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National String Project Consortium accepting applications.(Items of Interest)(Brief article)

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The National String Project Consortium (NSPC) is now accepting applications to start new String Project sites at universities to address the string teacher shortage. The deadline for this round of applications is November 16, 2007. Each new String Project will receive $10,000 from grants to start their program.

The National String Project Consortium is a coalition of String Project sites based at colleges and universities across the United States. The NSPC is dedicated to increasing the number of children playing stringed instruments and addressing the critical shortage of string ...

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