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.

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 ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With no strings attached, students in the University of Tennessee's College of music are giving back. "One of my colleagues brought up the idea of starting a String Project in ...

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 ...

Listening to a string quartet turned into a string symphony is a lot like watching chocolate syrup being added to milk. The inclusion of the double bass darkens and enriches timbres; the additional ...