{"id":9,"date":"2016-10-09T02:17:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T02:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-03-08T20:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T01:47:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music City Strings\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/117011644\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-177 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MichaelWSmith_smallgroup-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"michaelwsmith_smallgroup\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-204 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"wideshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wideshot.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"amygrant_smallgroup\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-600x399.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-1200x799.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup-650x434.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/AmyGrant_smallGroup.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 50%;\">\n<p><strong>Music City Strings<\/strong> is one of the top educational string-performance ensembles in the country!\u00a0 This group brings with it incredible talent, energetic movement, and fun attitudes, coupled with a fresh take on classical, fiddle, country, and a wide range of other musical genres. \u00a0Music City Strings keeps busy with a regular schedule of rehearsals,\u00a0performances, and touring.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, <a href=\"\/index.php\/staff-bios\/\">Dana Meyer<\/a> established a violin studio in Franklin, Tennessee. Her dream was to create a program that would provide children the means to become confident, sensitive and beautiful artists. \u00a0Music City Strings is an outgrowth of this program and has enjoyed many successes at the local, national, and international level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">To learn about violin lessons, visit<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiccitystringsacademy.com\">Music City Strings Academy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Music City Strings is a nonprofit organization that conducts classes, workshops, and public performances to foster high level music education for the students of middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is the goal of Music City Strings to teach the community how to achieve artistic exceptionalism by stressing excellence in both education and performance. \u00a0The organization creates an environment that promotes the development of self-confidence, discipline, and responsibility, while offering experiences to foster deep and meaningful relationships. \u00a0By stressing attention to detail, repetition of skill and technique, and exploring a wide variety of musical genres, the students learn the fruits of discipline and experience a high level of performance excellence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/musiccstrings.wpengine.com\/index.php\/who-are-we-activities-and-highlights\/\">View <strong>Activities<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Achievement Highlights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music City Strings is one of the top educational string-performance ensembles in the country!\u00a0 This group brings with it incredible talent, energetic movement, and fun attitudes, coupled with a fresh take on classical, fiddle, country, and a wide range of other musical genres. \u00a0Music City Strings keeps busy with a regular schedule of rehearsals,\u00a0performances, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who We Are&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musiccitystrings.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}