Curriculum

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music RETREAT FOR PROFESSIONAL VIOLINISTS AND VIOLISTS offers multiple sessions. Participants may enroll in Session One A ("Beginning the Violin Journey"), Session Two ("Establishing a Healthy Foundation with Etudes, Scales and Repertoire"), or may elect to take both Sessions ("The Complete Journey"). Participants who teach strings in public school or group settings may enroll in Session One B ("Retreat for School String Teachers"), which will offer all Session One A classes as well as additional sessions which focus on the transfer of teaching principles to group classes. Enrollment in Session One A or B, or participation in Session One A/B in a previous year, is a prerequisite for enrollment in Session Two.

All Retreats Include:
"Teaching the Violin to Children"
Observation of the IU String Academy in action
Master Class for Participants
IU Summer Music Festivals
Alexander Technique
Paul Rolland videos
New Music for Young Violinists edited by Mimi Zweig and Rebecca Henry (available at Retreat)
Setting up a Pre-college program
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Session One A: Beginning the Violin Journey
Starting the beginning violinist
Learning to read music
Group lessons
Beginning to intermediate repertoire
Wohlfahrt Etudes, Op 45

Session Two: 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
Preparing for Kreutze by Harvey Whistler
Kreutzer Etudes
Working with gifted children
Parent/child musical relationships

Session One B: Retreat for School String Teachers
Working with heterogeneous classes
Demonstration orchestra rehearsals
Elementary through high school orchestra repertoire
Working with method books
Envisioning your school program

Repertoire and studies to be covered:
Flesch Scale System
Wohlfahrt Etudes, Op 45
Preparing for Kreutzer, by Harvey Whistler
Kreutzer Etudes

Polish Dance by Edmund Severn
Introduction and Tarantelle, 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 Mimi Zweig and Rebecca Henry