The Violin Society of America's 19th International Competition was held November 8-13, 2010, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Thank you to all outgoing board members who worked so hard to put together such a complete and memorable competition and convention. The new board members* elected for a four year term and officers for the 2010-2012 term are listed below.
Rodney D. Mohr, President
Jerry Pasewicz, Vice-president
Chris Germain, President-elect
Jay vandeKopple, Secretary
Todd Goldenberg, Treasurer
John Montgomery James Warren
Chris Reuning* Bill Sloan
Ted White* Tom King
Lisbeth Nelson-Butler Ken Sullivan
Carla Shapreau* Erin Schrader*
Ryan McLaughlin* Roland Feller
Claire Givens* Marilyn Wallin, President Emeritus
Hors' Concours Exhibit
A special exhibit by past competitors whose success granted them the status of "hors' concours," through the receipt of at least three gold medals in three separate competitions, was held during the convention. These exhibitors were recognized for their success at the close of the banquet on Thursday, November 11, 2010, with a certificate signed by all the board members. Congratulations everyone!
Gregg Alf Morgan Andersen David Burgess Ed Campbell
Thomas Croen Jose Dacunha David Folland Pierre-Yves Fuchs
Joseph Grubaugh David Gusset Amos Hargrave Chang Heyern Jin
Reid Kowallis Joseph Kun Francis Kuttner Yannic LeCanu
Rodney Mohr Robert Morrow Roy Quade Frank Ravatin
David Samuels William Scott Sigrun Seifert Paul Siefried
Randy Steenburgen Gregor Walbrot Paul Wiessmeyer
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE MAKERS WHO WON AWARDS!!!
Violin
Gold Medal
Jeff Phillips
Silver Medal for Workmanship
Raymond Schryer Luke Degner Duncan MacDonald
Silver Medal for Tone
Zhong Qiu Chang Sanghoon Lee
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Carsetn Hoffman Scott Brown Petio Kostov
Marcus Klimke Silvio Levaggi Stefan Valcuha
Antoine Cauche Alejandro Puig Antoine Nedelec
Rainer Beilharz Eero Haahti Mark Hough
Stephan von Baehr Wenlin Du Philippe Mahu
Zigiu Li Ming-Jiang Zhu
Certificate of Merit for Tone
Eric Caldwell Michael Doran Roman Barnas
Ken Su Nathaniel Rowan Shi Jin Chen
Geoffrey Ovington Chen Shao Zhu Wei-Xian
Viola
Gold Medal
Jeff Phillips
Silver Medal for Workmanship
Peter Goodfellow Stephan von Baehr Antoine Cauche
Silver Medal for Tone
Ken Sullivan Stanley Kiernoziak Bill Lakeberg
Kelin Zhang Theodore Skreko Francois Denis
Chris White & David Polstein Zhen Nian Wang
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Ichiro Tsutsume Borja Bernabeu Thomas Meuwissen
Certificate of Merit for Tone
Shan Jiang Patrick Higgins Kai Liu
Thomas Meuwissen Haide Lin
Cello
Gold Medal
Peter Goodfellow
Silver Medal for Workmanship
Antoine Cauche Stephan von Baehr Nicolas Gilles
Silver Medal for Tone
Kelvin Scott
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Rainer Beilharz Krzysztof Krupa Martin Heroux
Certificate of Merit for Tone
Jun Wu
Bass
Gold Medal
Guy Cole Mario Lamarre
Certificate of Merit for Tone
Seth Kimmel Chris Savino
Quartet
Silver Medal for Workmanship
Antoine Cauche Stephan von Baehr
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Silvio Levaggi Nicolas Gilles Martin Heroux
Krzysztof Krupa Min Sung Kim
Certificate of Merit for Tone
Stanley Kiernoziak Haide Lin & Zu Liang Wu
Violin Bow
Gold Medal
Eero Haahti Paul Sadka Eric Fournier
Gary Leahy
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Vladimir Mukhin Matthew Wehling David Hawthorne
Emmanuel Begin Steven Decoux
Viola Bow
Gold Medal
Paul Sadka Gary Leahy Eric Fournier
John Aniano
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Vladimir Mukhin Matthew Wehling
Cello Bow
Gold Medal
Matthew Wehling Gary Leahy Paul Sadka
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Eero Haahti Emmanuel Begin Eric Fournier
Bass Bow
Gold Medal
Christophe Collinet
Certificate of Merit for Workmanship
Steven Decoux Emmanuel Carlier Susan Lipkins