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Please send items ofinterest regarding viola activity at the Grassroots to: Louise Zeitlin, AVSsecretary, at: LouiseZeitlin@oberlin. net Florida News !Voila Viola! Festival 2003 November 21, 22, 23 Boca Raton, Florida - the Conservatory ofMusic at Lynn University Friday, November 21 (in Boca Raton), Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall, Lynn University "The Bohemian Viola'' The Wilcox/Lopez Duo performed works by Schubert, Vanhal, and Feld Saturday, November 22 (in Boca Raton)Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall, Lynn University. Master class es were held by Viera Borisova: "Shostakovitch Viola Sonata'' and Laura Wilcox: "The Practice Room to the Stage and Back" An afternoon concert featured alumna, Irena Momchilova and the viola studio of Laura Wilcox in the "Brandenburg no. 6" by J.S. Bach and other works. The evening concert entitled "The Russian Viola'' was presented by Viera Borisova and featured works by Shostakovitch, Prokovief, and Druschinin. Miami, Florida - Florida International University

AVS Local Viola Society Chapters Arizona Viola Society Patricia Cosand, president pcosand@hotmail.com 480-897-1954H 480-921-3308W Chicago Viola Society Michael Hall Michaelhall99@hotmail.com Iowa Viola Society Christine Rutledge, president christine-rutledge-1@uiowa.edu 3.19-341-0311 North CarolinaViola Society Scott Rawls, president srawlsuncg@aol.com 336-288-2990 Northern CaliforniaViola Society Tom Heimberg, president smhall@pacbell.net 510-526-8396 Ohio Viola Society 1£nnbi\'eskllne~,president klveski@aol.com 440-356-0265 OregonViola Society Peggy Swafford, president pegswa@aol.com 503-297-4848 Palmetto Viola Society Kathryn Dey, president dolesji@mindspring.com 864-467-1751 The PhiladelphiaViola Society David Yang, President philadelphiaviola@earthlink.net 215-627-7622 Rocky Mountain Viola Society Ericka Eckert, president eckerte@spot.colorado.edu 303-442-1004 Southern CaliforniaViola Society Ray Tischer, president hondabizz@earthlink.net 818-262-3741 Utah Vi()).a Society Viola Club ofMD/DC & \'A Louise Hildreth-Grasso, president violaqueenlouise@hotmail.com 410-243-4726 Seattle Viola Society LeeA.nn Morgan, president violas_rule@msn.com 425-836-4517 Claudine Bigelow, preside~t claudine_bigelow@byu.edu 801-422-1315

Sunday, November 23 (In Miami) Wertheimer Concert Hall, Florida International University, Miami. !Voila Viola! concluded with a mas ter class presented by Laura Wilcox and featured students from the class of Chauncey Patterson (violist of the Miami String Quartet). Ohio Viola Society The Ohio Viola Society had a busy and rewarding season of events in 2002-03. Our system of having differ ent board members chair each event seems to be working successfully and many have become annual events. Jeffrey Irvine got us off to a great start by organizing the Fall Master Class Day, held at the Cleveland Institute of Music in November. The day featured 18 students per forming for the following teachers: Lisa Boyko, Roger Chase, Mark Jackobs, Stanley Konopka, Jeffrey Irvine, Laura Shuster, Peter Slowik, Lembi Veskimets and Louise Zeitlin, as well as a juniot violists' "play-in" and a class on bowing technique given by Irvine. At the end of the master classes, everyone convened for refreshments and con versation. In January, our "Super Sunday'' event was hosted by Louise Zeitlin at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, where amateurs, stu dents and professionals tackled a variety of music for viola ensemble conducted by Jason Seber. The make-your-own ice cream sundaes were, as usual, a popular finale to the reading.

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