Mimi Zweig’s Teacher Workshop: August 13–14, 2012
Where: Alexander Building, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI
When: Monday & Tuesday, August 13–14, 2012, 9am–4pm
Cost: $300
We are delighted that Mimi Zweig, professor of violin and director of the Indiana University String Academy, is offering her two-day workshop again this year! Each day will include two hours of lecture and four hours of masterclasses (phest and suzuki participants or Zweig participants), and will cover a broad range of topics including:
- initial set-up
- fixing set-up problems using etudes, scales and repertoire
- how to teach shifting and vibrato
The workshop is open to music teachers and anyone else who would like to attend.
About Mimi Zweig
Mimi Zweig is currently a professor of violin and director of the Indiana University String Academy. Since 1972 she has developed pre-college string programs across the United States. She has given master classes and pedagogy workshops in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Israel, Japan and Europe. She has recently produced StringPedagogy.com, an innovative web-based teaching tool. In the spring of 2006, American Public Television released the documentary, “Circling Around — The Violin Virtuosi” which features String Academy students. The String Academy and Mimi Zweig are recent recipients of a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation grant which supports the teaching of gifted violinists. Her students have won numerous competitions, and teach and perform worldwide.