JAVS Spring 2007

pianist in the Clarke Sonata. This helped the violist become more aware of the intricacies and rhyth mic flow of the piano part. The master class performers were Adam McCardle, student of Louise Zeitlin; Georgina McKay Lodge, student of Peter Slowik; Stephanie Price, student of Deborayh Price; and Amanda Verner, student of Jeffrey Irvine. Other master classes were taught

On January 21st, at the New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center, we were privileged to hear an inspiring afternoon featuring five wonderfully talented younger players. John Pickford Richards played Dennis DeSantis' The Walls Get Painted Overnight; Tania Susi, with Mark Evans, piano, offered Gershwin's Three Pieces (tran scribed by Alan Arnold); heila Browne and pianist David Brunell performed the second movement of Kenneth Jacobs' viola concerto Approaching Northern Darkness; and Edward Klarman, with pianist Yi-Fang Huang, played the Robert Fuchs Sonata in D minor, Op. 86. Also performing was Jonathan Vinocour, first-prize winner in December of the 2006 Holland America Music ociety Competition. He presented two works, David Liptak's The Play of the Winds and Srratis Minakakis' onara for Viola Sola. For more information about these and our other activities, visit the New York Viola ociety's website: www. nyvs.org. Ohio The Ohio Viola ociety held irs Fall Master Class Day, OHH Viola 2006, on November 5th at the John Knox Church in North Olmstead, Ohio. Our special guest was Heidi Castleman, Professor of Viola at the Juilliard School of Music. Ms. Castleman gave a won derful class that was beneficial for all of us. I especially liked her idea of having the violist conduct her - Kmtuth johnson

the OKVS, hosted a truly great artist, Roger Chase. The day start ed with registration and we were so happy to see so many old and new members for our "viola day" activities After all the "loot" was taken in, we all gathered in the beautiful auditorium for the mas ter class with Mr. Chase. There were four brave souls who offered up tl1eir playing abilities for Chase to listen and comment. Comment he did, as we all were enthralled with his fine tuned cri

tique of the stu dents. All of us learned new aspects of the viola that maybe WE did not realize! After much needed snacks and drinks (innocuous ones), we all headed for the class in Yoga with a wondrous

Heidi Cast~man zuorks with Stephanie Price at Ohio VS Masterclass.

and tireless teacher, Martha McQuaid. That almost crippled some of us in our next adventure, the reading session. Our reading class has been devoted to new compositions by our students in recent years and seems to be work ing, although the main composi tion was written by a percussion major! We always love to see new violas/bows and we all had the opportunity to do so with all the fine instruments presented and supplied by Wayne Burak, a fine cellist and dealer in Texas. The much anticipated final recital with Roger Chase and Michito Otaki followed, and what a recital it was! The British repertoire was by Arnold Bax, ir Arthur, and Benjamin Dale- none that familiar

by Lisa Boyko, Kirsten Docter, Jeffrey Irvine, Deborah Price, Laura Shuster, Peter Slowik, and Amber Smithson. At the end of the day, Peter Slowik led the assembled violists in Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. A great time was had by all! Many thanks to our sponsors, Terry Carlin Viola (and violin) Shop, Goronok String Instruments, and Reese Williams String Shop.

- Jeffrey Irvine

Oklahoma On January 28, 2007 at

Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond, our Oklahoma Chapter,

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