When parents enrolled their children this year in Nathan Strick’s classes, they knew there’d be strings attached. Cello and violin strings, to be precise. The Avon school district started offering ...

Williamstown High/Middle School String members Ella McMullen, left, Alex Tawney and Payton Woodard rehearse Monday for the program’s “Ireland to Appalachia” performance at 7 p.m. Thursday inside ...

Collin Lyons was mesmerized the first time he heard fingers plucking upon a stringed instrument. "So when I heard about the strings program, I was overjoyed," the 13-year-old student said. At his ...