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Viola Day
Mar
19

Viola Day

2-3pm: feature masterclass with special guest
3-3:45pm: mini-masterclasses with Jocelyne Bastien, Guyonne LeLouarn, Dean O’Brien, and others!
3:40-4:30pm: lecture and Q&A with Chris Sandvoss

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Feb
12

Discussion Groups

4:00-4:45pm EST (1:00-1:45 p.m. PST):
Effective Practice (moderated by Jocelyne Bastien)

5:00-5:45pm EST (2:00-2:45 p.m. PST):
Audition Preparation (moderated by Michael van der Sloot)

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Discussion Groups
Feb
4

Discussion Groups

4:00-4:45pm EST (1:00-1:45 p.m. PST):
Injury Prevention (moderated by Brie van der Aa)

5:00-5:45pm EST (2:00-2:45 p.m. PST):
Mental Health (moderated by Ryan Vis)

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Alexander Technique with Erin Macdonald
Nov
27

Alexander Technique with Erin Macdonald

The Alexander Technique is an educational method that teaches us how to use our bodies with greater efficiency, ease, and freedom. This method has been taught for over a century and is frequently used by actors and musicians to enhance performance. Erin Macdonald is Principal Violist of the Okanagan Symphony and a trained teacher of the Alexander Technique (Ottawa, 2017). Erin lives, works, and plays on the traditional and unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples in North Vancouver.

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Viola Day 2022
Mar
6

Viola Day 2022

The CVS invites members to join us on Zoom for the 2022 Viola Day, a celebration of viola playing for all ages! Students from across the country will come together for masterclasses with Canada’s foremost teachers and performers.

1:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

CVS members will receive a Zoom invitation email.

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Workshop with Lucy Strauss
Jan
17

Workshop with Lucy Strauss

Lucy Strauss (former CVS webmaster) presents an eclectic and interactive workshop: Embodied Approaches to Improvisation.

4:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time)

CVS Members will receive a Zoom invitation email.

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Aug
1

Young Artist Concert Series | Summer 2021

Click here to watch the YouTube premiere

Justin Almazan, Montreal:

J.S. Bach (1685-1715): Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba BWV 1027, Adagio, Allegro ma non tanto

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Märchenbilder I. Nicht schnell

Caroline Olsen, Vancouver

Jean Lesage (b. 1958): Toquade (2016)

Lucy Strauss, Vancouver

Raven Chacon (b.1977): ła'ts'áadah

VAM Viola Ensemble, Vancouver
(Katie Purcell, Heather Elworthy, Lincoln St.John, Cedric Phillips, Johnny Huang)

York Bowen (1884-1961): Fantasie for Four Violas

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Mar
21

Viola Day 2021

The CVS invites members to join us on Zoom for the 2021 Viola Day! This celebration of the viola will bring students and teachers together from across Canada to perform in online masterclasses.

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Dec
20

Young Artist Concert Series | December 2020

Click here to watch the YouTube premiere

Katie Purcell

Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979) – I. Impetuoso from Sonata for Viola & Piano

Meika Sonntag

JS Bach (1685 - 1750) – Prélude from Cello Suite no.3 in C major

Marilou Lepage

Isabelle Panneton (b. 1955) – Piéce bréve pour alto

Jeffrey Komar

Marjan Mozetich (b. 1948) – 2. Capriccio from Baroque Diversions for viola solo

Nina Weber

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820 - 1881) – 1. Maestoso - Allegro from Sonata for Viola & Piano, 1st mvmt

​Christoph Chung

Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 3, "Ballade”

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