master class

noun

Updated on: 16 May 2018

Definition of master class

: a seminar for advanced music students conducted by a master musician

Recent Examples of master class from the Web

Also among the 2018 offerings is a vocal master class for students who are ages 12-18.

— bob kostanczuk, Post-Tribune, "South Shore Orchestra seeks to educate with 'Peter and the Wolf' performance," 7 May 2018
At Texas State University in San Marcos, meanwhile, students can take a marketable-skills master class series.

— beth pinsker, The Christian Science Monitor, "Technology's influence reshapes how employers assess job applicants," 1 May 2018
His attorney said Garner is still teaching master classes, or individual lessons in front of a group, for students around the world.

— kate murphy, Cincinnati.com, "Flute students accuse ex-University of Cincinnati professor of sexual misconduct over 2 decades," 6 Feb. 2018
However things turn out for Jackson, the mishandling of this nomination has been a master class in administrative nincompoopery.

— chris stirewalt, Fox News, "Cold pizza, cold comfort for GOP in midterms," 25 Apr. 2018
What should have been a master class mixed grill of sausage, pork belly, quail and tenderloin steak for two was a $44 unsightly pile of undercooked fowl, flabby steak, stiff pork and grocery caliber kielbasa.

— mike sutter, San Antonio Express-News, "Review: Maverick Texas Brasserie a new star for Southtown," 19 Apr. 2018
Her jazz singing mentor, Darmon Meader, was coming to NKU from New York to give a master class, and Brady wanted to sing a duet with him.

— james pilcher, Cincinnati.com, "How sexual harassment starts on campus: One student's story," 2 Apr. 2018
Always a crowd pleaser, del Toro often goes out of his way to reach as many fans as possible, either with his widely popular master classes or impromptu autograph sessions.

— john hecht, The Hollywood Reporter, "Guillermo del Toro Warns Fans of Fake Tickets for Acting Classes," 8 Mar. 2018
Chief among them is the book’s example as a master class in how to trace the lineage of a biographical subject’s ideas and predilections.

— michael p. jeffries, New York Times, "The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation," 22 Feb. 2018

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