JAVS Spring 2023

From the President

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

In the Summer of 2022, the AVS began a campaign to ensure that the David Dalton Research Competition would be fully funded far into the future with the DDRC Giving Circle . If you have not already done so, please consider joining the Giving Circle to help continue David’s remarkable legacy through this Competition. As the AVS continues to develop additional ways to support our community, I’m thrilled to announce that the first Recording Project album will be released soon. All members will receive a complimentary copy once released—encourage your friends and students to join now so they can received this inaugural album, featuring works by underrepresented composers, most of which had been previously unrecorded. The submission deadline has already closed for the second edition of the Recording Project, the 2023 album, but we’ll be announcing the 2024 project soon—stay tuned! Finally, I’d like to ask you all to save the date for our 2024 American Viola Society Festival and Primrose International Viola Competition, to be held June 19 22, 2024, in Los Angeles, California at the Colburn School. We’d love to have you participate as a presenter, performer, or attendee. The Call for Proposals and Youth Competition Guidelines will be announced this spring, and we hope you'll share this information with your colleagues and students.

As I sit to write this President’s Letter on a cold January day, I’m deeply aware of how our community is still grieving the loss of one of our icons. I was in High School when I first learned of David Dalton through his book, Playing the Viola:

Conversations with William Primrose . I cherished the book then, and decades later it is always at hand in my teaching studio. Since that first introduction to David Dalton, I have learned his scholarship was just the smallest part of his contributions to the viola community; he founded the Primrose International Viola Competition, helped establish the Primrose Viola Library, and has served as President of both the American and International Viola Societies. His tireless efforts have left an indelible legacy for violists around the world. Named in his honor, the David Dalton Research Competition was established in 1999 to encourage and support student research of viola related topics. DDRC award winners often cite winning the competition as an influential point in their development and many have gone on to significant careers in music. The 2023 Dalton Research Competition is open now, with a submission deadline of June 1, 2023; encourage the student scholars you know to consider submitting.

Sincerely, Hillary Herndon

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Journal of the American Viola Society / Vol. 39, No. 1, Spring 2023