Southern Violin Association 2017 Competition Results

[David in NC]

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

[duane88]

David,

Did John Montgomery move recently?

 

Congrats to all!

[David in NC]

Right, should be downtown Raleigh.  Editing now.

 

[TunaDay]

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.

[violins88]

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

[David in NC]

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.