Past Festivals
June 19-22, 2024 –The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
Host: The Colburn School
Festival Coordinator: Daphne Gerling
Assistant Coordinator: Christina Ebersohl-Van Scyoc
Proposals Coordinator: Tony Devroye
Competitions Coordinator: Hsiaopei Lee
Digital Coordinator: Ames Asbell
2022 American Viola Society Festival & 47th International Viola Congress
June 1-5, 2022 –Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA 
Festival Coordinator & Host: Katrin Meidell
Assistant Coordinator & Vendor Coordinator: Daphne Gerling
Proposals Coordinator: Adam Paul Cordle
Digital Coordinator: Ames Asbell
Competitions Coordinator: Molly Gebrian
2021 50th Anniversary American Viola Society Festival
June 2-5, 2021 – Virtual Platform (Rescheduled from June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Festival Coordinator: Ames Asbell
Assistant Coordinator, Competitions Coordinator: Katrin Meidell
Proposals Coordinator: Adam Paul Cordle
Vendor Coordinator: Daphne Gerling
Festival Host: Hillary Herndon
2018 Primrose International Viola Competition & AVS Festival
June 2-5, 2018 – Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
Festival Coordinator: Kathryn Steely
Assistant Coordinator: Ames Asbell
Proposals Coordinator: Jacob Adams
Competitions Coordinator: Elias Goldstein
2016 American Viola Society Festival
June 8-11, 2016 – Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin, OH
Festival Coordinator: Kathryn Steely
Planning Committee: David M. Bynog, Hillary Herndon, Edward Klorman,
Katherine Lewis, Michael Palumbo, Michelle Sayles
Proposals Coordinator: David M. Bynog
AVS Competitions Coordinator: Renee Skerik
2014 Primrose International Viola Competition & AVS Festival
June 2-5, 2014 – Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
Festival Coordinator: Nokuthula Ngwenyama
Program Committee: Luis Magin Muñiz Bascôn, David Bynog, Matthew Jones,
Mike Palumbo, Kathryn Steely, Tom Tatton
International Viola Congress events hosted by the AVS
Through 2012, the American Viola Society was a regular co-presenter, along with the International Viola Society, of International Viola Congress events including:
40th International Viola Congress
May 30 – June 3, 2012 – Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Hosts: Carol Rodland, Philip Ying, George Taylor
38th International Viola Congress
June 16-20, 2010 – Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH
Hosts: Catherine Carroll and Masao Kawasaki
36th International Viola Congress
June 4-8, 2008 – Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Host: Nancy Buck
32nd International Viola Congress
June 9-13, 2004 – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Host: Korey Konkol
30th International Viola Congress
June 19-23, 2002 – University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Host: Helen Callus
25th International Viola Congress
June 3-7, 1997 – The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Host: Roger Myers
23rd International Viola Congress
June 14-18, 1995 – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Host: Alan deVeritch and Atar Arad
21st International Viola Congress
June 23-27, 1993 – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Host: Peter Slowik
19th International Viola Congress
June 12-16, 1991 – Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Host: Mary Arlin, Artist Directors: Rosemary Glyde, Harold Coletta
17th International Viola Congress
June 21-25, 1993 – University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Host: Lucille Taylor, Kristi Wilkerson
15th International Viola Congress
June 16-20, 1987 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Host: Yizhak Schotten and Katherine Collier
13th International Viola Congress
June 12-16, 1985 – New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Host: Marcus Thompson
11th International Viola Congress
June 2-6, 1983 – University of Houston, Houston, TX
Host: Milton Katims
7th International Viola Congress
June 12-14, 1979 – Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Host: David Dalton
5th International Viola Congress
June 3-5, 1977 – Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Host: Louise Goldblum, Myron Rosenblum
3rd International Viola Congress
June 27-29, 1979 – Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Host: Maurice Riley, Myron Rosemblum