2026 OVS Viola Competition Information

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Application fee

Application Form


Date: Sunday, September 13th, 2026

​Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Performing Arts (49 Seminary Rd., Berea, OH 44017)

Time: 10am-5:15pm


Please join us for our annual OHhh Viola! Fall Master Class Day! We are excited to welcome this year's guest artist: Teng Li, Principal Violist of the Chicago Symphony, former Principal Violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony, and newly appointed faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.​
We are also offering a mindfulness workshop in the morning with violist, former Cleveland Orchestra member and founder of MindfulOpus —  performance and well-being coaching for classical musicians — Joanna Zakany.

Ohhh Viola! Day 2026 Schedule

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10:00am ~ Registration (Gamble Auditorium                     Lobby); participants arriving

                  12:00pm or later will register in                    Kadel Rehearsal Hall 


10:30am ~ Mindfulness Workshop with Joanna Zakany


12:00pm ~ Instrument/Bow Exhibits open


12:30pm ~ Guest Artist Recital


1:00-3:00pm ~ Guest Artist Master Class


3:00pm ~ Instrument/Bow Exhibits & Refreshments available

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3:45-5:15pm ~ Mini-masterclasses with Area Viola Teachers**


​​~ All ages and abilities are welcome to participate.  Please contact Lembi Veskimets kveskime@bw.edu if you wish to perform in a mini-master class. 

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~ Admission is $25.  ​


​** This year's Mini-masterclass teachers include Sheila Browne, Caroline Coade, Kirsten Docter, Brian Hong, Spencer Ingersoll, Catharine Lees, Hannah Levinson, James Rhodes, Lembi Veskimets, Juliet White-Smith, Louise Zeitlin and Laura Kuennen-Poper.

OHhh Viola! Day 2026

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2026 OVS Viola Competition! This year's winners are:

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First Prize: Omari Gregory (student of Peter Slowik)


Second Prize: Lillianna Wodzisz (student of Jeffrey Irvine)

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Viola students of all ages and levels are invited to participate! We have divisions for high school and college/under graduate, and a masterclass for elementary and middle schoolers. Please see Competition Guidelines for more info!

Ohio Viola Society

You may pay ahead of time using the PayPal link below, or scanning the QR code.

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