Updates
to The Viola Web Site
January 2021:
As mentioned previously, ViolaList.org may become our new website address. If Viola.com becomes inaccessible somehow, please visit ViolaList.org. Thank you!
March 2020:
Added to Viola Professors: Hillary Herndon at University of Tennessee.
December 2019:
The Viola List is now hosted at groups.io as of December 9, 2019! Everything is transferred. Same list; more advanced features.
Added to Viola Professors: Doris Lederer at Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA.
November 2019:
ViolaList.org domain name was recently acquired, and will serve as the permanent home of the Viola List. Please be sure to save this new website address.
May 2014:
Added to Viola Professors: Stephen Fine at University of Florida.
April 2014:
Added to Viola Professors: Robert Becker at Chapman College.
February 2014:
Changes made to Donald McInnes – Representative List of Viola Repertoire page.
September 2013:
Changes made to Viola Professors page.
Noticed broken links to the Viola List. Yahoogroups.com/group/viola no longer works correctly…links are being updated to http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/viola/. Please e-mail me if you see something wrong on the site.
June 2013:
Added to Viola Resources: Magnum Opus: a set of web-based tools for professional musicians, music teachers, and students. Productivity tools for serious musicians.
May 2013:
Added to Other Music Sites: The Orchestra Audition: How to Prepare by Roger Frisch. Along with detailed information how to prepare for the symphony orchestra audition, included in the back of the book is a section of the Most Commonly Asked Excerpts featuring Robert Vernon and his orchestral excerpt suggestions for the viola.
April 2013:
Added Products for Violists page.
March 2013:
Added Viola Professors page to new site, including Helen Callus at UCSB.
Added to Other Viola Sites: Articles on various viola repertoire: contemporaryviola.com and The Music of Nigel Keay: nigelkeay.com
Commenced an overhaul of the Viola.com web site on March 24, 2013. Went live at 11:28 pm (pacific daylight time) on March 25, 2013.
Added to Viola Professors: Eric Koontz at Hayes School of Music, Appalachian State University.
Updated Donald McInnes’ entry on Viola Professors page. Added Donald McInnes List of Viola Repertoire in PDF format
March 2012:
Added to Viola Events page: Tarisio Matching Grant Program: awards up to $10,000 (£6,000) of matching funds to one winning applicant for each Tarisio auction of fine instruments and bows. Open to string players aged under 30 who are currently enrolled in or graduates of a music performance degree program. Four auctions per year. The application deadline for the next auction is 26 March.
November 2011:
Added to Viola Events page: Washington International Competition will take place in Washington DC from June 8-10, 2012. Violists between the ages of 18 and 28, who are ready to take the next step towards establishing a professional career but are not yet under management, are encouraged to apply. First prize: $8000. Finalists will have the opportunity to play at Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater.
October 2011:
Added to Artides on Viola and Violists: The Tutor Pages articles for viola students.
Added to Viola Events page: Johansen International Competition: Young string players ages 13-17 are invited to compete for $66,000 in prize money in the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, which will be held March 21-24, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Added to Viola Events page: Washington International Competition will take place in Washington DC from June 8-10, 2012. Violists between the ages of 18 and 28, who are ready to take the next step towards establishing a professional career but are not yet under management, are encouraged to apply. First prize: $8000. Finalists will have the opportunity to play at Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater.
Linked www.viola.com/congress to the upcoming 2012 International Viola Congress at Eastman School of Music.
August 2011:
Web site updated for Australian and New Zealand Viola Society
Added to Viola Events page: 5th Annual Viola Celebration to be held October 22-23, 2011 on the campus of the University of Tennessee.
Added to Books on Viola page: Lainé, Frédéric.L’alto – Mnémosis Instruments. Bressuire, France: Anne Fuzeau, 2010.
May 2011:
Tim Deighton’s biography updated on Viola Professors page.
February 2011:
Added Juan Maria Solare (an Argentine born composer based in Germany who wrote several pieces for the viola) to Other Music Sites.
Contact Info and the viola.com home page (added Facebook “like” button) modified.
