When parents enrolled their children this year in Nathan Strick’s classes, they knew there’d be strings attached. Cello and violin strings, to be precise. The Avon school district started offering ...

Cellist Terry Muir gives private lessons to sixth-grade student Walter Ford at Charleston Academy of Music from on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Walter got connected with the nonprofit group through a ...

Third-grader Tayja Sallie doesn’t have a year of playing the cello under her belt, but she’s struck a chord and doesn’t want to stop playing. “I haven’t even been playing a year and I’m already this ...

Northern Michigan seems to be an arts-centric hub, and one local organization with this type of focus is celebrating its 20th anniversary while looking forward to a full year of programming ahead of ...

CHARLEVOIX — As the weather grows warmer and days grow longer, thoughts of summer vacation start to dance in the heads of students, from kindergarten to high school. Meanwhile, parents consider the ...