JAVS Fall 2005

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Local Viola Societies Arizona Viola Sociecy l'atricia Cos:md , pre, ident pcosand@hormail .com Ccnual Texas Viola Sociel)' Am<:> 1\.o;bcll , preSident s.arnes@prodigy.ncr Chicago Viola Society Michael Hall . president rnhalll @iwu.edu ldal10 Viola Society Linda Kline Lamar, preSident

Please send items ofinterest regarding viola activity at the grassroots to: Louise Zeitlin, AVS Secretary, LouiseZeitlin@oberLin. net. Idaho Idaho Vio la Day, Feb. 12, 2005 o n the campus of Boise State Un iversity: We started the morn ing with a mas ter class led by Dave Johnson (Boise Philharmonic member and viola pro fessor at Albertson College of Idaho) and Linda Kli ne Lamar (viola profes sor at Boise State University), fol lowed by an Alexander Technique Workshop with Marisol Mayell (cer tified Alexander Technique reacher and Q igong instructo r in Boise), then we had free lunch! After lunch we had a vio la ensemble session in which we read Stamitz viola duos en masse. Idaho Vio la Day, Ma r. 5, 2005 on the campus ofAJberrson College of Idaho: We began with a session called "Marketing and Managing Your Ensemble Yourself" led by Jen Drake (vio li st in Darkwood Consort--who performed at the Iceland Congress!-- and th e Boise Philharmonic) . This was followed by a master class led by Tom Tompkins (principal vio list of rhe Boise Philharmonic and a mem ber of the Sun Valley Summer Symp hony). T hen, you guessed it, free lunch! We ended our day with an ensembl e reading ofMarshall Fine's arrangement of Bach's "Prelude and Fugue, BWV 1005" for Viola ll·io. Idaho Viola Day, Oct. 15, 2005 o n d1 e campus of Boise State University: Nothing is planned yet. That's how

we do it: gee a dare, chen pl an it ar the last minute. It's worked for us so far! Idaho meets Peter Slowik, Feb. 15-22, 2006: A week of hourly viola events, concerts, classes, workshops, clinics, and very li tde sleeping. We can.'t wait! Melia Watras (professor of viola at the Un iversity ofWashington), March 21, 2006: Master class TBA. Iowa O n October l?d1, 2004 me Iowa Viola Society hosted its fourd1 annual Viola Day, held at the Un iversity ofiowa. The day began wim d1e IaVS's 3 rd annual viola competition for high school

lkline@boisesrare.edu IowaViola Society

Christine Rutledge. president christi ne-rudedge@uiiowa.edu Minn<.:Snta Viula Society J. David Arnott. president violaman@aol.cotn North C1mlina Viola Society Scott Rawls. president srawlsuncg@aol.corn Northern Cal ifornia Viola Society Tom lleimberg, president

smh"ll@pacbd I. net Ohio Viola Sociecy Lembi VeskimeL<, presidem kl v<.:Ski@aol.com Oldahoma Viola Sociccy Matthew Dane, president mdanc@ou.cdu Oregon Viola Sociel)' Adrienne 13rown, president anbviola@aol.com

Palmetto Viola Sociccy Kath t·yn Dey, president dolcsji@mindspring.con• The Philadelphia Viola Socicl)' David Yang, presidem philadcl phi"viola@earth I ink.nct Rocky Mountain Viola Sociel)' Margaret Miller, president margarcrm@adcl phia.net Soud1ern Califo rnia Viola Sociecy Lori lvcs, prcsidem

ivesico@earthlink.nct Uroh Viola Sociecy

Claudine Bigelow, president claudinc_ bigclow@byu.cdu

Viola Club of MD/DC & VA Louise Hildredt-Grasso, president violaquecnlouise@hotmail.com Virginia Viola Sociecy Constance Whirm:m Gee, presiden t

cwg4q@virginia.edu SeatdcViola Society LecAnn Morgan, president viobs_ rule@msn.com

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