Welcome! The Duke University String School, which was founded by myself and a member of the Ciompi Quartet, Arlene di Cecco, in 1967, has been part of Duke for nearly forty years. Our basic principle is that of the teaching of the love of good music, the devotion to the quality of one's own performance of that music and a sense of integrity in one's work. We do this through the means of the teaching of the violin, viola, cello and bass, through our chamber music and through our orchestras. In recent years, we have also added the base of understanding of the form of music, classes in theory. We hope to instill love for music, understanding of the value of work and a feeling for one's own possibilities as they are realized in the development of musical skill on stringed instruments. We hope our students will not only make concerts, but go to them, create them and add the art of music to their lives. One of the distinguishing characteristics of human beings is their ability to make beautiful sound and to remember it. These are big goals to add this to each student's life, but that is what we are aiming for. That and the joy that comes from such accomplishment.