String Project

Bryce Seliger (Pacific University) Forest Grove, Oregon

 

string projectForest Grove, Oregon

 

This program began in 2011 and is ongoing.

 

String Project is a national music education program in which Pacific University string students learn how to instruct young string players in grades 2-12. Student teachers are supervised by Bryce Seliger, Master Teacher & Director of Music Education. Pacific University is proud to be Oregon's first String Project endorsed by the National String Project Consortium.

 

The program is comprised of 30 school-age students, who are instructed in violin, viola, cello, and bass, by 5 undergraduate Teachers-in-Preparation. The undergraduate students also attend weekly pedagogy classes under the instruction of Bryce Seliger and are observed and critiqued as they teach String Project classes. Seliger also educates parents in helping their children with practicing. The program represents students of all backgrounds, and makes scholarships available to those in need.

 

The benefits of the program are threefold:

 

  • University students gain long-term experience in teaching, while being compensated for their work;

  • The 2nd-12th grade students learn how to play string instruments in a high quality educational setting at an affordable price;

  • String instrument education, the importance of which is often underestimated in public school systems, is re-invigorated with ample support.