January 2011:
Violist Nils Bultmann‘s web site address updated on Violists
December 2010:
Violist Martin Stegner‘s web site address updated on Violists
Abstract for Firat Tas’ master thesis added to Dissertations on Viola-Related Topics. Thanks, Firat!
New Seattle Viola Society web site is up: https://sites.google.com/site/seattleviolasociety/ (thanks to Brian Lew, treasurer of SVS for informing me.) (also working: www.viola.com/svs)
Added a few teachers on Viola Professors page, thanks to Christina Reader of Ohio Viola Society.
November 2010:
Six music publishers’ websites updated in Publishers of Viola Music. Thank you, John Howard!
July 2010:
New web site address for South African Viola Society: http://www.viola.org.za
May 2010:
Added composer Raul Kottler‘s “Viola Alone” (Sheet Music, MP3 Recording) to Viola Resources.
Added www.nsamusicsupplies.com – No Strings Attached Music Supplies added to Other Music Sites.
Links to dead web sites have been removed from Other Music Sites thanks to Nick Grundvig of Webfiz.
February 2010:
To Hear the Angels Sing, a Dublin City Christmas Story by Joe Beine: A short story online about a violist. Link updated in Articles on Viola and Violists.
December 2009:
www.viola.com/congress now links to Viola Congress 2010.
Updated link to Richard Fleischman on Viola Professors page. Corrected link to New World School of the Arts, Miami.
Added to Other Music Sites: www.tallerdelso.com – Luthier in Barcelona. Repairs and produces hand-made violas.
Added to Other Music Sites: The Musician’s Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness published this fall by Oxford University Press – www.MusiciansWay.com
November 2009:
Updated Round Top Music Festival (celebrating 40th anniversary in 2010) website in Other Music Sites.
Updated Pamela Goldsmith’s web site address on Violists: www.pamelagoldsmith.com
Added many other viola societies to Viola Society Web Sites (thanks to Kenneth Martinson for sending the list to me).
Added Welsh Viola Society: www.violacymru.org.uk to Viola Society Web Sites.
Added to Viola Events page: Aronoff Music Festival, June 27 – July 1, 2010. A unique musical experience of inspiration, refreshment and new ideas for Violists (age 14+), Violinists and Cellists (age 18+).
June 2008:
Added to Publishers of Viola Music: Kenneth Martinson‘s new viola music company.
April 2008:
Donald Maurice‘s web page updated in the lists of Violists and Viola Professors.
January 2008:
Added to Books on Viola page: White, John. Lionel Tertis: The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2006.
Added to Viola Events page: Aronoff Music Festival, June 29 – July 3, 2008. A unique musical experience of inspiration, refreshment and new ideas for Violists (age 14+), Violinists and Cellists (age 18+).
November 2007:
Becoming Violist is removed from Articles on Viola and Violists – page no longer exists.
August 2007:
Kenneth Martinson‘s web page updated in the list of violists .
July 2007:
Added to Viola Sites: The role of viola in music – viola-in-music.com
Kenneth Martinson and Monica Cuneo‘s web pages updated in the list of violists.
March 2007:
Rivka Golani’s web page updated in the list of violists .
November 2006:
Interlochen’s Viola Institute to be held June 16, 2007 for violists ages 14-25. Added to Viola Events page.
July 2006:
www.viola.com/congress is now pointing to University of Adelaide’s web site for the 35th International Viola Society Congress, 2007.
Pop-up window for the viola.com t-shirts removed from web site.
February 2006:
Added to Viola Events page: Aronoff Music Festival, June 25-29, 2006. A unique musical experience of inspiration, refreshment and new ideas for Violists (age 14+), Violinists and Cellists (age 18+).
January 2006:
Kenneth Martinson is now on the faculty of the University of Florida. The list of Viola Professors has been modified accordingly.
September 2005:
Ralph Fielding at Conservatory of Music at Lynn University added to the list of Viola Professors
Zoltán Bakaja added to the list of violists
March 2005:
The viola t-shirts are completely sold out! The last shirt was sold on March 21. Thank you all for your patronage!
