This June for the NCVS

We have exciting news! We are headed to Los Angeles in June 2024 to present at the American Viola Society Festival taking place at the Colburn School. Our proposal was accepted and we plan to showcase our most recent 5 Young Violists Competition winners of the "Best New Piece" Award playing the 5 most recent winning compositions.  Please renew your membership to help support this important effort, click on the yellow donate button on the right side over there --->

Recent activity: Get ready for next year!
Composition Contest - Composers, it is time once again to polish up and submit your solo works for viola. The Northern California Viola Society announces its 2023-34 Composition Contest for unperformed, unrecorded solo viola works, 3 minutes duration or under, composed in the last 5 years. See the Composer Competition tab for more details.
 
Our 2024 Young Violists Competition returns to a live finals format, taking place March 10, 2024 at 2pm.  Pre-college, aged 19 or younger. Applicants must be based in or studying in Northern California. Deadline: video materials submitted by January 8, 2024, 11:59pm Pacific time. Please consider filing your application form ahead of the deadline and submitting your recordings and payment when ready. Use the YVC tab above for more information.