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 String
majors are provided with a wide array of performance opportunities
and courses taught by a faculty of dedicated teachers and performers.
The programs of study for string majors are designed to develop
skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble,
and orchestral literature for their instruments. Students must demonstrate
a high degree of professional competence and appropriate stylistic
approaches to the literature of various historical periods.
Majors in violin, viola, cello, and bass are offered on the undergraduate,
graduate, doctoral, and professional studies levels. Manhattan School
of Music offers a unique graduate program in orchestral performance,
specially designed for those musicians who have chosen an orchestral
career path. The professional studies certificate and doctor of
musical arts programs are highly specialized for the advanced musician
as is the Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program, offered to violinists
and violists.
We are fortunate to have had the American String Quartet in residence
at Manhattan School of Music since 1984. The ensemble — whose
members are violinists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violist
Daniel Avshalomov, and cellist Wolfram Koessel — perform a
season of concerts and supervise a group of student chamber ensembles,
as well as serve as individual members of the string faculty. For
further information about this ensemble, visit the American
String Quartet page.
In addition to studies with our expert faculty, students are provided
additional opportunities to play for and observe world-renowned
guest artists. Recent master classes in this department have included:
Shmuel Ashkenasi (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Jeff Bradetich
(orchestral bass), Robert Chen (orchestral violin), Max Dimoff (orchestral
bass), Sidney Harth (violin/orchestral), Marta Istomin (cello),
David Kim (violin), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Peter Lloyd (orchestral
bass), Samuel Magen (cello), Tom Martin (orchestral bass), Anne
Martindale-Williams (orchestral cello), Leigh Mesh (orchestral bass),
Edgar Meyer (bass), Mstislav Rostropovich (strings/cello), and Owen
Young (orchestral cello). In addition, American violinist Pamela
Frank is our 2002-2003 Misha Elman Chair, presenting a series of
classes focusing on string sonatas, concertos, and chamber music.
To download a PDF version of the String Department Handbook,
click here.
Courses
The degree sequence plans for the various majors, which will show
you what courses and numbers of credits are required for graduation,
are found by clicking the links below:
Admission
General admission information regarding taped auditions, audition
fees, required materials, and applications can be found by visiting
our Audition Procedures Page.
Specific audition requirements can be found by clicking the links
below:
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