Juilliard’s Biennial Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies Returns In-Person May 23–27, 2023

New York— Juilliard is pleased to announce the in-person return of the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies, May 23-27, 2023, at The Juilliard School in New York. Applications are now being accepted for the biennial symposium, which is dedicated to fostering the legacy of renowned teacher Dorothy DeLay.

The Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies features five days of master classes, recitals, workshops, and pedagogy sessions, and provides professional violinists, violists, and teachers from around the world with the opportunity to come together to observe and explore how to nurture and develop exceptional students and artists. The symposium’s programs are taught by a distinguished roster of artist-faculty members with a curriculum designed to refine pedagogical skills and celebrate violin studies. Participants have access to all symposium classes and performances.

Brian Lewis (BM ‘91, MM ‘93, violin), a faculty member at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, returns as artistic director of the symposium. Joining the symposium as its newly appointed artistic advisor is Juilliard music faculty member Catherine Cho (BM ’92, MM ’94, violin). Both Cho and Lewis studied with DeLay.

In addition to Cho and Lewis, this year’s faculty and guest artists include Danielle Belen, Francesca dePasquale (MM ’14, violin), Dana Fonteneau, Randall Goosby (Pre-College ’14; BM ’18, MM ’20, Artist Diploma ’22), Jennifer Johnson, Li Lin, Itzhak Perlman (Pre-College ’63; ’68, violin), Joel Smirnoff (MM ’76, BM ’75, violin), Curtis Stewart, and Rachell Ellen Wong.

A source of support and empowerment to her students, Dorothy DeLay (’42, violin) took a holistic approach to her teaching and viewed the artist as a whole person rather than just a performer. By nurturing and encouraging each of her students’ individuality, she cultivated a community of thinkers who continue to embody and pass on her philosophy and teachings to the next generation of violinists. Many of the participating faculty and performers at the symposium were mentored by DeLay and all emulate her philosophy.

The 2023 symposium marks the first time the event has been in person since 2019; the sessions in 2021 were offered virtually. The application deadline for participants is May 1; preference is given to applicants who are professional violinists or violists, teachers, and postgraduate or college students.

For more information, visit juilliard.edu.

The Starling-DeLay Symposium is generously supported by the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation.

About the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies
The Starling-DeLay Symposium is dedicated to the art of violin teaching and performance and is hosted by Juilliard. It is part of the Starling-DeLay Institute of Violin Studies, made possible by the generous support of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. The foundation was created in 1969 by Frank M. Starling, the husband of violinist Dorothy Starling. She trained at the Pennsylvania College of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and was a professional violinist until 1930. Throughout her life, she assisted efforts dedicated to furthering interest in classical violin music. The mission of the foundation is to encourage projects that advance the study and performance of the violin. The Starling-DeLay Symposium also continues the legacy of renowned violin teacher Dorothy DeLay, an alumna who was a member of the Juilliard violin faculty from 1948 until 2002. Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, Midori, Sarah Chang, Gil Shaham, Shlomo Mintz, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Brian Lewis, and Catherine Cho were all students of Dorothy DeLay.

About The Juilliard School
Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors, composers, choreographers, and playwrights from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens. Led by President Damian Woetzel since 2018, Juilliard is guided in all its work by the core values of excellence; creativity; and equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB). Juilliard is committed to enrolling the most talented students regardless of their financial background.

Located at Lincoln Center in New York City, Juilliard offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, drama (acting and playwriting), and music (classical, jazz, historical performance, and vocal arts). Currently more than 800 artists from 43 states and 44 countries and regions are enrolled in Juilliard’s College Division, where they appear in more than 700 annual performances in the school’s five theaters; at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and David Geffen halls and at Carnegie Hall; as well as at other venues around New York City, the country, and the world. The continuum of learning at Juilliard also includes nearly 400 students from elementary through high school enrolled in the Preparatory Division, including its Music Advancement Program (MAP), which serves students from diverse backgrounds often underrepresented in the classical music field. More than 800 students are enrolled in Juilliard Extension, the flagship continuing education program taught both in person and remotely by a dedicated faculty of performers, creators, and scholars. Beyond its New York campus, Juilliard is defining new directions in performing arts education for a range of learners and enthusiasts through a global K-12 educational curricula and graduate studies at The Tianjin Juilliard School in China.

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Image: 2013 Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies, Itzhak Perlman master class and interview
Photo by Nan Melville, courtesy Juilliard.