JAVS Summer 1997

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Table 5 Most Important Function of ]AVS as Indicated by 1997 ]AVSReadership Respondents

Glance Through it, Possibly Skim an Article or Two Have No Time to Read ]AVS Have No Interest in Reading]AVS

4 0 0

2.5 0.0 0.0

99.3 99.3 99.3

Frequency of Occurrence

No Response

1

0.6 100.0

Total

100.0

159

Inform, Stimulate, Enlighten Community, Sense of Unity Communication Advocacy/Promotion Provide a Forum Education Connection Distribution/Dissemination Center Not Just PIVA New Music Encouragement Total Respondents

56 34 31 14 6

Table 7 Current Status of 1997 ]AVS Readership Respondents

Cumulative

5 3 2

Frequency Percent Percent

Teacher and Professional Musician Amateur Musician Professional Musician

72 27 18

45.3 45.3 17.0 62.3 11.3 73.6

1 1 1 132

Student Teacher Retired

8 6 6 6

78.6 82.4 86.2

5.0 3.8 3.8

Retired/Amateur

3.8 90.0

Table 6 Journal Reading Habits of 1997 ]AVS Readership Respondents

Other

16

10.2

100.0

Total

100.0

159

Cumulative

Ronn Andrusco is a professional violist living in TOronto and also active in Edmonton, Alberta. His analytical surveys in behalfof the AVS have appeared previously in JAVS: Vol. 6 No.1, Spring 1990, on the XVII Inter national Viola Congress (Redlands), and Vol. 7 No.2, Fall 1991, regarding a Comparison ofAVSMembership.

Frequency Percent

Percent

Thoroughly Read Each Issue 55 Read Some Articles in Detail, Skim the Rest 84

34.6 34.6

52.8 87.4

Usually Skim, Occasionally Read an Article

15

9.4

96.8

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