This year we had a young man who was having problems with his baseball coach scheduling baseball practice on top of String Project class. After several meetings with the coach and his parents, the parents contacted us to see what else could be done. The student was devastated that this was happening and the parents wanted some help. We worked it out so that the sectional coach would give the student private lessons each week to make up for the group classes and he would attend group class as possible. He has returned to string project recently and reflected about how thankful he was for the string project and his teacher! He can’t wait for orchestra in the public school this coming year!
National String Project Consortium
The NSPC supports the creation and growth of String Projects at universities across the country. These String Projects provide practical hands-on training for undergraduate string education majors during their college years and give children the opportunity to study a stringed instrument.
National String Project Consortium
The NSPC supports the creation and growth of String Projects at universities across the country. These String Projects provide practical hands-on training for undergraduate string education majors during their college years and give children the opportunity to study a stringed instrument.
The University of South Carolina String Project, now in its 44thyear, has won national recognition, including the Verner Award and a documentary on South Carolina ETV celebrating the 20th anniversary of the program. When the University of South Carolina String Project was founded in 1974 there was just one small string program in the Columbia metropolitan area. Now all five school districts in the Columbia area have large and active string programs, with orchestras in every high school and six regional youth orchestras.