Victor Brown Chair in Violin and Associate Professor of Strings Akemi Takayama, M.M.; Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Viola and Chamber Music Doris Lederer, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; Assistant Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M.; and Coordinator of Strings and Professor of Bass Donovan Stokes, D.M., presented a strings masterclass on Oct. 1 at Colgan High School in Manassas, Virginia.