The International Viola Society has National sections in several countries and is encouraging the formation of more.
Guidelines for Forming an IVS section.
The IVS has sections as follows:
American Viola Society (United States of America)/
Sociedad americana de la viola (los Estados Unidos de América)
Contact: Madeleine Crouch
Australian and New Zealand Viola Society/
Te Hapori Whiora o Ahitereiriana me Aotearoa (New Zealand Maori)
Contact: Neil Shepherd - h.neil.shepherd[at]xtra.co.nz
Brazilian Viola Society/Sociedade Brasileira de Viola de Arco
Contact: Carlos Aleixo Dos Reis - carcen[at]terra.com.br
British Viola Society
Contact: Louise Lansdown - louise.lansdown[at]rncm.ac.uk
Canadian Viola Society/ Société canadienne de l'alto
Contact: Ann Frederking - ViolaAnn[at]magma.ca
Chinese Viola Society/ Zhong Guo Zhongtiqin Xue Hui
Contact: Wing Ho - wingho8[at]gmail.com
French Viola Society/ L'Association les Amis de l'Alto (The Friends of the Viola)
Contact: Ross Charnock - charnock AT dauphine.fr
German Viola Society/ Deutsche Viola-Gesellschaft
Contact: Prof Karin Wolf - ka-wolf[at]t-online.de
Nigerian Viola Society
Contact: Ogunyemi Titus Oladimeji - titusviola[at]yahoo.com
Nordic Viola Society/ Nordisk Violaselskab (Danish)/ Pohjoismainen Alttoviuluseura (Finnish)/ Norrænir Víolufélag (Icelandic)/ Nordisk Violaselskap (Norwegian)/ Nordiska Violasällskapet (Swedish)
Contact: Henrik Frendin - info[at]frendin.com
Nordic Viola Society chapters:
- Finnish Viola Society/ Suomen Alttoviuluseura
Contact: Max Savikangas - Max.Savikangas[at]kolumbus.fi - Icelandic Viola Society/ Islenska Víolufélag
Contact: Sesselja Halldórsdóttir - sessel[at]ismennt.is
Polish Viola Society/Polskie Towarzystwo Altowiolowe
Contact: Boguslawa Hubisz-Sielska - ptal[at]op.pl
South African Viola Society/ Suid-Afrikaanse Altviool Vereniging
Contact: Jane Matthews - jmatthews[at]xsinet.co.za
Spanish Viola Society/ Asociación española de amigos de la viola
(Spanish Association of Friends of the Viola)
Contact: Prof Luis Magín Muñiz Bascón - lumamubas35[at]hotmail.com
Swiss Viola Society
Contact: Viacheslav Dinerchtein - v.dinerchtein [at] gmail.com
IVS Friends
International Community Engagement Program 2010 in Laos
New York Viola Society
Contact: Ken Johnson - nyvs[at]earthlink.net
Absolute Zero Viola Quartet
Contact: info[at]absolutezeroviola4.com