When parents enrolled their children this year in Nathan Strick’s classes, they knew there’d be strings attached. Cello and violin strings, to be precise. The Avon school district started offering ...

Sep. 24—When Jim Jordan thinks of Abilene, he remembers his childhood growing up playing music at school. Even now as a retired veterinarian in Oregon, he never forgets his childhood home and love for ...

The String Project is a flagship program that provides affordable, carefully-structured lessons in violin and cello for children in the 4th through 10th grades, taught by the dedicated and talented ...

The music room at Laurel Lane Elementary School holds decades of memories for Cynthia Campbell. On her desk sits old photobooks, capturing memories of former students and past recitals. Today, those ...

Third-grader Tayja Sallie doesn’t have a year of playing the cello under her belt, but she’s struck a chord and doesn’t want to stop playing. “I haven’t even been playing a year and I’m already this ...

Northern Michigan seems to be an arts-centric hub, and one local organization with this type of focus is celebrating its 20th anniversary while looking forward to a full year of programming ahead of ...