ViolaMANIA! 4 promises to be our biggest and best violafest yet. The Northern California Viola Society invites you to bring a viola for $1 off admission and join us in our latest attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the Most Violists Playing Together. Hear the Bay Area’s top violists and learn a few new viola jokes. Shop for alto clef accessories at the Viola Fair. Don’t miss the fun and the great viola ensemble music. Concert at 7:30 PM features 20+ local viola luminaries and includes finalists from 2019 Young Violists Competition, viola-jazz, klezmer, period-instrument specialists & more! Bring your viola and join us in the Grand Finale audience play-along Telemann Viola Concerto.
Viola Ensembles include: Ride of the Valkyries for violas, a Klezmer group playing original works by Cookie Segelstein, Early Music violists playing Dowland’s Lachrymae, a rarely heard viola quartet by Weinzerl, jazz-funk arrangements featuring Emily Onderdonk of Vitamin Em and Darcy Rindt of Squid Inc. Jeremy Cohen's Stylistic Duos and the prizewinning composition for solo viola "Out of Mud" by Denise Ondishko performed by YVC prizewinner Sydney Whipple.
Lobby doors open at 6 PM for the pre-concert Viola Fair, including viola ensemble reading session with Tom Tatton, jazz/fiddle session with Jeremy Cohen, NCVS merchandise and viola vendors, raffle, socializing with violists, all things alto clef! Lobby activities support the Young Violists’ Competition and future NCVS events.