David in NC Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) RESULTS OF 2017 VIOLIN MAKERS COMPETITION EVENT HELD AT WILDACRES RETREAT, VILLAGE OF LITTLE SWITZERLAND, NORTH CAROLINA APRIL 20-23 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNING VIOLI N MAKERS Workmanship Awards 1st Place - Alvaro Corrochano - NYC 2nd Place - Cameron Robertson - Atlanta, GA 3rd Place - Jennifer Halenar - Nashville, TN Cert. of Merit - Ed Byler - Bonners' Ferry, Idaho Honorable Mention Joe Thrift, Elkin, NC Greg Tracy, Raleigh, NC Ed Byler, Bonners Ferry, ID Tone Awards 1st Place - Jack Rasmussen - Arlington, TX 2nd Place - Ed Byler -- Bonners Ferry, ID 3rd Place - Ivan Ivanov - Arlington, TX Cert. of Merit - Ray Leicht - Tuscaloosa, AL Honorable Mention, Jennifer Halenar -- Nashville TN Ray Leicht -- Tuscaloose, AL Adam Gotry/Greg Tracy/Dustin Fagg Team SOUTHERN MAKER AWARD -- Highest scoring maker from the Southeast Region, combined tone and workmanship Jennifer Halenar - Nashville, TNH NOVICE MA-KER AWARD -- Highest scoring violin made by a maker or eligible team with less than 10 violins completed team of Adam Goltry, Greg Tracy, and Dustin Fagg COMPETITION JUDGES were Kelvin Scott - Knoxville, TN Chris Germain - Philadelphia, PA John Montgomery - Raleigh, NC Pablo Alfaro - Atlanta, GA Juan Ramirez - Atlanta, GA Edited April 25, 2017 by davidwchandler incorrect information on John Montgomery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 David, Did John Montgomery move recently? Congrats to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in NC Posted April 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Right, should be downtown Raleigh. Editing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunaDay Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Congratulations on holding a competition and to the winners! Will there be photos of the winning instruments and comments from the judges posted somewhere? Would be very educational to hear about how they came to their choices. Also, would be interesting to know why there is little correlation between the top winners in workmanship and tone. Does that mean that workmanship is how pretty it is and tone is about how interesting the conversation is after you actually meet? Thanks for any insights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violins88 Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 David Chandler, My hat is off to you for successfully organizing this competition. I think I understand the effort required. Sorry I could not attend. Very impressed by the outcome. John Schmidt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in NC Posted April 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2017 Tuna: A list of the scores was sent to the members and those that attended. I can send you a copy of our latest bulletin if you email me at davidwchandler@outlook.com and I'll be pleased to send it along. That said, there is some corelation between workmanship and tone --- because those that pay attention to one aspect of the project, pay attention to the other as well. The problem with tone judging is that it is highly subjective, and done by a different set of judges that have no clue how the instrument was scored for workmanship, which came first. But having looked at all the scores and the names associated, if they placed well in tone, they came very close in workmanship, and vice versa. I don't have permission to post photos of the winners, did not occur to me to ask. But I shall, as I did photograph the winning workmanship instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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