JAVS Spring 2017

IVC Host Letter 44th International Viola Congress—Wellington September 1–5, 2017

September 1 in New Zealand is the first day of spring—new growth, lambs, daffodils, and violas!! In the first week of September 2017 we are expecting a bumper crop of violas in Wellington; we anticipate well over one hundred varieties. Seriously folks, the land of Hobbits and Middle Earth is excited to welcome violists from around the globe to five action-packed days of viola concerts, lectures, ensemble playing, panel discussions, and master classes, with many of the world’s finest musicians.

We are delighted to announce a gala concert with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring four works for viola and orchestra and Brett Dean’s Testament, for twelve violas.

Anna Serova will perform Lady Walton’s Garden , by Roberto Molinelli (world premiere) and Boris Pigovat’s Poem of Dawn ; Roger Myers will perform an orchestrated version of Schumann’s Märchenbilder (recently recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra); and Roger Benedict will end the program with the much loved Viola Concerto by William Walton.

On the final night, our Congress Patron, the Hon. Chris Finlayson, will host a grand banquet dinner at Parliament, featuring the best of Kiwi fare and wines.

The venues include the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University and the very elegant neo-baroque St Andrew’s on the Terrace. The list of artists (and the many different countries represented by them) will be updated regularly on the IVC 2017 website.

Registration is open. The Early Bird Special rate of NZ$300 is available until April 30; the Economy rate of $400 will then be in place until July 31, and the full rate of $450 will apply in August and September.

Information about registration, accommodations, and the delights that Wellington can offer visitors will be regularly updated on the website.

We welcome participants from all countries and cultures to celebrate with us the wonderful world of VIOLA.

See you in September.

Donald Maurice and Gillian Ansell

Website: http://ivcwgtn2017.wixsite.com/44th-ivcwgtn2017 E-mail: IVCWgtn2017@gmail.com

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Journal of the American Viola Society / Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2017