JAVS Fall 2006

Journal of the American Viola Society

A publication of the American Viola Society Fall 2006 Volume 22 Number 2 REGULAR DEPARTMENTS From rhe Pres idt:nr ................................... 3 Announcements.... . ........... . ........ . . ...... .. ... 5 AV Meeting Minutt:s . . .. . . ......... . ... . ............. 9 Alternative Styles: Drive-By Viola Rt: it als... . ............. 33 ample Score: Wreede- In Pmise oJSundogs . .. .... . ...... . . 36 In the Stud io: Revi sir ing Colle .... .. ... ... .... ...... ... 39 Modern M,tkers: Contemporary Viola.\ in Modt:rn Quartet ... 41 O rches tral Training Forum: For Count ing Our Loud! ........ 45 Fresh Faces: John Largess .... . ..... .. .. . ... . ........... 49 New Music Reviews: Viola and Piano ....... ... . ......... 51 Sample core: excerpt from Kerr- Biogmpby ............... 55 At the Grassroots .. .. . ..... .............. . ........... 65 FEATURES Montreal Congress in Review ..... . .................... II The Viola and ,clio Duo: A History and Survey ... .. .. . ... 17 Book Review: A l?t'becm Clnrke Render ................... 25

The Journal of rhe American Viob Society is published in Spring and Fall, and as an online-only issue in Summer. The;: Amt:rican Viola Society was founded for rhe promorion of viola performance and research. © 2006, Amt:rican Viola Society ISSN 0898-5987 Edi tor: Matthew Dane Alternati ve rylcs: Juliet Whirt:-Smith At the Grassroots: Loui e Zeidin AVS Retrospective: Dwight Pounds rresh Fact:s: Lt:mbi Veskimets In rh e Srudio: Karen Ritscher Mecr rhe Sccrion: Michael Strauss Modern Makers: Eri c Chapman New Music: Ken Marrinson AVS National Board of Directors Officers Helen Call us, prcsidenr juliet White-Smith , presidenr-elecr Kenneth Martinson, sccrcrary Michelle Sayles, treasurer Board Members Claud ine Bigelow (2006) Mauhcw Dane Kirsten Docter (2008) Susan Dubois (2007) Barbara Hamilton (2007) Nokurhula Ngwcnyama (2007)

COVER ART ! lito !lft!lllllllelltrtlr (.2006)

Michael Palumbo (2008) Dwighr Pounds (2008) arol Rodbnd (2009) Kathryn tccly (2007) Lembi Vcskimcrs (2008) Bernard Zaslav (2009) Louise Zeitl in (2009)

Abou t t he Artist Natasha Turov~ky was horn in Moscow, Rm,ia. She .111d her family emigrated to Canad.t in I976.

A profc.~ionalmu;ician , N:nJSha discovered visual .ut< aho111 fif'rccn year; ago. Shortly after Marting her first drawing lessons, she realir.cd that an would become much more for her th.m .1 mere hobby. She decided to pur;ue profcs;iona lly her passion ror vi~ual art\ by enrolling in the Fine Ans program at Concordia Univer..ity in Montreal in I992. where ~he 'pecialized in painting and printmaking. Being a mcmher and snloi;t of rhe chamber ord1cs1 ra I Mwiri dr /1/omun/, Naw~ha murs worldwide :tnd ha, rclea,ed over fony compact discs. Alrhough she finds borh profcs,iom equally demanding and imporranr, Narasha i' discovering rhat each di,cipline nourishes the other. Nata\ha'• flr;t solo exhibition wa< in Monrrcal in I995. To dat e, ,he h.t< had twenty ;olo exhibitions and many group show' in CJn.tda. U. ·.. Spain .111d I long Kong. Hct work< arc in many private and corporat e wllcctions in the U.S.. C.tnada, England, pai n, France, Rus~ia , hina and Iran .

AVS General Manager Madeleine Crouch

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