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 ...

Theodore Buchholz steps down from his position at the end of the fall semester after leading the program for a decade. The University of Arizona String Project holds a special place in many people’s ...

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 ...

If you explained what the American String Project does — rearrange chamber music pieces for a string orchestra — the first two logical questions would be “Why?” and “For whom?” The best way to answer ...

The Ogden City Arts Advisory Committee is a group of local artists and residents that focuses on all things art happening in the city. The group’s members work as liaisons between artists and Ogden ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spring in Seattle long meant a diminution of cultural offerings as arts organizations began their winding down toward a summer break. For the past seven years, there has been an exception to that rule ...

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.