EUGENE–Jaap Schroeder, a Dutch violinist who has led a revival in the way classical music is performed, taught and listened to, will make two public appearances in April in Eugene while visiting the University of Oregon as a guest of the Oregon Humanities Center.

Schroeder will present a free lecture-demonstration at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Alumni Lounge of Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. His talk, taken from a book he is currently completing for Yale University Press, is entitled "J. S. Bach’s ‘Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin’: Reflections on Performance Practice." A light reception will follow the lecture.

For more information, or for disability accommodations, browse <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~humanctr/> or call the Oregon Humanities Center, (541) 346-3934.

Schroeder also will give a concert with Bonnie Garrett, fortepiano, and Marc Vanscheeuwijck, baroque cello, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, in Beall Concert Hall as part of the School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series. The program will consist of duos and trios of the classical period by Haydn, Boccherini, L. Hoffman and J. Schobert, performed on period instruments.

For more information about the concert, browse <http://music1.uoregon.edu> or call the School of Music, (541) 346-5678.

Schroeder has enjoyed a long and multifaceted career, including work as a chamber music player, baroque violin soloist, conductor, writer and teacher. He is an expert in Baroque music and a pioneer in the field of historical performance practice.

While growing up in Amsterdam, Schroeder began playing the violin at age 8. After graduating from high school in 1943, he intended to study classical languages and history at the university. But due to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands–and German control of the universities–he instead went to the Sweelinck Conservatory of Music in Amsterdam to pursue advanced studies in violin. Thus began his professional career as a violinist.

Schroeder has been teaching at universities, conservatories and music festivals throughout Europe and North America for almost 40 years.

In the United States, he has taught at Juilliard, Yale, the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland, Case Western Reserve, Peabody Conservatory, Florida State University and the University of Florida at Gainesville.

In Europe, Schroeder has been on the faculty of such prominent universities and conservatories as the Paris Conservatory, the Sweelinck Conservatory and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, among others.

As a chamber musician, he has performed and recorded much of the classical string quartet literature. As a baroque violinist, he has researched and presented in concert little-known string music of the 17th and 18th centuries as well as the works of major composers of the Baroque era such as J.S. Bach’s solo sonatas and sonatas with harpsichord.

Schroeder has been a guest conductor with more than 10 orchestras worldwide and has served as concertmaster for several orchestras in the Netherlands and the United States. He also has been the concertmaster and conductor/leader of the Concerto Amsterdam, the Aston Magna Ensemble (United States) and the Academy of Ancient Music (London). He considers himself a performer first, however, and prefers playing over conducting.

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