielding will hold master classes. Lectures will vary from "Tertis and the English School of Viola Playing" to "Making, Repair, and Adjustment of the Viola Bow." Barbara Paulls will present a lecture demonstration on "Human Physiology and String Playing" and will follow up with two working sessions for all those interested. Teachers Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot and Thomas Tatton will work with young violists to prepare mul tiple viola pieces for a recital program. A competition to select these young violists will be held early in 1999. There will be opportunities to play in viola jam sessions and there will be forays into the realm of the viola in Blues and Klesmer music.

One afternoon will be devoted to exploring Niagara Falls, Toronto, or the well-known Guelph micro-breweries. That afternoon will be followed by the gala banquet and awards dinner.

BE A CONTRIBUTOR TO OR BENEFACTOR OF THE AVS

Your contributions are tax-deductible and are greatly appreciated.

(SEE MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENTFORM IN THIS ISSUE-page 94)

IF You LOVE THE VIOLA AND FEEL WARMLY TOWARD THE SOCIETY OF VIOLISTS, WHO WOULD You NAME AS A BENEFICIARY OF YOUR ESTATE?

The AVS Endowment? or The Primrose International Viola Archive? or The Primrose Memorial Scholarship Fund?