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Presented by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and Butler University
All events are free and open to the public.
Events held at venues throughout Indianapolis.
For information call (317) 638-IVCI.
Forum Programs:
An Insider's Guide to Competitions
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:00 PM
Indiana History Center Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis IN
Forum speakers:
Stephen Shipps, Professor, University of Michigan and IVCI Executive Director, Glen Kwok
 Join Stephen Shipps, former student of IVCI Artistic Founder Josef Gingold and official on-air commentator for the 7th Quadrennial Competition as he gives an in-depth look at competitions from an artist and teacher's perspective. Mr. Shipps has prepared many violinists for competitions worldwide and will share with you "behind the scenes" stories from the preparation stages to the meaning of winning. Radio and web listeners will be able to hear his live broadcasts daily during the Competition at www.violin.org as well as on WFYI 90.1 FM.
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Right - Left - and Centered, Violin Playing: the Hands and Body
Saturday, September 2
Session I. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session II. 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
 Forum speaker: Mimi Zweig, Professor, Indiana University
Two sessions will be devoted to the best Right Hand and Left Hand teaching techniques focusing on a centered body.
Mimi Zweig is Director of the IU String Academy and leads master classes and pedagogy workshops across the United States and in Europe. She has recently produced StringPedagogy.com, an innovative web-based teaching tool. Her students have won numerous competitions and teach and perform worldwide.
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The New Approach to Bach
Sunday, September 3
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
Forum speaker: Stanley Ritchie, Professor, Indiana University
 Discover how our growing knowledge of the music of Bach's predecessors and contemporaries can influence our interpretation of his unaccompanied music.
Stanley Ritchie has directed and appeared as a violin soloist with many period instrument ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. He is in demand for master classes and workshops throughout the world.
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De-myth-tifying Suzuki Talent Education
Sunday, September 3
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
Forum speaker: Carol Dallinger, Professor, University of Evansville
 This session will examine the existing myths about Suzuki Talent Education, such as "group approach" robot playing, not learning to read music, as well as the myth that this is a "method" rather than a teachng philosophy. Ms. Dallinger is an instructor of Suzuki violin pedagogy and the founder and coordinator of the University of Evansville Suzuki Violin Program. She is a registered teacher trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
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David Oistrakh, Legendary Violinist
Wednesday, September 6, 7:30 PM
Indiana State Museum Conference Room, 3rd level
650 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN
Forum speakers: Dr. Victor Yuzefovich
During each competition, an exhibit is dedicated to an extraordinary musician who has significantly influenced the violin world. The 2006 installation is dedicated to legendary violinist David Oistrakh, one of Russia's greatest artists of the 20th century. Russian musicologist Dr. Victor Yuzefovich will discuss David's life and career. Yuzefovich's richly illustrated biography about David Oistrakh was written as a series of conversations with Igor Oistrakh, a former member of the IVCI Jury. The book was published in the 70's and 80's in Germany, England, the USSR, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Victor Yuzefovich and Igor Oistrakh are now preparing a new edition of this book. All materials which were withdrawn by Soviet censorship will be included in this edition.
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Presenting Bright Sheng
Saturday, September 9
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN
Session I. 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Master class discussing works submitted by Butler University composition students.
Session II. 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Lecture followed by a short concert of Mr. Sheng's works performed by Butler University faculty members and students.
 Bright Sheng composed the compulsory work for the 2006 IVCI, entitled "A Night at the Chinese Opera," which will receive its world premiere during the Semi-Finals round of the Competition. This acclaimed composer is the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan. In 2001 he received a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. His work has been honored with numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Naumberg Foundation and Copland Foundation. He is also an Artistic Advisor for Yo-Yo Ma's "Silk Road Project."
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Meet the Jury
Saturday, September 16, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Indiana History Center Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis
 Moderator: Marianne Tobias
Panel: Jury members of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Ever wonder what a jury member is thinking? This forum, moderated by Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Program Book Annotator Marianne Tobias, presents the rare opportunity for the public to ask questions of all the jury members in order to understand the judging process.
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