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The American Viola Society (AVS) is an organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas that promotes interest in the viola by encouraging performance and recording at the highest artistic level, by the continued study and research of our instrument and its repertoire, and by providing a vehicle for the ongoing development of the fraternal bond among violists.〔 〕 The American Viola Society offers a variety of services to its members and violists worldwide, including the Primrose International Viola Competition, the Gardner Composition Competition, and the Dalton Research Competition; publications such as the Journal of the American Viola Society, the AVS Studio Blog, Teacher's Toolbox and score downloads; a Viola Bank offering loans of instruments; and a National Teacher Directory. The American Viola Society also regularly hosts International Viola Congresses. ==History== In 1971, Myron Rosenblum founded the American Viola Research Society, a subset of the Viola-Forschungsgellschaft, now the International Viola Society (IVS). The organization changed its name in 1978 to the American Viola Society to better reflect the interests of its members. In 1979, David Dalton founded the Primrose International Viola Competition in honor of the great Scottish-American violist William Primrose. That same year, the American Viola Society co-commissioned George Rochberg's Viola Sonata in celebration of Primrose's seventy-fifth birthday. In 1985, the AVS began publishing the ''Journal of the American Viola Society'' (''JAVS''), an outgrowth of the ''AVS Newsletter'' that it had previously produced. The ''JAVS'' has been a leading source of viola research; notably publishing several articles on the genesis and revision of Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto. Upon retirement of David Dalton as longtime editor in 1999, ''JAVS'' established the David Dalton Viola Research Competition for student members of the society. To further the organization's mission of encouraging performance and developing the fraternal bond among violists, the AVS initiated local chapters during the 1990s. More than two dozen state and regional chapters have formed, many of which have established their own viola choirs and viola festivals that offer educational opportunities to area violists. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Viola Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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