ESTA Ireland - European String Teachers Association

I would also like to inform you of a change in our ESTA workshop series with our president Géza Szilvay:
The session originally planned for 12 April 2026 will now take place on 19 April 2026.
Please kindly pass this information on to your members.

Below you will find the updated workshop dates as well as the access link:

Sunday, 8 March 2026, 4 pm CET – Shifting, Part 1

Sunday, 29 March 2026, 4 pm CET –Shifting, Part 2
Sunday, 19 April 2026, 4 pm CET – Scales and arpeggios in two, three and four octaves

This afternoon the master is offering his thoughts on Bowing. 3pm Irish time.

Join ESTA President Géza Szilvay this afternoon for his online workshop, the first of two sessions on Bowing. The link to join can be found in your November newsletter email. See you soon!

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Géza Szilvay's online workshops: extracts from the workshop 21th September 2025 Workshops by courtesy of Géza Szilvay, sponsored by Fennica Gehrman Oy the music publisher. Video (extracts from the workshop 21th September 2025): Géza Szil...

Seems like a while since we have written to everyone. However now is a good time to propose a meet-up and a workshop. For some time now Kat Baker has been writing a series of chamber music books for young people. They really are something very special and fill a huge need in the repertoire. What is proposed is that we meet in November and spend a day together playing and learning about these beautiful works. We will post a poll on WhatsApp in the next couple of days to finalise a date but in the meantime maybe people could look at both the 16th and the 23rd as possibilities.