Added to Viola Events page: 2005 Chicago Viola Society Solo Competition will be held on May 8, 2005. Here is the revised repertoire list in MS Word format.
February 2005:
Added to Other Music Sites: Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, an exciting new music festival on the big island of Hawaii in the beautiful highlands of Waimea. The festival will take place June 20 through July 7, 2005.
January 2005:
Added to Viola Societies page: Idaho Viola Society
Added to Other Music Sites: The Online Music School
Added to Viola Resources: Beare and Son, Ltd has designed a viola based on the Tertis model for young violists.
Adde to Publishers of Viola Music: Tundradogs Music Publishing
Added to Other Music Sites page: David Milward’s Viola Workshop
Added to Viola Events page: 2005 Chicago Viola Society Solo Competition will be held on April 23, 2005.
Added to Viola Events page: Royal Northern College of Music (in Manchester, UK) is holding a public Viola Day on Sunday, 19 June which will include maker’s stalls, masterclasses, workshops, performances and some mass viola playing.
Added to Viola Events page: Orchestral Audition Training Workshop (age 18 – professional) at the Meadowmount School of Music in Westport, NY, May 21-28, 2005. Viola faculty: Boston Symphony Orchestra violist Ronald Wilkison and former Boston Symphony assistant principal Patricia McCarty.
Website address to Kenneth Martinson’s articles and program notes updated on the Viola Articles page.
Danny Seidenberg and Brett Deubner and Esra Pehlivanli are added to the Violists on the web page.
Max Aronoff Viola Institute, June 26-30, 2005 – added on the Viola Events page.
November 2004:
XXXIII International Viola Congress will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 2 – 5, 2005.
XXXIV International Viola Congress will be held in Montreal, Canada, June 7 – 11, 2006.
August 2004:
Viola d’amore Society of America‘s website added to Other Music Sites page and Viola Society Web Sites.
Melia Watras added to the Violists on the web page.
July 2004:
International Viola Society‘s web site address updated. http://www.viola.com/ivs/ and http://www.viola.com/ivg/ will link to the same site.
Charles Noble‘s web site address updated.
May 2004:
How to Choose a Viola by Peter Zaret of Peter Zaret and Sons Violins is added to the Viola Articles page.
Outdated link to the AVS National Teacher Directory removed. Will add the new link when the Directory is available again.
December 2003:
Minnesota Viola Society added to list of viola society web sites.
October 2003:
Daryl Silberman added to the Violists on the web page.
July 2003:
Donald Maurice’ book, Bartok’s Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of His Swansong to be published soon by Oxford University Press.
Donald Maurice‘ web address updated in Viola Professors and Violists on the web pages.
May 2003:
Southern California Viola Society’s web site is now at http://www.southerncaliforniaviolasociety.com/
NYVS now has its own web site! Old address (www.viola.com/nyvs/) will continue to direct visitors to new site.
Events page updated.
March 2003:
Kenneth Martinson‘s web address updated in Viola Professors and Violists on the web pages.
Duo Leclair added to the Violists on the web page.
Shmuel Katz added to the Violists on the web page.
Laura Wilcox added to the Viola Professors and Violists on the web pages.
Web site uploaded: XXXI International Viola Congress, June 10-13, 2003 and listed on the Viola Events page
February 2003:
Márta Németh‘s web address updated on the Violists on the web page.
Roger Myers’ web address updated in Viola Professors and Violists on the web page.
Events page updated.
January 2003:
Thomas Oboe Lee, composer added to Other Music Sites page.
Sten Broman, composer added to Famous Names list.
To Hear the Angels Sing, a Dublin City Christmas Story by Joe Beine. A short story online about a violist.
Jeanne Mallow added, and Gilad Karni‘s web address updated on Violists on the web
November 2002:
Steven Gerber’s web address changed to http://www.stevengerber.com/ in resources page.
Link to Dr. David Dalton’s The Viola and Violists article updated on the home page and articles page.
October 2002:
Bruno Giuranna’s amazing web site added to Violists on the web and Viola Professors.
Kenneth Martinson’s new web address updated in Violists on the web and added to Viola Professors. Also added a link to his program notes on Stravinsky elegie, Hindemith solo sonatas, and Colgrass variations on the Viola Articles page.
