Sunday, July 6—Saturday, July 12
Celebrating 40 years!
Welcome to the 40th Annual String Teacher Workshop at The Ohio State University!
Led by Dr. Heather Lofdahl, this workshop is designed to meet the needs of a diverse population of string teachers. We hope you will join us for a rewarding week of learning, building community, and making music with string teachers from around the world!
Spend a week with over 20 clinicians and our workshop director. Our headline clinicians for 2025 are:
Frank Diaz • Adrian Gordon • Rebecca MacLeod • Yukiko Nishimura • Daryl Silberman • Tammy Yi
Join us in July!
Two workshops to choose from — In-Person or Online Only:
In-person — includes 80+ sessions and ALL online content.
Online — includes both livestreamed and pre-recorded sessions available for viewing through December 2025.
Morning Session topics will include:
- Instrument repair and maintenance
- Secondary string instrument skills (all secondary instruments are provided)
- "New to Strings" track — foundational string teaching and playing skills for those new to strings
Afternoon Session topics will include:
- Conducting and rehearsing
- Meeting the needs of diverse student populations
- Chamber music in the classroom
- Music reading sessions
- Eclectic styles
- Technology
- Health and wellness
- Teaching beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques
- Recruitment and retention
- Advocacy and community engagement
- Motivation
- Assessment
Workshop Details
Tuition
In-Person Workshop (includes online content)
- Non-Credit $499
- CEU Credit (Continuing Education Units) $549
- Graduate Credit $650
- ASTA Student Non-Credit $150
- ASTA Student Graduate Credit $250
Online-Only Workshop
- Non-Credit $199
- CEU Credit $249
- Graduate Credit not available for online-only participants
Workshop Graduate credit and CEU credit available!
Register for the String Teacher Workshop
Testimonials from prior workshop participants
►"Excellent and inspiring clinicians!"
►"Again, timely and useful just like every year!"
►"These workshops reminded me what I love about my work with orchestra kids of all ages. The motivational talks, program building sessions and technology sessions were especially strong. THANK YOU!"
►"I loved the balance of technology/apps, games, pedagogy, tips/tricks and repertoire."
►"The abundance of sessions from which to choose allowed my training to be specifically catered to my needs and interests at this time."
►"All sessions were very helpful. Although I have been teaching 25+ years, I still find some new ideas. In tech areas, I learned lots of new ideas. Thank you."
►"The sessions were great, and I can't wait to join the Ohio State String Teacher Workshop again (in person)!"