JAVS Summer 1997

35

I profited a great deal from this Con gress and will certainly try to go t:O the next one! It seems right that we will hold one, at last, in Scotland. julian Fisher is a ftculry member and examiner fOr the Royal Conservatory of1l1usic. He is the conductor of the RCM junior String Ensemble and the McMaster Hall Strings, an adult group of string players. He is the violist and arranger fOr the Fisher Quartet. In addition to serving as

an adjudicator in various music festivals, he is active as a board member for the Alliance fOr New Canadian Music Projects (ACNMP) at the Canadian Music Centre. Fisher is a member of the Canadian Viola Society, the Ontario Registered Music Teachers, and the Ontario Suzuki Association.

Congress photos by Dwight PoWlds, Kevin ]agoe, and Donna Dalton

Primrose MemorialScholarship Competition at the XXV International Viola Congress

Misha Galaganov, age 22, Houston, Texas Repertoire: Reger Suite No.1; Rochberg Sonata; Bartok Concerto; Sarasate/Zimbalisr: Zapateado. Karin Brown, age 18, Oberlin, Ohio Repertoire: Bach D Minor Suite; Rochberg Sonata; Hindemith Der Schwanendreher; Paganini/Primrose: La Campanella.

Preliminaries: There were thirty-seven candidates who sub mitted taped entries for the preliminary round, representing fifteen states and three foreign countries. Judges for the preliminary round were Evan Wilson (principal violist, Los Angeles Philharmonic); Roland Kato (principal violist, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra); and David Schwartz (retired principle violist, MGM and Paramount Studio orchestras). Finals: Six entrants were selected for the final round through anonymous screening of the taped entries. They were Christina Castelli, age 19, Oberlin, Ohio Repertoire: Bach G Major Suite; Rochberg Sonata; Bartok Concerto; Paganini: 24th Caprice. Thomasz Szlubowski, age 27, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Repertoire: Bach Sonata for Violin No.1; Rochberg Sonata; Bartok Concerto, and Paganini/Primrose: La Campanella. Boris Tonkov, age 24, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Repertoire: Hindemith Sonata Op. 25, No.1; Rochberg Sonata; Bartok Concerto; Sarasate/Zimbalist: Tango from "Sarasateana."

Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition finalists: L-R, Misha Galaganov; Karin Brown, 3rd place; Boris Tonkov; Rira Porfiris, 2nd place; Tornasz SzlubowskJ; and Chrisuna Castelli, 1st place.

Rita Porfiris, age 26, Houston, Texas Repertoire: Bach D Minor Suite; Rochberg Sonata; Hindemith Der Schwanendreher; Benjamin: Jamaican Rhumba.