Signature Artist Rudolf Haken leads this masterclass featuring selected festival participants, sharing his innovative approach to viola performance and technique. Drawing on his expertise with both traditional and electric viola,...
Signature Artist Marina Thibeault presents A Walk on the North Side, a thoughtfully curated program exploring reflection, transformation, and the expressive depth of the viola. Featuring Grieg’s lyrical Violin Sonata,...
We are so excited to welcome you to the 2026 American Viola Society Festival! Check in and pick up your festival credentials, materials, and swag bag! Registration is the first...
Emerging Scholar Artists present their award-winning research in this special lecture recognizing the winners of the David Dalton Research Competition. These presentations highlight new scholarship, perspectives, and discoveries that deepen...
Teachers of intermediate viola students are familiar with the challenge of finding pedagogically useful and musically engaging pieces for their studio. The variety and depth of the viola canon can...
We all know it, and yet we take the plunge so rarely: recording ourselves in practice is the best way to improve faster. Although it’s easier than ever with our...
Signature Artist Marina Thibeault works with selected festival participants in this inspiring masterclass, sharing her distinctive approach to sound, interpretation, and artistic expression. Observers are invited to experience her thoughtful...
Observe master teachers in action during these open lessons with festival participants. Students will work one-on-one with Teachers in Residence in a traditional private lesson setting, while attendees are invited...
In this engaging and practical 90 minute session, violist-educators Carol Gimbel and Dr. Alice Lindsay invite participants to revisit persistent pedagogical issues with a fresh, research-informed, and experience-backed perspective. Drawing...
Performers: Julia Clancy Jacob Adams Arnaud Ghillebaert
While Philip Glass’s name is the first that comes to mind for many people when you say the word “minimalism,” in fact his Songs and Poems, newly transcribed for Solo...