Explosive Viola Music! Find it, play it, Help make it.
There is a myth among both musicians and audiences that the viola can only play elegies. Too often it seems like composers bring their troubles to the viola. Much of...
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Events
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Room 142/Choir Room (Music)
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AVS Shared Recital: Portrait de femme
Recital Hall (Forbes)Portrait de femme: Globetrotting with Female Composers explores the theme of music by women composers while adding transcriptions to expand the current viola repertoire. This recital includes unique works by...
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AVSF Orchestra Audition Competition and Seminar
Room 1270/Dance Theater (Forbes)Join us for the exciting final rounds of the American Viola Society Festival Orchestra Audition Competition and Seminar semi- and final-rounds, where outstanding finalists take the stage in pursuit of...
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AVSF Senior Solo Competition
Room 1115 (Forbes)Join us for the exciting final rounds of the American Viola Society Festival Senior Solo Competition, where outstanding finalists take the stage in pursuit of top honors. Experience inspiring performances...
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Rethinking Bach’s Cello Suites
Room 321 (Music)Bach's Cello Suites have been central to the viola training repertoire for nearly a century. Yet many basic questions about them resist straightforward answers, and contradictory or misleading information appears...
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Underrepresented Twice: Spotlighting Unknown Soviet Repertoire by Female Composers and Ethnic Minorities
Room 204 (Music)In recent years the American viola community shared an increased interest in viola music by composers of underrepresented backgrounds, from the present and from the past. In this lecture recital—based...
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Electric Viola Workshop: Signature Artist, Rudolf Haken
Room 108/Large Band Room (Music)Explore the expressive possibilities of the electric viola with pioneering performer and innovator Rudolf Haken. This engaging workshop will demonstrate the instrument’s expanded sonic palette, including extended techniques, electronic effects,...
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Violin to Viola: Developing an Efficient Pedagogy
Room 318 (Music)This research proposal presents a comprehensive approach to integrating violin and viola pedagogies that can efficiently support violinists at different proficiency levels in transitioning to violists. By adopting this approach,...
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Gamifying the practice room
Room 142/Choir Room (Music)What if learning etudes felt like casting spells in epic boss battles? DragonScales: The Hero Levels – 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil invites violists into a fully immersive practice...
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AVS Shared Recital: Reimagining Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas for Viola
Recital Hall (Forbes)The idea of transcribing Beethoven’s violin music for viola stems from a long-standing artistic and pedagogical goal: to make Beethoven's revolutionary music more accessible to viola students. Unlike violinists and...
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Integrating Pop Music and Diverse Composers into the Beginner Viola Studio
Room 321 (Music)Today’s young violists want to play music that reflects their world—and too often, our teaching materials don’t. While there’s been progress in programming works by women and underrepresented composers, studio...
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Signature Artist Concert: Victoria Chiang — Elegance and Expression Across Centuries
Concert Hall (Forbes)with the AVS Festival Orchestraconducted by Dr. Omelchenko Renowned violist Victoria Chiang is joined by guest artists Lynne Ramsey (viola) and David Perry (violin), the Northern Virginia String Quartet (AVSF...