{"id":7145,"date":"2026-08-31T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/?p=7145"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:26:06","slug":"viola-day-2026-full-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/?p=7145","title":{"rendered":"Viola Day 2026 &#8211; Full Schedule!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, September 26\u00a0@ University of Utah<br>Gardner Music Building<br>8:15\u00a0a.m.\u00a0\u2013 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>8:15-9:00: Check in (Front entrance, Thompson Hall)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:00-10:15: Fiddling Workshop with Kenji Bunch &#8211; bring your violas!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:30-12:00: Guest Artist Masterclass with Toby Appel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:00-12:45: Pizza Party and Viola Cookies!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:45-1:30: Instrument Showcase with Utah Symphony Principal Violist Brant Bayless<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:30-2:45: Meet Your Maker &#8211; play all the violas!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2:45-4:00: Guest Artist Recital: Kenji Bunch and Toby Appel, with pianist Monica Ohuchi and the Fry Street Quartet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is $15&nbsp;for Students, $25&nbsp;for Adults, (Teachers can bring their whole studio for a discount!)&nbsp;<br>Pre-register on our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/?page_id=410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">membership&nbsp;<\/a>page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">New for 2026 &#8211; Sticker Contest!  If you have a Viola Day-themed sticker you would like to submit, please send your design to <span class=\"pep-email\">brad.ottesen(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)usu.edu<\/span> by September 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026-791x1024.png?resize=525%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?resize=350%2C453&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?w=1545&amp;ssl=1 1545w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/utahviolasociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Viola-Day-2026.png?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, September 26\u00a0@ University of UtahGardner Music Building8:15\u00a0a.m.\u00a0\u2013 4:00 p.m. 8:15-9:00: Check in (Front entrance, Thompson Hall) 9:00-10:15: Fiddling Workshop with Kenji Bunch &#8211; bring your violas! 10:30-12:00: Guest Artist Masterclass with Toby Appel 12:00-12:45: Pizza Party and Viola Cookies! 12:45-1:30: Instrument Showcase with Utah Symphony Principal Violist Brant Bayless 1:30-2:45: Meet Your Maker &#8211; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/?p=7145\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Viola Day 2026 &#8211; Full Schedule!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iADX-1Rf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7145"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7155,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7145\/revisions\/7155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahviolasociety.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}