15th International Viola d'amore Congress. June 21–24, 2010. Evanston/Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rachel Barton Pine, host. THE bi-annual event for viola d'amore. Chamber music, concertos, lectures, presentations, trade-show.
For details, contact our co-directors, or use the Contact form on the web. Download pdf flyer.

Preliminary information on the congress, which may still change:

Performers, in alphabetical order: Sophia Acheson, Rachel Barton Pine, Frank Bellino, Viera Bilikova, John Ceo, Christoph Christman, Donovan Christman, Ken Christman, Elaine Fine, Daniel Geiger, Franzisk Jaeger, Leon King, Rüdiger Müller-Nübling, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Elizabeth Ohly-Davis, Michel Pons, Myron Rosenblum, Tom Saul, Carlos Solare, Daniel Thomason, Margit Vig, Renata van der Vyver, Elisabeth Watson.

Composers, in alphabetical order: Anonymous, Ariosti, Biber, Boatwright, Bowen, Fine, Giulianai, Graupner, Guzinger, Hindemith, Hoffmann, Hoffmeister, Hunter, Lane, Loeillet, Martin, Muradian, Quanz, Rust, Schlein, Schubert, Stamitz, Süss, Telemann, Vivaldi, Ward.

Lectures:
- Marianne Rônez on some historical instruments (read by Geiger)
- Thomas Georgi on ornamentation in high baroque.
- Martin Biller on construction of his violas d'amore.
- Leon King on the use of the viola d'amore in passion settings by Bach, Telemann and Stolzer.
- Stephen Nachmanivitch on solo improvisation on the viola d'amore.
- Gordon Childs on Carl Wunderle (with live music examples by Ken Christman).

Exhibits:
Martin Biller.

Blog.
For those who are not able to attend the congress, we intend to post blog entries on the Viola d'more Forum. If you may want to comment on the posts, please register before hand, so that any potential problems can be resolved before hand. Thanks.

The congress is open for attendance to all interested parties. Performers and speakers must be up-to-date dues paying members in good standing of the Viola d'amore Society of America. If you are a performer and have interest in performing, contact either

Daniel Thomason, 10917 Pickford Way, Culver City, CA 90230, USA (E Mail: altviool@sbcglobal.net)  
or
Myron Rosenblum, 39-23 47th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104, USA (E mail: roseviola@earthlink.net)

and let us know your interests. Or, you may attend as an observer or listener and just enjoy the wonderful sounds of the viola d'amore over the congress days.