Masterclasses offer the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the art and craft of classical music performance.  Over the course of a two-hour session, student groups perform a movement of a piece they are preparing for an upcoming performance and receive advice on how to improve it, focusing on the finer details of ensemble, phrasing, style, and overall shape. 

Master teachers often include anecdotes about the composer and demonstrate how to play certain passages, pointing out and offering solutions to common technical issues. The group will play the movement again, repeating some passages to attain perfection. 

FREE — Reservations recommended

Masterclasses will not be livestreamed.

Described by The Strad magazine as “Particularly impressive for her surpassing degree of imagination and vibrant sound,” violinist Deborah Buck has built a strong career as chamber musician, concertmaster, soloist, and teacher. For 16 years, she was a member and first violinist of the Lark Quartet. Currently Acting Concertmaster of the Stamford Symphony; Deborah was the tenured concertmaster of the Brooklyn Philharmonic; has held concertmaster positions with orchestras throughout the U.S.; and toured Europe with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

A frequent collaborator for music of varying styles, Deborah Buck has performed alongside Itzhak Perlman, Erikha Badu, Gary Graffman, Yasim Bey (Mos Def), Grizzly Bears, and Jeremy Denk, and has recorded for film and TV. She is Assistant Professor of Violin at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, SUNY and Co-Executive Director of the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont.