Frequent master classes provide opportunities for students to have some of the world's master musicians offer one-on-one guidance and critiquing-all in front of a live audience! These classes are challenging, intense and inspiring. Listed below are some previous master classes held at the Conservatory.

Bassoon
K. David Van Hoesen

Chamber Music
Canadian Brass; Norman Fischer, cello; Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Juilliard String Quartet; Gilbert Kalish, piano; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Martha Katz, viola; Jeanne Kierman, piano; Joel Krosnick, cello; Robert Mann, violin; Peabody Trio; Menahem Pressler, piano; St. Lawrence String Quartet; Synergy Brass Quintet; Tokyo String Quartet; Weilerstein Trio

Clarinet
David Krakauer, Richard Stoltzman

Composition
John Adams, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, David Harrington, Scott Johnson, Lou Harrison, Aaron Jay Kernis, Robert Kyr, Witold Lutoslawski, Ursula Mamlok, Kirke Mechem, George Perle, Terry Riley, Bruce Rockwell

Conducting
Christoph Eschenbach

Double Bass
Jeffrey Weisner

Flute
Mary Karen Clardy, Michel Debost, Robert Dick, Viviana Gúzman, Katherin Kemler, Demarre McGill, Chris Norman, Paula Robison, Wendy Rolfe, Robert Stallman, Matthias Ziegler, Eugenia Zukerman

French Horn
Gail Williams

Guitar
Assad Brothers, Roberto Aussel, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Manuel Barrueco, Julian Bream, Nuccio D'Angelo, Aniello Desiderio, Roland Dyens, Eduardo Fernandez, Antigoni Goni, Tilman Hoppstock, L.A. Guitar Quartet, Michael Nicolella, Nigel North, Paul O'Dette, Pepe Romero, David Russell, Hopkinson Smith, David Starobin, Pavel Steidl

Harp
Marie-Claire Jamet, Susan Jolles

Harpsichord
Igor Kipnis, Charlotte Mattax, Charles Sherman, Colin Tilney

Musical Theater
Franc D'Ambrosio

Oboe
Heinz Holliger

Percussion
Evelyn Glennie, Neil Grover, David Herbert

Piano
Leif Ove Andsnes, Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Stephen Drury, Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Warren Jones, Jeffrey Kahane, Lang Lang, Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, Charles Rosen, Sergey Schepkin, André Watts

Trombone
Joe Alessi, Jorgen van Rijen, David Vining

Trumpet
Frits Damrow, Hakan Hardenberger, James Thompson

Viola
Helen Callus, James Dunham, Ralph Fielding, John Graham, Samuel Rhodes, Michael Tree, Geraldine Walther, Evan Wilson

Violin
Alexander Barantschik, Nora Chastain, Jorja Fleezanis, Kai Gleusteen, Robert Mann, Kevork Mardirossian, Peter Oundjian, Elmer Oliveira, Sylvia Rosenberg, Pinchas Zukerman

Violoncello
Norman Fischer, Clive Greensmith, Matt Haimovitz, Scott Kluksdahl, Joel Krosnick, Yo-Yo Ma, Sharon Robinson, Mstislav Rostropovich

Vocal
Elly Ameling, Ann Baltz, Barbara Bonney, Janet Bookspan, Régine Crespin, Sharon Daniels, Sheri Greenawald, Nathan Gunn, Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley, Richard Harrell, Judith Malafronte, Lotfi Mansouri, Bobby McFerrin, Susanne Mentzer, Catherine Naglestad, Donald Runnicles, James Schwabacher, Ruth Ann Swenson, Dave Stroud, Giorgio Tozzi, Pierre Vallet, Carol Vaness