Dancing with Bach: A Full-Day Baroque Strings Workshop

Ages: 10 - 18
Session Length: 1 Day
Skill Level: Intermediate and Up

Join members of Les Délices, Cleveland’s premiere Baroque chamber ensemble, for a full-day workshop focused on dance forms in the music of J.S. Bach.

Curious about baroque string playing but don't know where to start? Participants can try out baroque bows, explore baroque string techniques, experiment with ornamentation, and develop their understanding of dance forms in the music of J.S. Bach in this day-long workshop focused on musical selections from Bach's Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major.

This day includes a faculty performance, group classes on characteristic styles and techniques, mini-lessons, and full-ensemble playing sessions that culminate in a public performance and reception for students and families.

Sunday, November 15, 2026
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
TMS University Circle Campus
11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106

Workshop Schedule

• 9:00 am - 9:45 am: Faculty performance introducing Historical Performance Practice
• 10:00 am - 11:00 am: Chamber orchestra (full-group session)
• 11:15 am - 12:30 pm: Break-out Groups: Fundamentals of Baroque String Playing
• 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm: Lunch (bring your own OR a bag lunch will be available for purchase; Les Délices will contact registrants directly about lunch options prior to the event)
• 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Group Lessons
• 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm: Chamber orchestra (full group session)
• 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Short performance/presentation for parents/families + reception

Participating families will also receive up to four free tickets to Les Délices’ upcoming performances of Concertos for Christmas, presented December 11th - 13th.

Prerequisites

Participants must be able to play 2 octave melodic or harmonic minor scales; up to 2 or 3 flats/sharps, and have completed Suzuki Book 3. Completion of Suzuki Book 4 is preferred.

Contribution

The Music Settlement and Les Délices are committed to making this program accessible for all who wish to attend. If you do wish to make a contribution towards the cost of the program, suggested donations range from $25 - $150 per participant. All contributions will go directly toward the talented team who makes this program possible.

Registration

Advanced registration is required as these is limited capacity for this workshop. An attempt will be made to balance the ensemble across sections.

Please select your instrument below and complete your registration. Alternatively, to enroll by phone, please call The Music Settlement at 216-421-5806 ext. 100.

Violin Registration

Viola Registration

Cello Registration

Double Bass Registration

Questions?

Contact info@lesdelices.org with questions.

Faculty

Les Délices

Les Délices (in English, The Delights) brings long-forgotten music alive for contemporary audiences through concerts in Cleveland, on tour, and through recordings and broadcasts. Dubbed “an early music group with an avant-garde appetite” by The New York Times, the San Francisco Cl... Expand

Les Délices (in English, The Delights) brings long-forgotten music alive for contemporary audiences through concerts in Cleveland, on tour, and through recordings and broadcasts. Dubbed “an early music group with an avant-garde appetite” by The New York Times, the San Francisco Classical Voice observed that “Les Délices can’t help but get one listening and thinking in fresh ways.” Recent projects have seen Les Délices bring their “outstanding artistry and verve” (American Record Guide) to signature programs of French Baroque music, folks songs from Baroque-era Scotland, chamber music from the Age of Revolutions, late-Medieval music, and more. Visit www.lesdelices.org to learn more.

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Featured Teachers

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• Violinist Shelby Yamin will lead project planning and work with upper strings. Equally adept on modern and baroque violin, Shelby has appeared as a soloist with Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players, New York Baroque Incorporated, the San Francisco Academy Orchestra, Tafelmusik Winter Institute, and as guest concertmaster of the 2019 Berwick Academy of the Oregon Bach Festival. Also an active chamber musician, she regularly collaborates with a wide range of New York based ensembles and Cleveland's Les Délices.
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  Rebecca Landell is a professor of baroque cello and viola da gamba at Oberlin Conservatory. She enjoys a varied performing career as a soloist and chamber musician with groups like Apollo’s Fire and Les Délices, as well as collaborating with a variety of artists creating experimental programs.

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• Les Délices Artistic Director Debra Nagy will assist with program planning and instruction. Debra Nagy is one of North America’s leading performers on the baroque oboe. She is principal oboe with Boston's Handel & Haydn Society and performs with ensembles around the country including Apollo’s Fire, and others. Passionate about chamber music, Debra is the founder/director of Les Délices and was awarded a 2022 Cleveland Arts Prize (Mid-Career). She serves on the faculty of advanced-level early music summer programs including the American Bach Soloists Academy and Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy, teaches baroque oboe at New England Conservatory as part of the Pratt Early Music Residency, and is a Visiting Instructor at Case Western Reserve University & Cleveland Institute of Music.
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