The ASTA is a membership organization for string and orchestra teachers and players, helping them to develop and refine their careers.

Stage floor and acoustic instrument microphones, hand-built in North Carolina.

Chamber Music America is the national service organization for ensemble music professionals.

Thomastik-Infeld and Connolly Music Company - connollymusic.com - have been working together to bring the finest strings to the US for over 40 years.

Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert started their careers as violin makers 26 years ago and have gone on to become award winning makers of international stature.

The New Directions Cello Association and Festival Inc. has created a network for the growing field of alternative and non-classical cello.

Cyrus Chestnut continually tours with his trio, playing live at jazz festivals around the world as well as clubs and concert halls.

Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist known for his mastery of a unique fingerpicking style that draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and for his syncopated, polyphonic melodies.

Hailing from Lafayette Louisiana, Michael Doucet is a master American Cajun fiddler, singer and songwriter who founded the Cajun band BeauSoleil.

Mike Marshall is one of the world’s most accomplished and versatile string instrumentalists in American today.