When parents enrolled their children this year in Nathan Strick’s classes, they knew there’d be strings attached. Cello and violin strings, to be precise. The Avon school district started offering ...

Williamstown High/Middle School String members Ella McMullen, left, Alex Tawney and Payton Woodard rehearse Monday for the program’s “Ireland to Appalachia” performance at 7 p.m. Thursday inside ...

Third-grader Tayja Sallie doesn’t have a year of playing the cello under her belt, but she’s struck a chord and doesn’t want to stop playing. “I haven’t even been playing a year and I’m already this ...

Collin Lyons was mesmerized the first time he heard fingers plucking upon a stringed instrument. "So when I heard about the strings program, I was overjoyed," the 13-year-old student said. At his ...

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The strings program in Pittsburg schools has not yet sunk, but Stella Hastings is sending out a Mayday nonetheless. If need be, upcoming weeks may see her generating an official SOS.