September 2002:
SCVS’ next event is on October 20 at 4 pm.
Southern California Viola Society’s web site closed down. Temporary web site is set up at http://www.viola.com/scvs/
Iowa Viola Society added to the list of Viola Societies.
Peter Bucknell added to Viola Professors and Violists on the web.
T-shirts now on sale! Deadline for ordering is 9/25/02.
NYVS web site completely revamped by Ken Johnson.
Donation to viola.com now accepted at the Support The Viola Web Site page (click the Make a Donation button on the upper left corner).
Winner of the viola t-shirt contest, Chueh Lee, announced. T-shirts can be ordered very soon.
August 2002:
Link to 2003 Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition added to Viola Events.
July 2002:
Primrose International Viola Archive link updated.
Roland Glassl added to List of Violists on the web.
Preliminary viola t-shirt design
June 2002:
Address to Gen Totani’s Viola Ensemble Music Archive updated in the Resources page.
May 2002:
Comus edition web address updated.
Basic Viola Fingerboard removed from Resources page – no longer exists.
April 2002:
William Primrose and Lionel Tertis added to List of Violists on the web.
Link to Viola Orchestral Vacancies removed (no longer exists)
Link to ClassicWeb Viola Jobs (no longer exists) changed to Classic Web Viola Page
March 2002:
Miserable Melodies: Recorded with good intentions…and bad results. Added to Other Music Sites page.
Karen Tuttle’s Coordination Workshop – June 7-9, 2002 added to Viola Events and Competitions page.
February 2002:
International Viola Society’s web page updated by Ann Frederking
NYVS web site updated by Ken Johnson
Chicago Viola Society Solo Competition – March 23, 2002 added to Viola Events and Competitions page.
January 2002:
PIVA Opening to be held on March 1, 2002
Canadian Viola Society has a brand new web site and address: www.viola.ca
A Viola Web Ring added to Other Viola Sites.
Added the Viola Club of MD/DC & VA to Viola Society Web Sites.
Added the contact info page.
December 2001:
A Viola Site in Spanish added to Other Viola Sites page.
Palmetto Viola Society web site debuts!
Max Aronoff Viola Institute, June 30-July 5, 2002 added to Viola Events and Competitions page.
Spare Parts: Sheet Chamber Music Exchange added to Other Music Sites page.
A page listing many European teachers added to the Viola Professors page.
Uploaded NYVS’s new home page (prepared by Ken Johnson).
November 2001:
John Cale added to the list of famous people who played viola.
Folk viola site by Lindsay Aitkenhead added to Other Viola Sites
November 13 – The Viola List is restored! Please once again use viola@yahoogroups.com to post.
November 9 – a temporary list is set up to substitute for the Viola List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/viola2/ . To subscribe, send an e-mail to viola2-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . For digest subscribers: after sending to the e-mail address above, please send another to viola2-digest@yahoogroups.com in order to switch to digest subscription.
November 8 – The Viola List is temporarily out of service.
Uploaded NYVS web site (reorganized by Ken Johnson).
Robert Turrell‘s site added to the Viola Professors page.
October 2001:
Info on viola scholarship to study with Robert Turrell at the Royal Academy of Music‘s Junior Academy added to Viola Events, Competitions and Scholarships page
Viola Events and Competitions page now called Viola Events, Competitions and Scholarships page
Simonide Braconi added to Viola Professors Page
Viola Festival – Lionel Tertis 125th Anniversary (1876 -1975) from 31 October to 2 November, 2001 at the Royal Academy of Music, London
Added Simonide Braconi’s new web address in the Violists on the Web page: www.simonidebraconi.it
A Brazilian viola site added to Other Viola Sites page.
September 2001:
SCVS‘ new web site address included on Viola Society Web Sites page.
Spencer Martin‘s (Univ. of Alabama) site added to the Viola Professors page.
Young Violists list created on September 22, 2001! The group is hosted here.
