JAVS Summer 1997

XXVI International Viola Congress

16-19 July 1998

at the Royal Scottish Academy ofMusic and Drama 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB

Host Chairman: John White FRAM Coordinator: Michael Calder Consultant: James Durrant MBE

The 1998 Congress is to be given as a tribute to the memory of the great viola player William Primrose who was born on 23 August 1904, at 18, Wilton Drive, Glasgow. The programme willfeature a number of Scottish-born and Scottish-based viola players, some who have studied and taught at the RSAMD, plus maJ·orfigures in the viola world There will be an emphasis on musicfeaturing the viola by Scottish and British com posers and also works associated with the late William Primrose. A maJ·or exhibition, a civic reception for delegates, broadcasts, record ings, talks, lectures, and master classes are planned and the organisers intend to commission new worksfrom Scottish composers.

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