2025 ViolaFest Los Angeles

Name: 2025 ViolaFest Los Angeles
Start: 2025-02-02T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-02T17:00:00-08:00
Location: 1714 21st St, Santa Monica, CA, United States, California 90404

Schedule

Sun Feb 02 2025 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

1714 21st St, Santa Monica, CA, United States, California 90404 | Santa Monica, CA

Get a $15 discount if you register by Jan. 12th! https://www.socalviolasociety.org/register-online/
Join us for the seventeenth annual Violafest Los Angeles on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences located at 1714 21st St
Santa Monica, CA 90404.
Violists of all levels from the fourth through the twelfth grades (and adult auditors) are invited to a day devoted to the viola. Come learn about the instrument, gain new skills, build camaraderie, meet new friends, and be inspired in a unique community of violists. Click here for previous video footage of Violafest.
The SCVS is pleased to announce Ben Ullery, Associate Principal Viola of the LA Phil as the ViolaFest 2025 Signature Guest Artist! He will be teaching a Masterclass and performing the Signature Recital. Other events at Violafest include Special Topics classes led by top educators and performers from Southern California who hail from the Colburn School and USC faculties as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Opera. The day will include a Gala Performance featuring all Violafest participants performing in Viola Choir ensembles.
Adult amateurs, educators, and parents may join ViolaFest as auditors. Auditors may attend all classes and observe the Signature Recital, Masterclass, and Gala Performance. Violinists are also welcome to join for ViolaFest! A limited number of violas will be available for the day for violinists to participate — please register your level as “violin-viola track”.
To be considered for the Masterclass and/or Summer Scholarships, register online and email a digital link of two contrasting pieces by January 12, 2025 to [email protected]. Summer Festival Scholarships will be awarded to deserving ViolaFest participants who submit a recording for the Master Class selection. Please see Masterclass and Scholarship pages for more information.