JAVS Fall 2011

A T T HE G RASSROOTS

Local Viola Societies Arizona Viola Society Jeff Norman, President violist@mad.scientist.com Florida Viola Society Kenneth Martinson, President kenmartinson@gmail.com Idaho Viola Society Linda Kline Lamar, President lkline@boisestate.edu Minnesota Viola Society Kirsti J. Petraborg, President kpetraborg@comcast.net Northern California Viola Society Ethan Filner, President ethan@cypressquartet.com Ohio Viola Society Christiana Reader, President christianareader@gmail.com Rocky Mountain Viola Society Matthew Dane, President matthew.a.dane@gmail.com South Carolina Viola Society Constance Gee, President cgee@mozart.sc.edu Southern California Viola Society Andrew Duckles, President aduckles@yahoo.com Tennessee Viola Society Kathryn Plummer, President kathryn.plummer@Vanderbilt.Edu Missouri Viola Society Leslie Perna, President PernaL@missouri.edu

FloridaViola Society

Members of the Florida Viola Society at a Florida Marlins baseball game

The Florida Viola Society held three major events this year. The first event was the third annual Florida Viola Society BRATS Day/university of Miami Viola Day, held on the university of Miami’s campus on February 26. The second event was a two-day workshop with Matthew Jones, violist of the Bridge Duo (from London), on Alexander Technique in Tampa on April 9–10; Jones also spoke in Miami Beach with the New World Symphony on April 5. Lastly, the Florida Viola Society performed the Star Spangled Banner , for the second time, in a seven-part viola ensemble at a Florida Marlins baseball game on June 6. The video of this performance is available on youTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyT_qh8bP9g. Anyone wishing a copy of the music to perform can obtain a copy of it for free by e-mailing me at kena martinson@gmail.com. The FVS held its first elections after having been in existence for three full years, and the new officers are: Kenneth Martinson, president; Kathie Aagard, vice-president; Carl Kerner, secretary; James Griffith, treasurer. The Florida Viola Society also unveiled its new website at www.floridaviolasoci ety.org this year.

Utah Viola Society Michael Palumbo, President mpalumbo@weber.edu

– Kenneth Martinson, president

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