The School for Strings is a place for your entire family
to join together in the joy of learning and making music!
The School for Strings offers private lessons and classes under two categories: SfS Certificate Program and SfS Non Certificate Program. We offer private violin, viola, cello and double bass lessons in each. Students taking our Summer Exploratory Workshops often continue in beginning Group Lessons. We have students from 4 years old through adults taking beginning, intermediate and advanced lessons. Our Youth Orchestra program, Stringendo Musicianship (music theory) classes are open to any violin, viola, cello or double bass students not taking private lessons with our teachers. Many parents participate in lessons along with their students and often join our Fiddle Club and our orchestras. All students participate in frequent solo recitals. Our Youth Orchestras and Fiddle Club give many Concerts each year.
Please continue reading about our Certificate and Non Certificate Programs to determine which is best for you.
Please continue reading about our Certificate and Non Certificate Programs to determine which is best for you.
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Possibly the most affordable program you will find, lessons and classes at the School for Strings run as low as $14.50 per hour of instruction.
School for Strings Certificate Program
The School for Strings Certificate Program, following a comprehensive curriculum as found in major music conservatories, includes weekly private lessons of 30, 45, or 60 minutes, weekly youth orchestra rehearsals plus biweekly musicianship and Fiddle Club. Certificate Program students show their progress through annual evaluations in performance on their instrument, technical development in scales and etudes plus advancing knowledge of musicianship. The Certificate Program fee starts at $14.50 per hour of instruction! Our violin, viola, cello and double bass lessons follow the United States national guidelines for string teaching set down by the American String Teacher’s Association Certificate Advancement Program which states clear criteria for what students should accomplish in each of 10 levels. Click here to learn the tuition for the varioius lesson lenghts offered in the SfS Certificate Program
School for Strings Non-Certificate Program
The School for Strings Non-Certificate Program has two further divisions:
group lessons and private lessons.
group lessons and private lessons.
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Schools for Strings Group Classes have been very popular with families of younger beginning students. Groups generally form out of students from our Summer Exploratory Wroskhops with classes starting mid summer. We limit our groups 4-7 students of similar age and readiness. The group lessons meet weekly for an hour. Click here to learn the tuition for the for our Group Classes.
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Schools for Strings Private Lessons on violin, viola, cello or double bass are for students not ready, or wishing, to undertake our full certificate curriculum. Many adult and older children opt to register for private lessons without our full certificate program. We offer these individual lessons in 30, 45 or 60 minute weekly options. Students in our Non-Certificate Program may also participate in one hour bi-weekly beginning musicianship (music theory) classes. Advancing student in our Non Certificate Program often also register for either our Orchestras or our Fiddle Club.
Click here to learn the tuition for the varioius lesson lenghts offered in the SfS Non Certificate Program.
Schools for Strings Private Lessons on violin, viola, cello or double bass are for students not ready, or wishing, to undertake our full certificate curriculum. Many adult and older children opt to register for private lessons without our full certificate program. We offer these individual lessons in 30, 45 or 60 minute weekly options. Students in our Non-Certificate Program may also participate in one hour bi-weekly beginning musicianship (music theory) classes. Advancing student in our Non Certificate Program often also register for either our Orchestras or our Fiddle Club.
Click here to learn the tuition for the varioius lesson lenghts offered in the SfS Non Certificate Program.