The next Symposium is scheduled for Tuesday, May 26 – Saturday, May 30, 2009.

Itzhak Perlman teaching a master class during the 2007 Starling-DeLay Symposium at Juilliard. (Photo by Hiroyuki Ito)

The fifth Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies in 2009 continues the legacy of learning fostered by the late renowned teacher, Dorothy DeLay. Held at Juilliard, the Symposium consists of five days of master classes by Itzhak Perlman, Joel Smirnoff, David Kim, Paul Kantor and Chee-Yun; recitals by Joel Smirnoff and Joan Kwuon and Chee-Yun; and lecture and pedagogy sessions taught by Brian Lewis, Dr. Robert Duke, Monica Huggett and Don Greene.

Participate at one of two levels: Young Artist or Participant

Young Artists (age 25 and under) are selected as performing students for the Symposium. Up to 15 violinists are accepted as Young Artists to perform in public master classes and are featured in public performance on selected evening recitals in Paul Hall. Young Artists also observe other activities throughout the Symposium.

To audition for the Young Artists program, applicants must submit an unedited CD or DVD (preferred) with the following repertoire:

• one movement from an unaccompanied sonata or partita by Bach
• a movement from any concerto in the standard repertoire
• one Paganini caprice
• one virtuosic show piece (by Sarasate, Wieniawski, Kreisler, etc.).

Participants accepted to the Symposium observe all master classes, attend recitals and lectures, and participate in pedagogy sessions.

Pedagogy class topics:

Robert Duke: My Brain's Busy Even Though I'm Not: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Skill Learning

Don Greene: Performing Your Best When It Really Counts

Monica Huggett: Biber To Bach: The Influence of 17th Century Violin Techniques on the Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach; and Bach and the Missing Orchestra

Brian Lewis: Beauty, Brains and the Barber Violin Concerto

Housing and Meals

Brian Lewis leading a pedagogy session at the 2007 Starling-DeLay Symposium. (Photo by Nan Melville)

Limited housing for Young Artists and Participants age 18 and over is available in Juilliard's Meredith Willson Residence Hall, which is located next to the School. No meal plan is provided during the Symposium, but food is available on campus at the Juilliard Cafeteria and at numerous restaurants in the Lincoln Center area.

Deadlines and Fees

The 2009 application is available for download. If you would like a paper application mailed to you, please make a request to symposium@juilliard.edu.

Application deadline: Monday, March 2, 2009.

Application fee: $40 (non-refundable).

Participant tuition: $400. Young Artists attend the Symposium tuition-free.

Housing fee: $425. (Optional; limited space available.)

All payments must be made in U.S. dollars. Make checks payable to The Juilliard School.

For more information please call, write, or e-mail:
The Juilliard School
Starling-DeLay Symposium Office
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6590
Tel.: (212) 799-5000, ext. 7161
symposium@juilliard.edu

The biennial Starling-DeLay Symposium, dedicated to the art of violin teaching and performance, is hosted by The Juilliard School as part of the Starling-DeLay Symposium of Violin Studies, and made possible by the generous support of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation.