Schedule of Events

(Subject to change)


Wednesday, June 4, 2008

12 noon
Opening Ceremony

1:00 pm
Exhibition areas officially open

1:00 pm
BRATS events

1:30 pm
Master Class with Heidi Castleman

2:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital

3:00 pm
Recital featuring violists of the southwestern United States: Jacquelyn Schwandt, Kim Fredenburgh, Peter Rosato and Hong Mei Xiao

3:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital

4:30 pm
BRATS Master Class with Christine Rutledge

5:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital

6:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital

7:30 pm
BRATS performance

8:00 pm
Signature Evening Event: Kim Kashkashian Recital with Lydia Artymiw



Thursday, June 5, 2008

8:00 am
Play In – Viola Ensembles led by Ken Martinson

9:00 am
Lecture: Matthew Jones on Alexander Technique and Yoga

10:00 am
International Viola Society General Meeting

10:00 am
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

11:00 am
Master Class with Jeffrey Irvine

11:00 am
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

12 noon
Lecture Recital: Luis Magin Muniz on Spanish Viola Music

1:00 pm
Duo Recital with Scott Slapin and Tanya Solomon

2:00 pm
Lecture Recital: Kathryn Plummer on “Violating Stereotypes”

2:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

3:00 pm
American Viola Society General Meeting

3:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

4:30 pm
Luthier Demonstration with Paul Neubauer

5:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

6:00 pm
Primrose International Viola Competition semi-final round recital*

8:00 pm
Signature Evening Event: Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang Recital


*recital depends upon the total number of semi-finalists named



Friday, June 6, 2008

8:00 am
Play In – Viola Ensembles led by Ken Martinson

9:00 am
Lecture: Mark Braunstein on Rehabilitation After Dystonia

10:00 am
Composer’s Forum: Joan Tower, Scott Slapin, Kenji Bunch

11:00 am
Master Class with Karen Ritscher

12 noon
International Viola Society Meeting

1:00 pm
Southern California Viola Choir Concert

2:00 pm
Lecture: Edward Klorman on Historical Performance Practice

3:00 pm
Primrose Laureates Recital featuring Che-Ye Chen, Kirsten Docter and Jennifer Stumm

4:30 pm
Lecture: Yi-Fang Huang on Viola/Piano Collaboration

8:00 pm
Signature Evening Event: Concertos featuring Paul Coletti,
Hsin-Yun Huang, Paul Neubauer and Nokuthula Ngwenyama



Saturday, June 7, 2008

8:00 am
Play In – Viola Ensembles led by Tom Tatton

9:00 am
Lecture Recital: Jutta Puchhammer-Sedillot and Elise Desjardins

10:00 am
Master Class with Jerzy Kosmala

11:00 am
Recital of Duo repertoire with Ken Martinson, John Largess, David Arnott, Coca Bochonko, Scott Woolweaver and Shelly Tramposh

1:00 pm
Master Class with Bruno Pasquier

2:00 pm
Lecture: Louise Lansdown

3:00 pm
Repertoire Recital with Korey Konkol, Pamela Goldsmith, David Holland, Carlos Maria Solare

4:00 pm
Master Class with Roland Vamos

5:00 pm
Gala Banquet

8:00 pm
Live Final Round of the 11th Primrose International Viola Competition



Sunday, June 8, 2008

8:00 am
Play In – Viola Ensembles led by Tom Tatton

9:00 am
Lecture Recital: Donald Maurice and Richard Mapp

10:00 am
Master Class with Donald McInnes

11:00 am
American Viola Society Recital with Carol Rodland, Juliet White-Smith, Sheila Browne and Susan Dubois

12:30 pm
Viola Ensemble performance led by Ken Martinson and Tom Tatton

1:00 pm
Primrose Winner’s Recital

2:00 pm
Lecture: Claudine Bigelow on the Primrose International Viola Archive

3:00 pm
Final Recital: Roland Vamos and Viacheslav Dinerchtein