Coming up in 2015 we have our third Young Violists Competition scheduled for April 12 at Community Music Center in San Francisco. Details can be found here.
We will be awarding another Tom Heimberg Viola Advocate Award during the YVC finals - Details about past recipients here.
We also hope to add new Violas on a Roll workshops to the schedule - learn about Violas on a Roll here -- and continue to work with the California Music Center/Klein Competition as well as other regional organizations like ASTA to present teacher workshops, educational school visits, and "viola petting zoos" to expand the viola's reach into the community. Please contact us if you have an idea for additional programming. All ideas are most welcome!
Now that our 501(c)(3) status has come through, we are officially confirmed as the kind of society we want to become - a community benefit organization. We are not a private club but rather a public community engaged in advancing the viola and its music for all. As a friend and supporter, you are at the core of our community and poised to spread the word about the NCVS and help move us forward into a new era of viola advocacy and celebration.
Will you help us? We have been doing much and there is still much more we want to do -- but we truly need your support to make it happen and to keep the NCVS and its offerings growing! You can become an NCVS member here: download the .pdf membership form - and/or you can make a tax-deductible donation of any amount directly to the Northern California Viola Society here: