JAVS Fall 2006

REviEW: 1lrrE XXXIV INTERNATIONAL VIOLA CONGRESS JUNE 2006, MONTREAL, CANADA

sponsored by my univcrsiry. Bur knowing char the 'ongrcss would help me toward my long-term goals, I pooled together my aU bur abundant srudenr resources. A quick assessment pur on the red warning lights. The siruation looked person who has taken the wcll-rrav ded road or the uni vcr-siry student nnds himselfat his desri - nation without hav ing also learned to ger himself very fur on very Little? As T. S. Eliot put it, bleak. But what

By Andrew Snow All Photographs by Dwight Pounds

Going to the Congress The Viola ongrcss is a unique opportunity that provides violists with up-to-dare happenings of rhe viola world. In this annual garhcring the newest of compositions are pre sented, the rising generation of per formers display their ralcnr, and profc$sional musicians and premier soloists share their skill and insight through lccrurc, recital, panel discu - sion, and master class. If one wants to be connected to the viola world, they arc to come to the ongrcss as ir i a place where professional and amateur alike share their passion ror the viola on an international scale in one event-fill ed week. As a rudcnt pursuing a degree in viola performance at Brigham Young Universiry I was uncertain of whether I couJd alford the experience since I had just returned from a month-long concert tour of the United Kingdom

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"Only those who will Heurik Frendin leads an improvisation class risk going roo fur can possibly nnd our how fur one can go." How FM? In this case, two weeks

dollar morel experience. The whole thing rather seemed like ome kind ofexperiment designed to test our abilities to survive; bur to us it was word1 it! What follow in this article gives a fair representation of my expe rience ar the 2006 34th International Viola Congress in MomrCal. Master Classes For a violist who i goi ng ro be a graduate applicant soon, a prioriry

and five thousand miles. And on how li rdc? Never mind. o through carefu l budgeting some fi-iends and I made the drive fi·om Provo, Utal1 to MonrrCal, Quebec in about 85 hours (round-trip), living off peanut butter sandwiches. A'iSisred by our fuculry we arranged ro be hos ted by F.1. mi lies we'd never met; where d1ar wasn't an opcion we would brave the d1 irry

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