With 19 acclaimed albums and partnerships spanning the U.S. State Department, Chamber Music America, and Lincoln Center, Christian Howes has spent three decades helping teachers cultivate more versatile, expressive, and expansive musicianship in themselves and their...

Soon Hee Newbold is an internationally acclaimed composer. Her works are by performed by orchestras ranging from professional symphonies to beginning elementary ensembles. Notable commissions include: Atlanta Symphony’s Merian Ensemble, the Brevard Symphony...

Julie Lyonn Lieberman is a multi-genre improvising violinist, vocalist, author, educator, radio producer, composer, and recording artist, as well as the Artistic Director for the summer program, Strings Without Boundaries. She ...

Amanda Conrade is the Orchestra Director at Fort Riley Middle School in USD 475 - Geary Country Schools (KS) where she teaches 6-8 grade orchestras. Serving a transient population, she shares her enthusiasm for learning a string instrument with her students through...

David Miller is an assistant professor of music education at University of Kentucky where he teaches undergraduate music education and graduate research courses. He maintains an active schedule as a clinician, adjudicator, and workshop presenter...

Dan Scott is serving in his 29th year teaching 5th, 6th and high school orchestras at Jenison Public Schools in Jenison, MI.  In addition to his school teaching he directs the St. Cecelia Youth Philharmonic in Grand Rapids is adjunct professor of string...

Alba Madrid - Director/Master Teacher

Midori is a visionary artist, activist and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience. In the four decades since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11, the “simply magical” (Houston Chronicle) violinist has...

William LaRue Jones is “one of the most active and versatile symphonic conductors in America today, possessing a unique ability to work effectively with musicians at all levels of performing capability and experience”...

Brenda Brenner is interim Eugene O'Brien Bicentennial Executive Associate Dean and professor of music in music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She specializes in string music education, teaching applied violin and courses in violin and...

The Foundation for the Advancement of String Education (FASE) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that promotes the philosophy and pedagogy of Dr. George Bornoff by providing financial support for the development of string education and teacher training.

Mary Wagner taught in the Fairfax County Public Schools for 39 years. She started her advocacy work when the 4th grade string program was repeatedly put on the chopping block. That program shines today with 8700 students...

Dr. Tammy S. Yi is a first-gen conductor-educator, string pedagogy specialist, and music education scholar from Los Angeles, CA. She is the orchestra conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic YIYO Orchestra, director of Mariachi Panteras...

Judy Palac is Associate Professor Emeritus of Music Education--Strings and founder of the Musicians’ Wellness Team at Michigan State University. She was president of the Michigan chapter of ASTA from 1998-2000, and was named Michigan ASTA Teacher of the Year in 2001...

Dijana Ihas is a Professor of Music at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, where she currently serves as a Department Chair. She teaches courses in music education, string pedagogy, and orchestra methods and materials...