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    History of String Education in the United States.

    The history of strings in the United States started as only instruments learned through private

    lessons with a personal tutor. It really began to grow when around 1850 a man named Lewis

    Benjamin began teaching strings instruments as a class. In 1877 he wrote the first methods book;

    it was called The Music Academy. He primarily based his teaching on fold and dance tunes, even

    though most of the vocal methods were still done through religious music.

    After the civil war in the United States, public interest in the strings instruments grow. This can

    mostly be attributed to the increase of Traveling bands and orchestras. Large festivals and

    celebrations also drew public interest to the instruments. Around this time conservatories began

    to increase based off the European conservatories. These schools taught in classes as well, and

    taught art music. Many students were admitted to these conservatories, but only the best

    graduated. This quickly led to controversy, and the conservatories lost popularity for enrollment.

    In the early 1900s, public school classes for strings began to pop up in the Midwest. These

    programs gained popularity, and slowly spread. Joseph Maddy became the first instrumental

    music supervisor in 1918 when he convinced George Eastman to purchase $10,000 worth of

    instruments for Rochester Public Schools. He later founded the National High School Orchestra

    in 1926, and this sparked school administrators interest I the idea when they performed at the

    American Association of School Administrators in 1927. The Administrators were amazed by

    the kids working together, discipline of the program, health, and useful recreation which were all

    important values of the time.


    Administrations then began to start music programs in their own districts. With this increase in

    the amount of people doing these instruments, people began to turn to developing new pedagogy

    and improving the quality of curriculum and instruction.

    The last topic mentioned through the history of strings comes in the form of three people. Their

    names were Samuel Applebaum, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki. Applebaum went to

    Juilliard. He then taught for 35 years. His biggest contribution was writing materials for use in

    strings classroom. He worked on and/or edited over 400 methods books, chamber music

    collections, solo collections, and pedagogical materials for strings. He was known for his ability

    to put into works and simplify strings pedagogy. Rolland was trained as a concert artist in 1930

    and became the head of the strings department at Simpson College. He made contributions in

    pedagogy based on movement and balance in string playing.

    Suzuki was a Japanese music educator who was labeled as one of the most influential

    pedagogues of the 30th century. He developed the talented education method. He believed that

    talent was developable. A quick summary of his method was to immerse the child in it from a

    young age so they develop the interest, to start them early, give them appropriate rep, listen to

    music often, undergo instruction, delay reading of music till the child is older. The interest grew

    in him when he toured the US in 1964. His method has been adapted for many instruments, and

    even universities and professional orchestras have begun using his method.

    Overall the final note of the article mentions how as time goes on programmings are diminishing

    and many things are changing to even further that. The call to action is that what we need now

    are the best educators we can get for this subject.

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