Teaching genius : Dorothy DeLay and the making of a musician

The late Dorothy DeLay taught violin at Juilliard for more than 50 years, and a list of her pupils - from Itzhak Perlman and Kennedy to Midori and Sarah Chang - reads like a who's who of the violin world. For more than 10 years, the author was granted access to DeLay's classes at Juilliard and the Aspen School, allowing her to craft this fascinating book that is both an exploration of the mysteries of teaching and learning and a feast of anecdotes about an extraordinary woman. HARDCOVER. Dorothy Delay Is The First Woman And The First American To Have Been Accorded A Place Among History's Great Violin Pedagogues. From Itzhak Perlman To Midori And Sarah Chang, The List Of Her Pupils Reads Like A Who's Who Of Today's Virtuoso Performers. For More Than Half A Century, She Has Been A Power Behind The Throne, A Legend Within The World Of Classical Music, Whose Influence Extends Far Beyond The Practice Room. Sand Examines The Childhoods Of Several Delay Students, Taking An In-depth Look At One Of Today's Foremost Stars, Sarah Chang. Woven Through The Stories Are Key Issues In The Care And Training Of Exceptional Young Artists. Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, And Nadja Salerno-sonnenberg Are Among The Musicians Who Provide Their Very Personal Assessments Of Delay As Friend And Teacher. Their Insights, As Well As Those Of Delay's Husband, New Yorker Writer Edward Newhouse, Paint A Portrait Of A Woman Whose Motivating Challenge Is To Find The Approach That Will Lead To Her Charges' Success.--jacket. Foreword / Zubin Mehta -- Dorothy Delay--her Life And Legacy -- Delay's Life: A Limitless Sense Of The Possible -- Teaching Geniuses: Auer, Galamian, And Delay -- In The Studio -- The Power Of Primitive Thinking -- Saturday's Children: The Pre-college Kids And Their Parents -- The Upper School Students -- The Aspen Music School: Delay's Summer Studio -- The Emperor's New Clothes? Delay And Her Critics -- The World Outside: On Stage And In Performance -- Looking For Work -- Prodigies -- Sarah Chang's Story: How To Get To Carnegie Hall -- Itzhak Perlman's Story: Bringing Out The Best -- Toby Perlman's Story: Another Perspective -- Enormous Changes At The Last Minute. By Barbara Lourie Sand. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 235-236) And Index. "Dorothy DeLay is the first woman and the first American to have been accorded a place among history's great violin pedagogues. From Itzhak Perlman to Midori and Sarah Chang, the list of her pupils reads like a Who's Who of today's virtuoso performers. For more than half a century, she has been a power behind the throne, a legend within the world of classical music, whose influence extends far beyond the practice room.". "Sand examines the childhoods of several DeLay students, taking an in-depth look at one of today's foremost stars, Sarah Chang. Woven through the stories are key issues in the care and training of exceptional young artists.". "Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg are among the musicians who provide their very personal assessments of Delay as friend and teacher. Their insights, as well as those of DeLay's husband, New Yorker writer Edward Newhouse, paint a portrait of a woman whose motivating challenge is to find the approach that will lead to her charges' success."--BOOK JACKET. Describes the life and work of Dorothy Delay, world-renowned violin teacher, who was assistant, and later, unintended rival, to Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She trained violinists in performance and making career choices. Her students included Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chung and Midori. Includes personal reminiscences and insight into the world of classical music training, the rigours, intrigues and delights of the treasure of the highest levels of study and performance, known only to very few lucky players. An informative, interesting read, not only for those studying classical music, but for anyone helping or parenting a would-be classical musician. "She has a limitless sense of the possible," the writer Edward Newhouse has said of his wife, Dorothy DeLay, whom he married in 1941.