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to the soloists' rooms to tell them how much she enjoyed listening to them and hug them all,” they continued:

Mira Menza 3

Born in Jerusalem

and raised in Tel Aviv to a musical family,

Even after she retired, Mira continued to attend our opera productions and come behind the scenes after the show to say kind words to everyone. Just a few days ago she came to watch The Magic Flute, and as always scattered smiles and congratulations to everyone. Yesterday she passed away leaving us all in pain and grief. We will miss Mira very much. Ruth was a founding member of the Israeli Symphony and was also a central character in the orchestra both artistically and socially. Notes 1 Obituary courtesy of The Royal Conservatory: The Hague: https://www.koncon.nl/en/news/in-memoriam vladimir-mendelssohn-vicente-zarzo-and-ron-ephrat. 2 Obituary courtesy of The Strad: https://www.thestrad. com/news/violist-tony-byrne-has-died/14092.article. 3 Obituary courtesy of The Violin Channel: https:// theviolinchannel.com/violist-mira-menza-has-died aged-71/.

Abia Yaakov Menza first performed in the Israel

Defense Forces Orchestra. She went on to study in Holland, and for several years played with the Dutch Philharmonic Radio Orchestra. When she returned to Israel, Mira began serving in the Israeli Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (ISO), Israeli Philharmonic, Israeli Opera, and Israeli Chamber ensemble, and a historic women's ensemble, among others. Mira was known for her great love of music and relationships with her friends and colleagues—many of whom considered her family. “Mira Menza has been a source of light and joy at the Opera House for many years,” the Israeli Opera wrote on Facebook. “Everyone knew her and loved her. At the end of the show, she would come up from the orchestra's pit Photo courtesy of The Strad

Corrigendum Though we strive for the highest quality of publication, the reality is, much like a performance, we can never produce something “perfect.” However, we remain steadfast in our loyalty to high-quality, accuracy, and transparency to our avid readers. Therefore, we are introducing the Corrigendum addition to the Journal of the American Viola Society , where corrections, clarifications, and additions can be made from previous publications. Each Journal issue spends innumerable hours in meticulous editing, formatting, and researching, and we are thankful for the opportunity to deliver our labor of love to each AVS member tri-annually. Please do not hesitate to contact the Editor of JAVS if you notice a correction or addition that needs to be addressed in the next Corrigendum .

JAVS, volume 37 no. 2 Our Golden Jubilee – Fifty Extraordinary Leaders in Fifty Years.

Page 36 under Congress Hosts: the 2010 38th International Viola Congress held at the University of Cincinnati’s College, Conservatory of Music was inadvertently left out of the discussion. The co-hosts, Catharine Carroll and Masao Kawasaki ably organized a superlative Congress, and both were celebrated with the Founder’s Award in 2010.

The photo on the page 36 column two should read: Pictured clockwise: Taylor, Myers, Schotten, Konkol.

An Interview with violist Richard O’Neill

Page 55: a typo occurred in which the word “polyrhythm” was twice separated.

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