F2F participants will be given a detailed schedule at registration on June 23rd.
Daily lectures will be held between 10 – 12 and 1 – 3 Eastern Time.
Lectures will be filmed and placed online for viewing until September 1, 2023.
Following are the topics to be covered over the eight days.
Part I: Beginning the Violin Journey
- 1st lessons up to Twinkle
- Parental education and involvement
- Book I-IV repertoire and skill development
- Theory for young violinists
- Learning to read music
- Early etudes
- Group lesson observation
- Reading Sessions of Supplemental Literature
- www.StringPedagogy.com
Part II: Establishing a Healthy Foundation with Etudes, Scales and Repertoire
- Rehabilitation of incorrect beginnings
- Shifting, vibrato, and bow strokes
- Intermediate and advanced repertoire
- Flesch Scale System
- Wohlfhart Etudes, Op.45
- Preparing for Kreutzer by Harvey Whistler
- *Kreutzer Etudes (International Edition)
- Working with gifted children
- Parent/child musical relationships
Full Participation will include the following:
- Observation of the IU String Academy in action
- Master Classes for Full Participants
- New Music for Young Violinists (One World Strings) edited by
Rebecca Henry and Mimi Zweig - Public school applications
- Setting up a pre-college program
- 3 hours of either your own individual private lessons, mini master classes, and/or String Academy faculty observing your teaching
- Concerts in the evening
- Lunch discussion sessions
- Observation of guest master classes (TBA)
Repertoire:
- Infant Paganini-Mollenhauer
- Polish Dance-Edmund Severn
- Introduction and Polonaise-Bohm
- *Praeludium and Allegro-Fritz Kreisler
- Concerto #3 in G Major-Mozart
- G Major Concerto-Haydn
- Vivaldi Concertos
- Kreisler pieces
- New Music for Young Violinists, edited by Rebecca Henry and Mimi Zweig
*It is recommended that participants have these pieces with them during the workshop.