PROGRAM COORDINATORS:

Stephanie Baer, 35 West Fourth Street, Suite 777, 212 992 9447, stephanie.baer@nyu.edu

Marion Feldman, co-director: marion.feldman@nyu.edu or 212 874 7756

Program Overview

This unique program in the art of String Quartet playing is offered to advanced high school and college students 15 years or older and young professionals. Through intensive preparation students will engage in an in-depth study of selected string quartet repertoire. Each group will learn an entire quartet and perform it during the NYU String Quartet Festival which is held at the end of the program.

Master classes with well-known musicians will enrich the students’ understanding of solo and string quartet repertory. Previous master classes have been given by Nadja Salerno- Sonnenberg, Pamela Frank, Martha Strongin Katz, Lawrence Dutton, David Geber and Paul Katz , the Borromeo String Quartet and the Brentano String Quartet as well as other well-known performers.

Ample opportunity for individual practice and string quartet rehearsal are included in the daily schedule. Students will receive coaching and weekly private lessons from NYU Artist faculty Anton Miller, Stephanie Baer, and Marion Feldman as well as guest faculty Rita Porfiris, and Eugenia Choi. The seminar will culminate in a five-day string quartet festival held in the Frederick Loewe Theatre which will include a concert given by our resident quartet, faculty and student performances which are open to the public

The first week of the workshop will focus itself on solo repertoire as well as chamber music. Daily master classes will be held to enable students to acquire experience in performance and to work on their technique. The final two weeks of the Intensive String Quartet Workshop are devoted to string quartet rehearsal and performance. At the end of the second week, students perform in a “works in progress” concert.

A typical day includes four hours of scheduled quartet rehearsal, a coaching (there are three quartet coachings per week), two or more hours of individual practice and a late afternoon master class. Evenings have activities as varied as chamber music readings, NY Philharmonic concerts, operas in Central Park or pizza parties.