Four Illinois students will give presentations at the American String Teachers Association National Conference in Atlanta in March. 

Renata Soares Caceres: The Elephant in the Room: Addressing the Double Bass in the Heterogenous String Classroom 

Mindy Park (joined by Professor Stephen Fairbanks): Democratizing Music Education: Four generations of string pedagogues in conversation

Min Jung Kim, Biomechanically-informed String Lessons for All: Revisiting Paul Rolland's Principles of Bowing 

Rebecca Kasdan, Hidden in Plain Sight: String Quartet Pedagogy and Its Invisible Presence in Higher Education

Additionally, Viola Professor Rudolf Haken will present "The Ever Increasing Value of a Performance Degree in MultiStyle Strings." 

The 2022 ASTA National Conference is a biennial event that brings together string educators from across the globe for a week of clinics, performances and more. 

Photo (clockwise from upper-left): Mindy Park, Min Jung kim, Renata Caceres, Rebecca Kasdan.