Teacher Retreat: Who Was Johannes Palaschko? A four-part online workshop.

Who Was Johannes Palaschko?

A Teacher Retreat with Anthony Devroye and the NIU Viola Studio

For Established and Emerging Viola Teachers

Four online sessions, January 2022

Friday, January 7, 2022 – Tone Builders
Friday, January 14, 2022 – Articulation
Friday, January 21, 2022 – Speed Training
Friday, January 28, 2022 – Serious Fun

11:00am – 12:15pm (noon ET, 9:00 am PT)
Online in Zoom

Registration fee: $60 ($30 for students)

Viola teachers – established and emerging – are invited to this four-session online gathering to look at selections from one of the most significant and under-utilized pockets of our pedagogical material. Johannes Palaschko’s etude books cover an extraordinarily broad range of challenges for students at any level.

Learn material to keep your own playing in shape and to share with students in any phase of their development.

We will study selections from Palaschko’s Opp. 36, 55, and 86 (available in the public domain). Using a thematic approach to each session, we will look at progressive relationships between the three books (from early-intermediate to advanced skill levels) and discuss aspects of Palaschko’s distinctive compositional and pedagogical style. Each selection will be performed by an NIU violist for Professor Devroye’s feedback; each class session will include at least one selection as a “play-along,” which participants are invited to play (on mute) along with the demonstration.

Sessions will be held over Zoom and recorded; participants will have access to the recorded sessions for future reference or if they are not able to attend the session(s) in real-time. Each gathering will also include informal conversations on topics relevant to all viola teachers – a time to connect as a community, and for younger teachers to learn from the perspective of their more experienced peers. Class materials will be posted in advance for practice and preparation, and links will also be provided to further reading and resources.

Four online sessions, January 2022

Friday, January 7, 2022 – Tone Builders
Friday, January 14, 2022 – Articulation
Friday, January 21, 2022 – Speed Training
Friday, January 28, 2022 – Serious Fun

11:00am – 12:15pm (noon ET, 9:00 am PT)
Online in Zoom

Registration fee: $60 ($30 for students)