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 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 National String Project Consortium (NSPC) is a coalition of String Project sites at colleges and universities across the country. Applied string faculty, music education faculty, and local master teachers guide and support emerging string music teachers and community members engaged in learning how to play string instruments.
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The National String Project Consortium is grateful to our generous supporters.
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.
The USC String Project has had a major impact in a city with no previous tradition for orchestral music in the schools and little interest in the arts. Initially, the program provided competent young teachers and well-trained string students. Eventually, the large numbers of children playing string instruments created a critical mass and the parents demanded programs in their own local schools.