Promisek Bach Workshops

Meet violin faculty and workshop director Katie Lansdale! Want to study with Katie this summer? Join us in August for the Solo Strings Workshop at Promisek: https://forms.gle/fMzFfWsFTBXtyU2s8

Violinist/director Katie Lansdale is widely acclaimed as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator. She has performed as soloist and chamber artist in North/South America and Europe, and on numerous American concert series, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall and Lincoln Center’s Rose Room. Winner of Grand Prizes at the Fischoff and Yellow Springs national chamber competitions, Dr. Lansdale has collaborated with Yo Yo Ma, Felix Galimir, Donald Weilerstein, the Miami and Shanghai Quartets, and Charles Neidich. For over three decades she has been a member of the internationally-acclaimed Lions Gate Trio, trio in residence at the Hartt School, recording for Centaur and Triton records and performing across Europe and the Eastern US. Lansdale's concerto appearances have included with the National Symphony, the Austin Mozart Orchestra, the Schroeder Classical Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the NY Spectrum Orchestra, the Piedmont Valley Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and the New York Repertory Orchestra. Lauded for her wide interests and adventuresome programming, Lansdale was invited to present works by composers from around the world at Juilliard's 2026 Delay Symposium. Lansdale has garnered particular attention for her performances of solo Bach, performing the complete cycle over a dozen times in North and South America. A student of with Ronda Cole, Josef Gingold, Felix Galimir, Donald Weilerstein and Mitchell Stern, Lansdale graduated cm laude from Yale and earned graduate music degrees (M.M., D.M.A.) at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Manhattan School of Music. She teaches at and the Hartt School, , where she directs the annual Ode to Joy chamber festival.

Register for the Solo Strings Workshop at Promisek 2026!

Join us this August in Connecticut for the Solo Strings Workshop at Promisek with Artistic Director Katie Lansdale. Workshops are open to professional players and teachers, pre-college students, college/grad students, and amateurs. All string players—violin, viola, cello, bass—are welcome!

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