New Law for Stringed-Instrument Shipping Goes into Effect April 1
On April 1, “all shipments of imported pianos and other stringed instruments (guitars and violins, for example) will have to be accompanied by a declaration listing, among other things, the scientific name (genus and species) of all wood and other plant material used in the imported product, as well as the country of origin of the wood,” according to NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants). On March 15, NAMM will present a free “webinar”—an online video conference that is streamed live from its website—to discuss the new Lacey Act regulation. namm.org/public-affairs/articles/namm-produce-lacey-act-webinar

Parker Quartet Master Class Contest Goes Unanswered
As of yet, no submissions have been entered in Performance Today’s Parker Quartet Master Class Contest with the April 1 deadline just weeks away. Winners will receive a master class with the Parker Quartet, a free recording of the class, roundtrip airfare to St. Paul, Minnesota, and free accommodations. To enter, mail a CD of your string quartet’s 15- to 20-minute performance, accompanied by a cover letter, to American Public Radio. You must be at least 14 years of age and enrolled in either high school or college (undergraduate) to enter. performancetoday.publicradio.org

LA Phil Presents Youth Orchestra Festival Day
The Los Angeles Philharmonic will feature three local youth orchestras as part of its Youth Orchestra Festival Day on March 13 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Each orchestra will perform a 45-minute set: the Renaissance Arts Academy Orchestra will play Mozart, Holst, and Bizet; the Korean American Youth Symphony will play Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, and Dvorák; and the Santa Monica High School Orchestra will play Bernstein and Tchaikovsky. Admission is free. laphil.com/education

Eastman Virtuosi Debuts Sebastian Currier’s ‘Pulse’
The Eastman Virtuosi, the Eastman School of Music’s faculty-based chamber ensemble, will perform the New York premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Pulse on March 27 at the Kaufman Center’s Merkin Concert Hall. The program will also include works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Francis Poulenc, and Antonín Dvorák. kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall

Juilliard Orchestra Plays Bonus All-Schuman Concert
On April 1, the Juilliard Orchestra makes its final appearance of the concert season with an all-William Schuman concert (a bonus event to the Focus! 2010 Festival) in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The concert celebrates the centennial of Schuman’s birth and features the Overture from Circus; the Violin Concerto with Juilliard soloist Francisco Ladron de Guevara-Finck; and Symphony No. 3. juilliard.edu

Yale School of Music Celebrates 40th Anniversary of OHAM
The Yale School of Music will pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Oral History of American Music project in two concerts in April. On April 6, the Chamber Music Society at Yale will perform in the Arnold Sprague Memorial Hall at Yale. On April 8, the Yale in New York series will feature a performance of music by Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, and more, along with audio and video interviews from the OHAM archives at Carnegie Hall. yale.edu/oham