Vol. 17, No. 15	Dec. 18, 1997

String institute set in January

The University's seventh annual Winter Institute for String Quartets will feature two public concerts and three public master classes this January. The Department of Music event is cosponsored by the UD Performing Arts Series, and all events are in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.

The headline concert will take place at 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, and will feature a number of prestigious guest artists, including Lawrence Dutton, violist with the Emerson String Quartet; Joel Krosnick, cellist with the Juilliard String Quartet; and Don Weilerstein, first violinist with the former Cleveland String Quartet. Also on the program are members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet-Nick Eanet and Nicholas Mann, violins; and Marcy Rosen, cello-who are resident faculty for the institute.

The program includes the Sextet in B flat, Op. 18 by Brahms and the Quintet in C Major for Strings, K. 515 by Mozart. Rosen and Krosnick will play the Sonata for Two Cellos by Donald Francis Tovey.

Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $6 for students. An Emerging Artists Concert will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11, featuring young professional chamber musicians participating in this year's institute.

The quartets include the Chesapeake Quartet, Cypress String Quartet, St. Augustine String Quartet and Amherst String Quartet.

Free master classes will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7, Thursday, Jan. 8, and Friday, Jan. 9.

For information, call 831-2577.

Three-day faculty retreat in June

The sixth annual Wakonse-East Faculty Teaching Retreat focusing on "The Art and Science of Teaching" will be held June 3-5 at Sandy Hill Conference Center south of North East, Md.

The three-day residential teaching conference is designed to provide participating faculty with information on multiple teaching models, renewal and group interaction. In addition, it creates a community and network of teaching scholars.

Program content is determined and delivered by the participants, who will be contacted to provide information on learning objectives.

Suggested sessions for this year's retreat include student evaluation and testing, classroom presentation skills and strategies, art of advising, presentation technology, classroom management and teaching and research.

Enrollment is limited to 32 participants. Priority is given to full-time faculty. Full-time residency at the retreat is expected. Single session or one-day participation is not an option.

A $50 nonrefundable deposit must accompany registration, which is due by Feb. 20. The remaining $250 must be paid in full by April 10. For information, call Judy Greene at 831-2027 or send e-mail to Jgreene@udel.edu