Yanshinov occupies an important place within Russian violin pedagogy, though his works are less commonly encountered in Western teaching traditions.

His writing reflects a deep understanding of how violinists develop:

prioritizing balance, clarity, coordination, and musical responsibility rather than speed or display.

The Concertino in A Minor offers:

• A sustained encounter with concertino form
• Melodic writing that rewards refined tone production
• Opportunities for phrasing and dynamic shaping without unnecessary technical escalation
• All in first and third position only
• Coordination challenges that reveal — rather than conceal — technical habits
• Bowing articulation
• String Crossings
• Double and Triple Stops

When studied carefully, this work functions as formative repertoire, not supplementary material.

This is a guided repertoire study course, structured to reflect how repertoire is approached in a serious private studio.

Rather than rushing toward performance, the course unfolds methodically — clarifying technical demands, musical structure, and expressive decisions so that practice time is intentional and grounded.

Instruction focuses on:

• How the piece is constructed
• Bow distribution
• Hand frame development in 1st and 3rd position
• Phrasing
• Multi string application
• Intonation
• Articulation
• Musicality

The course is self-paced.

Enrollment includes:

• 🎻 Teaching videos
• Section-by-section instruction addressing coordination, tone, intonation, and musical logic
• 🎼 Public-domain sheet music
• Provided with my fingerings and bowings
• 🎹 Piano accompaniment via Tomplay
• For practice, study, and independent rehearsal
• 🎥 Performance video by Heather
• To support listening, pacing, and stylistic understanding
• 🔁 Lifetime course access
• Possibility to return to the material as your playing and listening matures

This course is well-suited for violinists who are:

• Late beginner to early intermediate
• Secure in first position and developing or secure in third position
• Beginning concertino or early concerto study
• Returning to the violin after time away
• Expressive, but seeking greater technical reliability
• Teachers seeking exposure to repertoire commonly used in Russian pedagogy

Third position knowledge is helpful.

This course supports steady, musical development.

Studying this repertoire course cultivates:

• Consistent tone across strings
• Bow distribution at singing tempos
• Left-hand frame awareness for intonation
• Coordination between bow, fingers, and phrasing
• Confidence navigating longer musical phrases
• Listening skills through piano collaboration

This is repertoire that teaches through musical responsibility, not technical excess.

Yanshinov: Concertino in A Minor, Op. 35 sits within the Repertoire Room of the Broadbent School of Violin Artistry.

It follows foundational technical study and early repertoire cycles (including Rieding) and prepares the violinist for more demanding Romantic and post-Romantic works encountered later in European and Russian pedagogical traditions.

The course is positioned to build continuity and momentum, not to function as an endpoint.

I chose to offer this work as a course because the Yanshinov Concertino is often overlooked outside of Russian pedagogy, despite its exceptional value for developing coordination, tone, and musical understanding.

When taught carefully, it offers a depth of study that many more familiar works do not. This course invites violinists to engage a piece of repertoire that rewards attention, listening, and responsibility — qualities that serve the player well beyond this work alone.