Sharing knowledge about making violin-family instruments and bows
Promoting playing by youth in the South
Preparing makers for national and international competitions
Finalists in SVA’s 2025 Youth Violin Concerto Competition
Next Event… 2026 Spring Workshop
Wild Acres Resort, Little Switzerland, NC – Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville
1 Week, early April (stay tuned for specific dates)
Work together, with a prominent maker coach, on 2 group build violin projects – arching, grads, and scroll for a del Gesu Plowden model, finalize wood work and begin varnishing another del Gesu Plowden
Coach TBD
Work on your own projects with support from our coach and each other
Focused learning topics
Max 25 participants
Current Project: 2 Group Build Violins
Del Gesu 2025 Group Build
To prepare for the Spring Workshop and the next Concerto Competition, we are currently building two Group Build Violins.
Tonewood provided by Cameron Robertson.
Both violins are going to be del Gesu “Plowden” models.
One needs to be ready to varnish by our Spring Workshop and the other needs to be rough arched.
One is being led by Brian Kelly and the other by Jaime Gonzales.
If you want to help with the group builds reach out to Becka at info@southjernviolinassociation.com and we’ll get you connected with one of the groups.
2025 Makers Competition
Winners of the 2025 Makers Competition
Our next Makers Competition will be in 2027. Watch here for details starting in mid 2026. Here are details from the 2025 competition.
2025 Violin Concerto Competition
Competitors in the Youth Violin Concerto Competition
The next Youth Violin Concerto Competition will be in 2027. Watch here for details in mid-2026. Details about the 2025 competition can be found here.
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