JAVS Fall 2005

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2005 Dalton Research Competition Results T he AVS I3oard is pl eased to announce Linda Shaver-Gleason as the wi nner of the 2005 Dalton Competition. Ms. Shaver-Gleason received the monetary Torn and Polly Tatton Award , in addition to being published in this issue of the Journal. Congratulations! T he 2006 Competition's guidelines and timetable wi ll be similar to this pasr yea r, with a postmark date of May 15, 2006. For more informa tion , please sec the announcement advertisement in this issue. Any furth er questions should be direct ed to JAYS Editor Matthew Dane. 2006 Johansen and Washington International Competitions The Johansen T nternational Competition for Young String Players (1 3-17 years of age) wi ll be held in Washington, DC, March 8- 11 , 2006. T hree substantial monetary awa rds are designated for violists. Applicati on deadli ne: Cornpetiron for String Players (Ages 18-28) wi ll tal

he's working on. We hope ro experiment by including other materials with his writ ings, such as sound clips and music fi les. Special thanks goes to AVS Board member Nokuthula Ngwenyama, who inaugurat ed the "Travel" section with wonderful columns last year. We hope d1at you will follow along wid1 Gard1 , appreciat ing his interests and experi ences as well as his personal warmth and humor!

Violas for Sale Listed on AVS Web Site

Viola Gangs by bassist Scott Sund

This segment appears on the AVS web site. Listing an instrumcnr or bow is a free service for AVS mem bers- more information ca n be found under "Member ads" in the Markcrplace section of www.amer ica nviolasociety.org. The Curti s Institute of Music Boa rd o!Trustees voted unani mously to name Roberto Dfaz to be the conservatOry's next presi dent/director. Dfaz is expected to assume the president/director post lull- time at the end of the 2005/2006 academi c yea r, when current Pres ident/Director Ga ry Graffrnan will retire from the posi tion while continuing on the piano facu lty. Roberto Dlaz Named Curtis Director

2005 JAYS Online Issue It's never too late to sec rhc JAYS Summer 2005 Issue! The contents include an in-depth interview arti cle on former AVS President Tom Tatton by Dwight Pounds, and a progressive series of shifting exe rcis es by Ralph Fielding that are down loadable. The leaLUred viola maker is Marcus Klimke; several pictures from the Iceland Congress arc included as wel l. Garth Knox Travel Writer for AVS Website We arc pleased to announce that ou r new "travel writer" for the AYS web site wi ll be Ga rth Knox. Garth will post letters from time ro time, describing the places he's going, the people he's meeting, and projects

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