ESTA Ireland - European String Teachers Association

This just in!!!!!

Dear President,

The free workshops series organized by the Central Board and sponsored by Fennica Gehrman, continue during the autumn 2025.

ESTA Talks and the workshops series are the very first projects in the history of our organization where the central board creates and maintains professional connection between board and membership. The numerous and active participation in the workshops together with the positive feedback encourages and motivates us to proceed on.

The subjects of the coming workshop sessions:

CHILD – CENTERED SCALE TEACHING. Developing “ear led” fingers. Scales in one, two and three octaves. Sunday, September 21.

CHILD – CENTERED RHYTHM TEACHING. Developing the inner pulse. Various rhythms and time signatures. Sunday, October 12.

BOWINGS PART I. Detache, legato, martelé, staccato and portato. Sunday, November 2.

BOWINGS PART II. Marcato, bouncing bow, ricochet, sautille, arpeggio and chordal playing. Sunday, November 23.

FINGER - PATTERNS PART I. Basic, flattened and sharpened stopping positions of the second and third fingers. Sunday, December 7.

FINGER - PATTERNS PART II. Basic, flattened and sharpened stopping positions of the first and fourth fingers. Half position, enharmony and chromaticism. 2026 Sunday, February 8.

SHIFTING PART I. Discover and master the fingerboard. Sunday March 8.

SHIFTING PART II. These workshops are designed for developing technically and intellectually balanced acquisition of the different positions. They offer art-pedagogical material to read confidently in the positions, to master the shifting movements and to understand why and when to use a particular position. Sunday, March 29.

SCALES AND ARPEGGIOUS IN TWO, THREE AND FOUR OCTAVES Sunday, April 12.



DATES of the sessions:

2025 September 21, October 12, November 2, November 23, December 7.

2026 February 8, March 8, March 29, April 12.

The broadcasts of all sessions are on Sundays at 4 p.m. (CET).

We kindly ask you dear president to distribute this letter to all members of your national branch.

With cordial greetings

ESTA Central Board

Géza Szilvay