STARKVILLE — The melodic sound of strings will soon drift through campuses in the Starkville-Oktibbeha County Consolidated School District.
This week, SOCSD announced that it would be partnering with the Mississippi State University Department of Music and the MSU College of Education for its Excellence in Strings program beginning in fall 2023.
SOCSD Superintendent Tony McGee said the program will help to expose students to more musical instruments at an early age and expand the district’s music program by incorporating string instruments into existing band and choral programs.
“We are always looking for ways to expand opportunities for our students,” McGee said. “The strings program will allow students to begin learning to read and understand music as early as third grade and have exposure to instruments that many of them may have never had…