The “What’s a…?” Series: a new method series for stringed instruments added to Other Music Sites
NYVS web site updated
August 2001:
Viola music of New York composer Steven R. Gerber available for download at http://www.composers.com/gerber/ � Elegy On The Name Dmitri Shostakovich
Bernard Zaslav’s web site debuts
Jodi Levitz’s biography added to Viola Professors Page
Martin E. LeBeau’s dissertation included in the Dissertations on Viola-Related Topics Page
ASTA MD/DC Certificate Program for Viola (Performance requirements and suggested curriculum) added to Resources page
Nordic Viola Society’s link updated: http://www.nordicviola.com
July 2001:
Violadamore.com added to Other Music Sites.
Werner Icking Music Archive added to Other Music Sites.
XXX International Viola Congress will be held June 19-23, 2002 in Seattle, WA.
FAQ and Guidelines for the Viola List updated: new instructions for filtering list messages.
June 2001:
The site-wide search engine is, after a long hiatus, in working condition.
Sunday, June 24: Viola.com’s transition to the new web host is complete.
Saturday, June 23: Viola.com’s domain servers updated to those of the new host.
Paul Silverthorne added to the Violists and Viola Professors page.
May 2001:
Edwin Folk’s Violists database updated: the new version includes over 5,000 violists.
New, official American Viola Society web site makes its debut!
April 2001:
Viola Email List’s FAQ and User Guidelines page updated. The viola.com home page now has a more visible link to Viola Email List page at Yahoogroups.
Scott Lee’s Debut with the American Youth Symphony is at 8:00 pm, Sunday, April 8, 2001. Admission is free!
March 2001:
Central Conservatory of Music Viola Competition in Beijing, November 6-11, 2001 (Competition E-mail address: ztqbs@sina.com.cn – web site available soon!)
NYVS web site updated.
Violafest in Utah, March 7-11, 2001
February 2001:
Ivana P. Orsi’s dissertation added to Dissertations on Viola-Related Topics
Oregon Viola Society’s link updated to www.oregonviola.org
The 10th Anniversary Casals Hall Viola Space 2001, January 2001.
January 2001:
Viola Fan Club has a new web site! The wonderful CD database, in English, is here
Max Aronoff Viola Institute link updated.
Primrose Competition 2001 web page updated.
NYVS web site updated with information about upcoming Collegial Concert.
AVS National Teacher Directory now available at AVS web site!
ANZVS‘s membership fees updated.
October 2000:
The Viola Email List moved to yahoogroups.com as of October 2.
September 2000:
The Viola Email List to move to yahoogroups.com. It is already being archived there, and the new group will have the same home: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/viola/
Maurizio Barbetti‘s Giorgio Gatti (Torino 1900) Viola for sale (portion of the sale will benefit the Viola Web Site)
Donald Maurice added to the Viola Professors page.
August 2000:
Patricia McCarty’s Warmup article, which first appeared in the February 2000 issue of Strad Magazine.
Edwin Folk’s Violists database, now available for Unix (by Cody Russell).
Edwin Folk’s Violists database, now available for PC (by Brian Lee).
Edwin Folk’s Violists database, now available for Macintosh! (Databases for other platforms will soon follow….)
July 2000:
A site listing viola teachers
June 2000:
First Viola Competition in China will be held at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, July 9-14, 2000.
May 2000:
Kenneth Martinson’s Interview with Madeline Milhaud
Vibrato to your hearts’ delight by John Krakenberger
April 2000:
Congress 2000 site updated. (specifically, the Tours page)
Famous People Who Played Viola updated.
Viola Email Lists updated.
Violists on the Web updated.
ANZVS web site updated.
March 2000:
NYVS announces its second collegial concert
NYVS web site updated.
February 2000:
SCVS presents Lawrence Power Recital
NYVS web site updated.
January 2000:
More information added to International Viola Congress, 2000‘s site.
Choosing a viola, from Collins Violins.
NYVS web site updated.
RMVS web site updated.
Munich Competition, Sept 7 – 15, 2000
December 1999:
Practices Tips compiled from contributors of the Viola Email LIst, compiled by Lisanne Bainbridge
Orchestral Viola Vacancies (this replaces old link)
XXIX Viola Congress, 2001 will be hosted in Wellington, New Zealand, April 8-12, 2001.
