The International Viola Society has National sections in several countries and is encouraging the formation of more.
Guidelines for Forming an IVS section.

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@xtra.co.nz

Brazilian Viola Society/Sociedade Brasileira de Viola de Arco
Contact: Carlos Aleixo Dos Reis - carcen@terra.com.br

Canadian Viola Society/ Société canadienne de l'alto
Contact: Ann Frederking - ViolaAnn@magma.ca

Chinese Viola Society/ Zhong Guo Zhongtiqin Xue Hui
Contact: Wing Ho - wingho8@gmail.com

English Viola Society
Contact: Louise Lansdown - louise.lansdown@rncm.ac.uk

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@t-online.de

Nigerian Viola Society
Contact: Ogunyemi Titus Oladimeji - titusviola@yahoo.com

Nordic Viola Society/ Nordisk Violaselskab (Danish)/ Pohjoismainen Alttoviuluseura (Finnish)/ Norrænir Víolufélag (Icelandic)/ Nordisk Violaselskap (Norwegian)/ Nordiska Violasällskapet (Swedish)
Contact: Henrik Frendin - info@frendin.com

Nordic Viola Society chapters:

• Finnish Viola Society/ Suomen Alttoviuluseura
  Contact: Max Savikangas - Max.Savikangas@kolumbus.fi
• Icelandic Viola Society/ Islenska Víolufélag
  Contact: Sesselja Halldórsdóttir - sessel@ismennt.is

Polish Viola Society/Polskie Towarzystwo Altowiolowe
Contact: Boguslawa Hubisz-Sielska - ptal@op.pl

South African Viola Society/ Suid-Afrikaanse Altviool Vereniging
Contact: Jane Matthews - jmatthews@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@hotmail.com

Welsh Viola Society/ Cymdeithas Fiola Cymru
Contact: Jules Riley - jules@spring-back.com

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