master class

noun

1. a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.

Word History and Origins

Origin of master class¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Throughout the pandemic, in order to preserve his sanity, Friend says he “went really deep on the songwriting front” and took some virtual songwriting master classes.

From Washington Blade

It inspires me to look inward as I start a new master class with the greatest people, just like me.

From Washington Post

CNN’s Pamela Brown gave a master class in her devastating interview with Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina.

From Washington Post

The Washington Post, which has the The Washington Post Advisory Panel made up of about 10,000 members, turned its insights from its panel into free virtual master classes for its advertisers this year.

From Digiday

I like leaving different master class episodes in the background when I’m writing.

From Essence.com

Remember his master class of the speech on the Obama record at the 2012 Democratic Convention.

From The Daily Beast

At a brisk, 90 minutes, Gravity is a master class not just in technical achievement, but in judicious editing.

From The Daily Beast

The painting of the bird alone is a master class in technique.

From The Daily Beast

He gave a master class in poetry Friday, as the killers were preparing to do their worst.

From The Daily Beast

Plus, her handling of the situation is a master class in damage control.

From The Daily Beast

In the case of the master class, these results are the making of the rich fewer and the remaining few richer.

From Project Gutenberg

But being landless and moneyless they were dependent for employment on the old master class.

From Project Gutenberg

Our present public school system is candidly based on training a dominant master class.

From Project Gutenberg

It means that in the aggregate the Master Class have deprived us of more than twenty years of liberty.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore there is a certain amount of tautology in denouncing the "master class" for its monstrous abuses.

From Project Gutenberg