A 4-day intensive workshop for strings!
A weekend of music, music, music! We’ll be covering technique, musicianship, performance, harmony, improvisation and more. Go deeper, go further and discover! Tackle that piece that you’ve been itching to learn, and get together with fellow participants to make some great chamber music. Each day will include a combination of private lessons, ensemble coaching, practice time with an accompanist and group masterclasses. At the end of the workshop, we’ll perform our solo (with piano accompaniment), small ensemble and large ensemble pieces in a house concert open to friends and family.
Most classes will be taught by Victoria, with some guest faculty including the amazing Saskia Tomkins (violin/viola) and piano accompanist Janina Kraus.
Thursday July 9 – Sunday July 12, 2026
Peterborough, Ontario
Schedule (subject to change)
Peterborough, Ontario
Schedule (subject to change)
Thursday
4:00 – 4:30 Arrival, social
4:30 – 5:30 Masterclass
5:30 – 6:30 Large ensemble
6:30 – 7:30 Group Dinner
Friday
10:00 – 11:00 Masterclass
11:00 – 12:00 Small ensembles
12:00 – 1:00 Group Lunch break
1:00 – 2:00 Private lessons and practice time
2:00 – 3:00 Fiddle Masterclass with Saskia Tomkins
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:00 Faculty concert
4:00 – 6:00 Practice with accompanist and small ensemble coaching
6:00 – 6:45 Large ensemble
6:45 Day ends Group dinner
Saturday
10:00 – 11:00 Masterclass
11:00 – 12:30 Practice with accompanist and small ensemble coaching
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch on your own and travel to downtown (walk or short drive)
2:00 – 4:00 Masterclass – Stage Presence (at Traill College)
4:00 – 6:00 Travel back to Victoria’s, Large Ensemble practice
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner on your own in town
8:30 pm – Gig downtown
Sunday
10:00 – 11:00 Masterclass
11:00 – 12:00 Private lessons and independent practice
12:00 – 1:00 Large ensemble
1:00 – 2:00 Group lunch and independent practice
2:00 – 3:00 Small ensembles with Saskia; independent practice with accompanist
3:00 – 4:30 House Concert
4:30 Workshop ends!
Tuition
$500 Super Early Bird (expires December 31, 2025)
$650 Regular price
Contact Victoria for more information
“Victoria is a gifted musician and stellar teacher who tailors lessons brilliantly. I have been developing my musicianship with her, focusing on both contemporary improvisational work for my band and developing and deepening my work on orchestral repertoire for the Georgian Bay Symphony. She communicates clearly, provides ‘just the right study’ for technical development and is low key, knowledgeable and encouraging.
I highly recommend Victoria as both a performance musician and a teacher; she is awesome.“