JAVS Summer 2001

REPORT ON THE VIOLIN SOCIETY OF AMERICAS 14TH ANNUAL COMPETITION FOR INSTRUMENT MAKING 41

The Viola Winners for the Fourteenth Annual VSA Competition:

Gow MEDAL: Marcus Klimke, William Scott SILVER MEDAL (Workmanship): Andrea Robin-Frandsen, Benjamin Ruth, Stephan von Baehr CERTIFICATE OF MERIT (Tone): Thomas Bertrand, William Lakeberg, David Polstein, Jerrold Witkowski, Mark Womack CERTIFICATE OF MERIT (Workmanship): Thomas Bertrand, Feng Jiang

Christine Rutledge is Associate Professor ofViola at the University ofIowa and serves on the Board of Directors ofthe American Viola Society. She is also President ofthe Iowa Viola Society. I~

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