November 1999:
Kelton Publications’ new address is http://www.keltonpublications.com/. All links to it from viola.com have been updated.
November 1999:
Chicago Viola Society’s 2000 Solo Contest: January 22, 2000
New York Viola Society’s web site is completely redone by Ken Johnson.
October 1999:
Thanks to Phillip Stevens, Rocky Mountain Viola Society’s web site is revamped!
New addresses:
Japanese Viola Fan Club’s exhaustive List of Viola CDs (listed by violists and by composers)
Viola Fan Club, Japan
Viola Mailing List is now renamed Viola Email List, or VEL for short. The web site will soon be updated to reflect this change.
The link to the yahoogroups.com site, where The Viola Mailing List is archived, has changed to http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/viola/. To avoid confusion, the link below (March 1999) is also changed.
14th German Violists’ Congress at Celle, October 15 to 17, 1999
Karen Ritscher’s Recital, Oct. 10, 1999 at Mannes College
Paul Coletti’s Recital, Oct. 24, 1999 at Mannes College
XVIII Viola Congress, 4-8 August 2000 will be hosted at Linkoeping, Sweden.
September 1999:
Viola Fest, Nov. 19-21, 1999 at Penn State University
August 1999:
Mail server for viola.com seems to fail occassionally…if you have trouble sending email to me (Allan), try allan@violaweb.org
Ola Viola – a most excellent Korean viola site.
Rarities for Strings Publications
Site-wide search engine installed; find it at the bottom of the menu.
August 11: Viola.com is now hosted by a new web host! If you find something that doesn’t work correctly/like it used to, please contact Allan M. Lee.
July 1999:
Dr. Pamela Goldsmith’s web site, which contains many of her writings published in Strings, American String Teacher, Journal of the American Viola Society, etc., can be found at http://www.zvonar.com/PamelaGoldsmith/. It even has some unpublished articles!
“Three Sad Songs” for Viola and Piano by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Martino commissioned for Samuel Rhodes by the Koussevitzky Foundation, premiered by Mr. Rhodes at the Library of Congress in 1998 is now available from Dantalian, Inc.. Also, “Three Dances” for Viola and Piano.
Maurice Vieux Concours International d’Alto (Link to detailed info added)
Carolyn Broe’s article: Orchestral Excerpt Course
June 1999:
Primrose Competition winners announced here
Donald Maurice’ Bartok’s Viola Concerto – An Investigation of its Genesis, Reconstruction, Reception, Revision and Future Possibilities added to the dissertations list.
Maurice Vieux Concours International d’Alto (Updated)
Carolyn Broe’s article: Progressive Etudes for the Viola
GMD – Music Archive (I can’t believe I haven’t already put a link to Werner Icking’s terrific site. This is where you find free ready-to-print music, including Bach’s violin sonatas and partitas and cello suites transcribed for viola. Don’t forget to thank Werner for this wonderful resource!
May 1999:
Viola Learners’ Music List, compiled by Lisanne Bainbridge (Version 5)
April 1999:
How to read viola mailing list messages thru the web
Gen Totani’s Viola Ensemble Music Archive
Kelton Publication (PRACTICING THE VIOLA, MENTALLY-PHYSICALLY by Louis Kievman)
March 1999:
Rebecca Clarke, Composer and Violist: A Biography by Daniela Kohnen
Read messages and Participate on Viola Mailing List via the Web: created 03/28/99
First International Viola Competition in Vienna
Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s “Homecoming” Recital
International Viola Congress 1999
Feb 1999:
Chicago Viola Society’s 1999 Solo Contest: January 9, 1999
Viola d’amore Society of America: Newsletter Vol. 22 No. 2
The Joesph dePasquale International Viola Institute
Jan 1999:
Instant web page translation into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
A picture illustrating alto clef in relation to treble and bass clefs.
Famous names associated with viola
Les Amis de l’Alto (Friends of the Viola), a viola society in France.
George Andrix’ web site, The Complete Blues Viola