Nicole Parks knows the value of music education. As the new director of UMass Lowell’s String Project, she wants to share the experience of learning – and teaching – music to as many people as ...

Josh Santana ’20, ’22, a Lowell native, fell in love with the violin when he was 7 years old after hearing a solo violin performance on television. “The sound was just miraculous, beautiful,” he says.

NORMAL — Pride and love of music were evident Saturday afternoon as past and present students and student-instructors gathered to celebrate recent recognition of the String Project at Illinois State ...

Participants in the ASU Strings Project playing the violin on the second floor of ASU Gammage. Participants are taught string instruments by music education or performance majors at ASU. (Photo by ...

Training teachers and providing affordable string education to children in our area We know it’s getting harder and harder to get a music education because of cuts and funding, but Marywood is one of ...

The City of Buellton has awarded a grant to local non-profit Santa Barbara Strings to produce the “Buellton Strings Project,” a 16 week introductory strings course for Buellton youth aged 5 to 14. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sarah Ruff, Assistant Professor of Music, created "The String Project" in efforts to get string instruments in the hands of young ...

Imagine you’ve been running a small, well-respected arts organization for a decade and recently received a $200,000 grant to further your group’s mission. Certainly it would make sense to increase ...

The American String Project is a unusual idea made even more special by the quality of its execution. Founded by double bassist Barry Lieberman and violinist Maria Larionoff, the 15-member string ...