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As we look ahead to Spring and the end of the school year, we’ll be sharing reflections from years past by students (now alumni), teachers, and family. This is a  … Read more

Dear School for Strings Families, The Parent Committee would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make our first virtual interdepartmental fundraising concert, Winterlude 2020, a  … Read more

Dear School for Strings Friends, It has been a year since we were in touch. A most unpredictable, surreal and upending year. So many lives have been uprooted, shattered and  … Read more

I was very sad to have missed the SFS anniversary concert in Carnegie Hall last June. Not only because it is an honor for any professional musician to have the  … Read more

The School for Strings was one of the most integral parts, if not the most integral part, of my teenage years. I found my way to SFS when my teacher  … Read more

Marina Obukovsky, Piano Department Head Last spring, you were excited about attending the Bi-Annual Suzuki Conference. Please share with us what makes these conferences so exciting for you. I have  … Read more

A CONVERSATION ABOUT GROUP CLASS – Sarah Geller, Violin Faculty What do you as a group teacher want to teach the kids in your group class? When I joined The  … Read more

TONE IS THE SOUL OF MUSIC – Mrs. Maria Pereira, Piano Faculty When we think of a beautiful person we are really thinking of a complete human being, and it  … Read more

THE ULTIMATE WAY OF MUSIC-MAKING AND MUSIC-LEARNING A Conversation about Chamber Music with Márta Ábrahám-Nagyi, piano faculty at The School for Strings What is chamber music?  Many people don’t realize  … Read more

THE INTEGRITY OF THE SCHOOL FOR STRINGS AS AN INSTITUTION – Alex Croxton, Cello Faculty The great cellist Janos Starker, who passed away a couple of years ago, was a  … Read more