Vision
The YSU String Project offers free private lessons on violin, viola, cello, and bass to children in the greater Youngstown area. Students enrolled in the program can also sign up for chamber music, orchestra, and technique classes on Saturdays, which are taught by graduate and undergraduate string majors in the Dana School of Music. The project seeks to train the next generation of young artists, simultaneously serving area children and training college students in excellent education practices through faculty supervision. The String Project forms the first professional string-instrument training ground of its kind in the city of Youngstown.
String Project Facts
- The String Project currently has 55% BIPOC teachers and approximately 33% BIPOC students.
- We are serving every major school district in the Youngstown Area.
- We are a member of the National String Project Consortium (www.stringprojects.org).
- The level of local string playing and enthusiasm is growing as a result of the String Project.
- The Dana School of Music is growing quickly in talented and dedicated string majors.
- The String Project Assistantships are attracting international students to YSU.
- All String Project teachers have four years or more of previous teaching experience.
- Graduate students teach lessons and courses with mentored undergraduate assistants.
- We are able to give lessons in both Spanish and English.
- String Project students receive chamber music, private lessons, and music theory classes.
- Currently, 47 3rd -12th grade students are enrolled in the program, and we have served over 70 families over the last two years.
- We have already recruited freshmen string players for the Dana School of Music from the String Project.
- Students enrolled in the project can sign up for additional classes, such as chamber music, orchestra, and technique classes.
- Student teachers are supervised and trained by YSU faculty members Dr. Wendy Case, Dr. Kivie Cahn-Lipman, and Dr. Dave Morgan.