Master Class Series Events

(Connecting Artists, Professors, Students, Teachers, Professional & Amateur Musicians, and Audience Members from Around the Globe)


SATURDAY DECEMBER 16TH, 2023 3:30PM-5:00PM GRIGORY KALINOVSKY INDIANA UNIVERSITY JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC VIOLIN PROFESSOR

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19TH, 2023 3PM-5PM DESIREE RUHSTRAT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BIENEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC VIOLIN PROFESSOR

SUNDAY OCTOBER 29TH, 2023 3PM-4:40PM SIBBI BERNHARDSSON, PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN OBERLIN CONSERVATORY

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023 3PM-5PM JOHN GILBERT, VIOLIN PROFESSOR TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LUBBOCK, TX

SUNDAY DECEMBER 11TH, 2022 12PM-4pm ANNIE FULLARD, FIRST VIOLINIST OF THE CAVANI QUARTET and  Distinguished Artist and Yates Chair in Chamber Music at The McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia

SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2022 5pm-7pm VALERIE KIM, CONCERT VIOLINIST AND PIANIST, NYC, NY JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, KOVNER FELLOWSHIP/PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2022 5pm-7pm VALERIE KIM, CONCERT VIOLINIST AND PIANIST, NYC, NY JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, KOVNER FELLOWSHIP/PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM

AUGUST 21ST, 2021 10am-3pm ANNIE FULLARD, FIRST VIOLINIST OF THE CAVANI QUARTET and  Distinguished Artist and Yates Chair in Chamber Music at The McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia

SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH   2021 3PM EDT VIOLINIST SUSAN SYNNESTVEDT AND VIOLIST DIANE MUES FROM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Orchestra audition class…take a “mock” audition and receive feedback from a CSO violinist and violist! Choose to take a student or pre-professional level audition. Violinists and violists welcome!! Pre-professional level….learn 5 or 6 excerpts from a specific list, and a concerto mvt., and let Sue and Diane choose what they’d like to hear…just as in a real audition. Student level….learn 1 or 2 pre-selected excerpts and a concerto mvt….you’ll know in advance which excerpts you’ll have to learn and play. Concerto mvt. will be prepared in advance, of course.

SATURDAY, MAY 15TH  2021 4PM-7PM EDT  EMILY AND PATRICK CONNOLLY (Western Springs School of Talent Education, Western Springs, IL) and PRELUDIO SUMMER PROGRAM at Ithaca College-part of the Suzuki Institute)

SATURDAY, MAY 8TH  2021 4PM-7pm EDT VIOLINIST TERI EINFELDT Co-Chair of Strings, Suzuki Department Faculty The Hartt School Community School Adjunct Faculty, Suzuki Pedagogy The Hartt School University of Hartford Hartford, CT

SATURDAY, MAY 1ST 2021 4pm DEREK LOUIE, CONCERT CELLIST, NY, NY Juilliard School of Music/Pearlman Music Program

SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH 2021 4PM-7pm EDT VIOLINIST TERI EINFELDT Co-Chair of Strings, Suzuki Department Faculty The Hartt School Community School Adjunct Faculty, Suzuki Pedagogy The Hartt School University of Hartford Hartford, CT

SATURDAY, APRIL 17TH 2021 4PM EDT CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA VIOLINIST SUSAN SYNNESTVEDT AND VIOLIST DIANE MUES. Orchestra audition class…take a “mock” audition and receive feedback from a CSO violinist and violist! Choose to take a student or pre-professional level audition. Violinists and violists welcome!! List of concerti mvts. and excerpts for each of the 2 levels and instruments and will be made available well in advance of this class.

SATURDAY, APRIL 10/11TH  2021 WEEKEND CELLIST and CHAMBER MUSIC PROFESSOR, PETER PROSSER, Mannes School of Music

SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD  2021 4PM-7pm EDT VIOLINIST TERI EINFELDT Co-Chair of Strings, Suzuki Department Faculty The Hartt School Community School Adjunct Faculty, Suzuki Pedagogy The Hartt School University of Hartford Hartford, CT

SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH 2021 2PM EST DAVID BOWLIN, (Oberlin Conservatory, Chair, Division of Strings and Violin Professor)

MARCH 20TH, 2021 4PM EDT EMILY AND PATRICK CONNOLLY (Western Springs School of Talent Education, Western Springs, IL) and PRELUDIO SUMMER PROGRAM at Ithaca College-part of the Suzuki Institute) VIOLIN MASTER CLASS

MARCH 13TH, 2021 4PM EST SIBBI BERNHARDSSON (Oberlin Conservatory Violin Professor)

MARCH 6TH, 2021 4PM EST VIOLINIST TERI EINFELDT Co-Chair of Strings, Suzuki Department Faculty The Hartt School Community School Adjunct Faculty, Suzuki Pedagogy The Hartt School University of Hartford Hartford, CT

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH 2021 3PM EST  MAX TAN (Based in NYC) D.M.A. Candidate and Faculty Assistant at Juilliard School of Music, Tenured Member of the Sarasota Orchestra Violin Section

FEBRUARY 7TH, 2021 2PM-4PM EST CARLOS RUBIO (Dali Quartet, West Chester University Violin Professor)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30TH 4PM EST  DESIREE RUHSTRAT (Northwestern University  Bienen School of Music Violin Professor)

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