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Gardner Competition Laureates

Be sure to check out the Gardner Composition Competition Laureates if you haven’t already! Michael Djupstrom’s Walimai took grand prize and will receive its premiere at the 2012 International Viola Congress in Rochester, New York. Hope to see you there!!

(Don’t forget to register for the International Viola Congress!)


Accent12

Violists are needed for Accent12, a new music intensive in Cincinnati, Ohio from Jun 10-16, 2012. Faculty members include Atar Arad, Dorotea Hoffman, Stephanie Griffin, and the Momenta Quartet. For more information, contact accent12uc@gmail.com or go to http://ccm.uc.edu/accent.html.


2012 Eurovision Winner

Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad has been named the winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition in Vienna, Austria. The seventeen-year-old violist studies with Soon-Mi Chung in Oslo, Norway. For more information, visit the Strad article here.


NPR Interview with Garth Knox

Check out the recent NPR interview with violist Garth Knox about his new album, Saltarello, at NPR’s Deceptive Cadence blog. He discusses performance on the viola d’amore and pieces by Hildegaard von Bingen and Kaija Saariaho.


Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop

Venue: Humboldt State University
Location: Arcata, CA
Dates: Jun 17 – 23 | Jun 24 – 30

Age Range: 12 – 20
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Level Musicians
Application Deadline: Accepting late applications until filled!
Contact: 415-938-7839 | sequoia@humboldt.edu | www.sequoiachambermusic.org


Eastman Viola Choir Photo

Check out the Eastman Viola Choir at their concert this past Friday! These students and others will be performing at the International Viola Congress later this month. Don’t forget to register at http://www.esm.rochester.edu/ivc2012/congress-registration/.


Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06


If Music Be the Food…

Eastman students and faculty will join together on May 11, 2012 at 7:30pm at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Rochester, New York for Season 3, Concert 3 of “If Music Be the Food…,” a benefit concert series for Rochester’s Foodlink. Works to be performed include Reger’s Two Spiritual Songs and Brahms String Sextet in B-Flat. Performers include series founder Carol Rodland, ESM’s Ying Quartet, Jan Opalach, Dr Robert Poovey, Keiko Ying and the ESM Viola Choir.

If Music Be the Food… was created in 2009 to raise awareness and support for the hungry of Rochester. Audience members are asked to bring nonperishable food items or cash donations for Foodlink as the price of admission. Contact Prof Rodland at crodland@esm.rochester.edu for more information.


Sphinx Competition 16

The Sphinx Organization for young Black and Latino string players has posted application requirements for the 16th annual competition. The application deadline will be Tu, 13 November 2012 at 11:59EST. More info can be found at https://sphinx.myreviewroom.com/.


It’s May!! That means its time…

It’s May!! That means its time to register for the viola congress if you haven’t already! http://t.co/A8nxw53y @IVC2012