JAVS Fall 2002

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

AVS Directory 2002 2002 marks the first year that AVS has published a separate directory, combining the AVS Membership Directory and the National Teacher Directory. Print copies were distributed to the membership earlier this year. The AVS National Teacher Directory is also available online at: www.americanviolasociety. org. If you would like to be included in the AVS National Teacher Directory 2003, be sure to include that information on your AVS membership renewal form.

American Viola Society's new address: American Viola Society 13140 Coit Rd. Suite 320, LB 120 Dallas, TX 75240-5737 Madeleine Crouch, AVS General Manager (972) 233-9107, extension 204 mad@dondillon.com

Please send all membership and advertising inquiries to Madeleine Crouch, AVS General Manager. Please forward all articles and journal contributions to Kathryn Steely, ]AVS Editor, Baylor University, P.O. Box 97408, Waco, TX 76798.

The following gifts have been received for the past opening of the new Primrose and PNA rooms at Brigham Young University: HOMAGE TO A GREAT VIOLIST. An original oil painting, 3 x 5 feet, by the artist (and violist) Emanuel Vardi. Gifted by the artist. Ex-Primrose viola made for the violist by Pierre Vidoudez, Geneva, 1951. Gifted by David W

Green, El Paso, Texas, and an anonymous donor. PIVA seeks donors for a $75,000 endowment for the annual Primrose Memorial Concert and Master Class, and $500,000 for the Primrose Endowment for the performance, research, publication, and pro motion of the viola and its literature.

The International Viola Society announces the 31st International Viola Congress to be held in Kronberg, Germany, 11-13 June 2003. The Congress will be held in conjunction with the Kronberg Viola Fest, 13-15 June 2003. In addition to fine performances, classes and lectures, there will

be a focus on the evolution of viola teaching in Germany, as well as a featured commissioned composition. Please continue to watch for addi tional details in ]AVS and on the AVS website, www.americanviolasociety.org.

Last year's enthusiastic participation in the AVS National "Super Sunday'' Viola Ensemble Reading Event has mandated an encore. Over 200 people participated in last year's event in seven of the AVS local chapters-Rocky Mountain (30), Ohio (45), Utah (30), Iowa (25), Northern California (25), Seattle (30), and DCIMDNA (25). With support garnered from the American Chamber Music

Players Foundation and AVS, this was truly an exciting event. The 2003 Nationwide "Super Sunday'' Viola Ensemble Reading Event is planned for Sunday, January 19, 2003. Local chapters are the ideal set ting for this event; however, if you do not have a local chapter nearby, perhaps this is an opportunity to organize!