JAVS Spring 2022

From the President

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

or hope to compete in the future. The AVS Greenroom series held a watch party to hear the final round of performances by Natalie Loughran, Samuel Rosenthal, and Nicholas Swensen. The Greenroom will move to a new time in 2022—Sundays at 8PM Eastern—with a great lineup of guests to be interviewed by Steven Tenenbom, including Nokothula Ngwenyama, Garth Knox, Jordan Bak, Hsin Yun Huang, and many others. Early Bird discounted registration for the 2022 AVS Festival & 47th International Viola Congress this coming June 1-5 is open through March 30. Beginning April 1, regular registration rates will apply. This will be a hybrid event, allowing those who can safely travel to Georgia to participate in-person, while still allowing those who might not be able to travel to participate virtually. All content will be available for three months after the event in case you miss something. Your AVS board is hard at work to better serve you. We’ve been adding some virtual content for you; if you missed the informative Tax Preparation workshop for musicians given by our very own Treasurer and CPA Meghan Birmingham, you can check it out in our members only content on our website. On Sunday, March 6 at 8PM Eastern, JAVS Editor and ABME Licensed Body Mapping Instructor Christina Ebersohl will be offering a virtual Body Mapping Course:

Happy Spring to you all! In this yearly time of new beginnings, we have many developments at the AVS to share with you. This edition of the JAVS marks the first of a new, enhanced digital platform that allows our Journal to come to life with clickable links to video and audio performances,

interviews, and enhanced ads. It is our hope that these additions make the JAVS even more of an enjoyable and useful resource for you. Also new for 2022, we’ve updated our membership types, rates, and registration form to help make for a more streamlined application process. When you renew or join, you will notice that there are now only four basic types of membership: Regular, Student, Emeritus, and Institutional. All our members have access to the wide range of benefits to AVS members, including access to the new Digital JAVS. Members can opt out of the paper JAVS delivery if they would like to have an Eco-friendlier membership footprint, and there are add-ons to customize your membership, including contributing levels of membership, joint membership with the Canadian Viola Society, and more. 2021 ended for the AVS on a bang with an incredible showing at the Primrose International Viola Competition at the Colburn School. The next PIVC is scheduled to coincide with the 2024 AVS Festival in June 2024 at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California for those who missed participating this year

And there is yet more to come—Stay tuned!

I hope to see many of you in person soon in Columbus, Georgia!

Hillary Herndon

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Journal of the American Viola Society / Vol. 38, No. 1, Spring 2022