Registration
Registration for our 2025-26 beginning string program has now closed.
Registration for our Fall 2025 beginner string program has now closed.
Registration may be available to students with prior string playing experience, subject to director's approval. Please email our program at stringproject@txstate.edu to inquire. enrolling.
To receive priority for enrollment in a future program year, please join our waiting list here.
About Our Classes
Our classes offer instruction in a variety of formats appropriate to the student's age and advancement, including single-instrument classes and mixed-instrument classes, Suzuki-style instruction for younger students, and school orchestral instruction for older students.
Bobcat Beginners
Our Beginning Classes are for students without prior string playing experience. Students participate in weekly classes where they are introduced to everything from the basics of music to the fundamentals of good string instrument technique on their chosen instrument: violin, viola, cello, or bass (grade 3 and up). Students are placed into the appropriate beginning-level class on the basis of age or grade level.
BEGINNING SUZUKI CLASSES: Introductory Suzuki-style group classes for students in grades 1-2 (ages 6-7). These small, like-instrument group classes emphasize strong fundamentals, ear training and listening skills, and performing from memory, and provide an introduction to musical literacy (reading notes and rhythms).
SUZUKI ENSEMBLE: Continuing Suzuki instruction. This class is the second level of instruction for Suzuki students who began in our program, as they work on reinforcing music reading skills and gain experience in a mixed small ensemble in preparation to join a larger orchestra class.
BEGINNING ORCHESTRA: String orchestra class for students in grades 3+ (age 8+). This is a larger mixed-instrument class, much like a student would experience in a public school orchestra program, emphasizing strong fundamentals, reading, and ensemble performance skills.
Maroon Orchestra
The Maroon Orchestra class is for students with 1-3 years of playing experience. Students build basic musicianship, instrumental technique, individual performance, and ensemble skills in weekly group classes and individual private lessons. This larger mixed-instrument experience blends student progressing from both Beginning Orchestra and Suzuki background, emphasizing strong reading and ensemble performance skills. Students are placed into Maroon Orchestra when they have appropriate skills to read Grade 1-1.5 orchestra music
Gold Orchestra
The Gold Orchestra class is for students with 3+ years of playing experience. Students build musicianship, instrumental technique, individual performance, and ensemble skills in weekly ability-based, mixed-instrument orchestra classes and private lessons. Students are placed into Gold Orchestra on the basis of advancing performance skills and ability to master Grade 2-2.5 orchestra music.
Full Program Tuition
Beginning and Maroon-level classes:
Registration for the full String Project program is $255/semester (or $460/year if paid in fall) and includes TWELVE (12) weekly group classes plus TEN (10) weekly half-hour (30-minute) private lessons.
Gold Orchestra:
Registration for the full String Project program is $295/semester (or $530/year if paid in fall) and includes TWELVE (12) weekly group classes plus TEN (10) weekly 45-minute private lessons.
Additional Private Lessons
Additional private lesson packages are available to students enrolled in our full program to cover the periods in between semesters. Please email stringproject@txstate.edu for more information.
Tuition
Private Lesson Packages:
Five (5) 30-minute lessons = $80 / Ten (10) 30-minute lessons = $160
Five (5) 45-minute lessons = $105 / Ten (10) 45-minute lessons = $210
Five (5) 60-minute lessons = $130 / Ten (10) 60-minute lessons = $260
A $25 fee is added to each lesson package to cover administrative costs.
On-Campus Parking
On campus parking is limited and requires a valid Texas State parking permit on Monday through Friday. Texas State Parking Services offers a purple commuter permit for community members who need to park on campus after regular school or business hours. The fee is $115 for the calendar year (August 2025 – August 2026). Although this seems like a lot, it averages out about half the cost of per-visit parking using the $5 pay and display kiosk in the Pleasant Street Garage.
To purchase a parking permit, parents must visit the Texas State Parking Services in the Mathews Street Garage, (202 Student Center Drive), during their business hours and purchase directly from them. You will need to have your license plate number, driver license number and $115 payment with you and be sure to request a purple parking pass. For more information, please contact Parking Services at 512-245-2887 or visit https://www.parking.txstate.edu.