In a room full of young musicians, Darian Douglas teaches children how to properly hold a string instrument, which sometimes look bigger than the student. This is the one of the first classes that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American String Project does constantly what other musical groups do only occasionally: perform standard quartet and quintet literature in expanded form. This conductorless 15-piece ensemble ...

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 ...

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.