Primrose International Viola Competition

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The Primrose International Viola Competition, also referred to as the Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition, is an international music competition for viola players named for the 20th century virtuoso William Primrose.

1 History
2 Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition
3 Primrose International Viola Competition
4 See also
5 References

[edit] History

International music competitions for instruments such as violin and piano had been held for decades. However, there was a void in the music world to recognize the viola as a major solo instrument. Because of a lack of substantial viola solo literature, the instrument's potential was not realized until the appearance of Lionel Tertis, considered the "father of viola playing". Tertis commissioned scores of works that reflected the instrument's rich diversity. William Primrose continued in Tertis' footsteps of excellence in viola performance, and in 1979 created the first competition for the instrument. In subsequent years, two major viola competitions arose: the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition.

The Primrose competitions are held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the North American Viola Congress. Eligible participants are 29 years and younger of any nationality. The competition involves three rounds during the week-long Congress in which entrants perform a required work as well as several choices from a viola repertoire list that includes solo works, sonatas, concertos and transcriptions by Primrose.

[edit] Primrose Memorial Scholarship Competition

No.	Year	Location	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	Jurists / Notes
11	2008	Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona	Dimitri Murrath	Emily Deans	Molly Carr	Claudine Bigelow (Chairman), Ensik Choi, Bruno Pasquier, Carol Rodland, Eugene Sarbu, Amir Shiff, Steven Tenenbom
10	2005	Brigham Young University Provo, Utah	Jennifer Stumm	David Aaron Carpenter David Kim	— not awarded —	Matthew Dane (Chairman), Carol Rodland, Daniel Foster, Susan Dubois, Nokuthula Ngwenyama Honorable Mention: Yu Jin
9	2003	Samford University Homewood, Alabama	Che-Yen (Brian) Chen	Teng Li	Nils Mönkemeyer
8	2001	Elmhurst College Elmhurst, Illinois	Antoine Tamestit	Ula Žebriūnaitė	— not awarded —	Ralph Fielding, Jerzy Kosmala, Charles Pikler, William Preucil, Juliet White-Smith
7	1999	University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario	Lawrence Power	Roland Glassl	Elizabeth Freivogel	Ralph Aldrich, Alan deVeritch, Hartmut Lindemann, John White
6	1997	University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas	Christina Castelli	Rita Porfiris	Karin Brown	Karen Tuttle, Alan deVeritch, David Holland, Karen Ritscher
5	1995	Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana	Catherine Basrak	Joan DerHovsepian	/ Scott Lee	Donna Lively Clark, James Durham, Csaba Erdélyi, Abram Skernick, Thomas Tatton, Marcus Thompson
4	1993	Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois	Nokuthula Ngwenyama	Kathryn Lockwood	— not awarded —	William Preucil (Chairman), David Dalton, Mary Arlin, Paul Coletti, William Magers, Thomas Tatton
3	1991	Ithaca College Ithaca, New York	Kirsten Docter	Kin-Fung Leung	— not awarded —	Emanuel Vardi (Chairman), Harold Coletta, David Dalton, Rosemary Glyde, Pamela Goldsmith, John White
2	1989	University of Redlands Redlands, California	Daniel Foster	Ming Pak	Kai Tang	Louis Kievman (Chairman), David Dalton, Alan deVeritch, Roberto Díaz, Rosemary Glyde, Donald McInnes, Dwight Pounds, Sven Reher, Karen Tuttle
1	1987	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	Lynne Richburg	Carla-Maria Rodrigues	Paris Anastasiadis	Robert Oppelt (Chairman), David Dalton, Rosemary Glyde, Nathan Gordon, Louis Kievman, Dwight Pounds, Ann Woodward