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be performed is Joan Tower's recent viola concerto (performed by Paul Neubauer), with addition al performances by Kim Kashkashian and Paul Coletti. The weekend promises a delec table banquet dinner and the live performance of finalist competi tors in the 2008 Primrose International Viola Competition. The audience will have a chance to vote for their favorite violist, and prizewinners will be announced that evening. Sunday, June 8 will then come upon us all too quickly and the 36th International Viola Congress will officially end. Throughout ir all, you will have the opportunity to see and observe many, many vio lists, as old and new friendships are reunited and formed, and pick up on new ideas and concepts as they are so freely shared in the name of the alto clef. If you have not yet attended a Viola Congress, I invite you to experience your first in the Southwest. With the Grand Canyon only a few hours north by car, and Phoenix being the fifth largest U.S. metropolitan city (home of Souchwest Airlines and US Airways), this is your oppor tunity to see one of the great wonders of the world, before or after witnessing the wide range our instrument offers in perform ance, pedagogy, and research.

Greetings from the Grand Canyon State ofArizona!

Please go to this website, www.violacongress2008.com, for the most updated information. Bookmark it, and check back often, as it will be cl1e official source of information for the Congress. See you in June! h

Mark your calendars now to attend the 36th International Viola Congress, to be held on the campus ofArizona State University in Tempe, Arirona, from June 4-8, 2008. It will be a fun-filled festival for viola enthu siasts and professionals, with per formances, presentations, play-ins, concerts, lectures, and master classes given by violists from all over the world. The first day of the Congress celebrates Arizona and starts off with a special day devoted to viola resources and teaching in the schools (BRATS Day). Headed by the Arizona chapter of the American Viola Society, this particular day is designed to help viola teachers recruit, work directly with, and reach out to large groups of viola students in their communities. The evening concert will be a recital by Phoenix-based violist Nokurhula Ngwenyama. Following that, the second day of the Congress is all about two, and many of the recitals that day will highlight duos and duets. The day culminates with a pair of violists performing the evening concert: Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang. On Friday, June 6, Congress attendees will be treated to an evening of concerto per formances. Among the works to

- Nancy Buck, host chair, 36th International Viola Congress

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