Strings Program

Top 10 reasons to be in our strings program

1. Study and mentor with highly regarded strings faculty.
2. Perform in a variety of settings: orchestra, chamber music, solo.
3. Take music to people who cannot attend on campus performances: Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, Correction facilities, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, and more.
4. Learn how to develop a variety of programs to connect with people in diverse settings.
5. Go on field trips to hear top-notch performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
6. Teach and earn money in EMU Preparatory Music Program.
7. Earn Suzuki teacher training with an EMU-certified Suzuki Teacher Trainer.
8. Perform in the nationally known Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival as an Orchestral Fellow.
9. Teach and mentor elementary school students in our Outreach Strings program.
10. Have fun!!

Other info

Our strings program has much to offer. Learn more…

• alumni in the field
• Suzuki teacher training
• the faculty who will teach you
• the music department’s Encore Alumni Support Network
• our strings outreach program
• offerings of the music department’s preparatory program

Contact the music program office coordinator for more information at 540-432-4225 or