Beginning Strings Program
The Greensboro Symphony’s Beginning Strings Program began in 1998, and was established at Peck Elementary during the 2007-2008 school year. In the Beginning Strings Program, the Greensboro Symphony provides Guilford County elementary schools with string instruments and small group music lessons free of charge.
Key objectives of the program are to serve a segment of the community that needs greater access to instrumental music education, to nurture and develop students’ creative talents, and to prepare students for challenging opportunities in music and life.
Instruments are supplied and maintained by the Greensboro Symphony. Instructors for the program have been drawn from Greensboro Symphony musicians with significant group teaching experience, string music education faculty from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music (UNCG), and UNCG graduate students in string music education. Graduate students teach in the program with the guidance of their faculty advisor.