ONLINE: This engaging course celebrates violinists who didn’t just perform music — they also composed it. These creators tailored their music to match their expressive and technical strengths, often transforming the violin repertoire. We'll explore how these figures — from Baroque masters like Vivaldi, Corelli and Tartini to modern innovators like Jessie Montgomery and Daniel Bernard Roumain — shaped music history by merging performance with composition. Each session will blend historical context, multimedia examples and rich listening selections to deepen participants' appreciation for these artist-composers. Ideal for music lovers, curious listeners and performers alike, this course invites you to hear violin music from the inside out. | Lecture + Q&A, Facilitated discussion.
Max enrollment: 200.
Class sessions are recorded.
Fourth-generation violinist, educator and multidisciplinary artist Ilana Zaks served as first violinist with the Seattle Symphony and Opera. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and Yale School of Music, she teaches at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Zaks studied with Donald Weilerstein and Itzhak Perlman, has performed nationally for major Jewish cultural organizations and created Sound Worlds, a multimedia project blending narrative, technology and performance.