"In 10th grade, I wanted to do more with my violin, so I just started looking around to see if there were any communities that needed music programs," said Andrea. These days, there are many children ...

Should children study violin—or rather, be forced to study violin? Or forced to study ballet? Mark Oppenheimer published a piece in The New Republic the other day asking this question in the urgent ...

BEVERLY — The girls dig their painted toenails into the playroom carpet and ready their bows on the strings. “1. . . 2. . . 3. . . 4. . . 5,” they launch into ...

One of my best experiences while growing up here in Parkersburg was the opportunity I had to take violin lessons at Tavennerville Elementary School, which RESA occupied until recently. Just a few ...

Alton private violin instructor Kelsey Waits runs her violin studio out of a small room at the front of her house. With a focus on teaching, Waits dedicates part of her life, and her house, to ...

Even during a global pandemic, Laura Schactler has never stopped giving music lessons from her Selah home. Primarily conducted over FaceTime, her lessons are an anticipated event in the homes of many ...