Charlotte Strings Collective

is composed of students, faculty, and alumni from UNC Charlotte, Davidson College, and Winthrop University; students and alumni from Northwest School of the Arts; members of the Charlotte Symphony; local orchestra directors; freelance musicians; private string teachers; and public school music educators. We first performed together virtually in the Summer of 2020 as a musical affirmation that Black Lives Matter. Since then we have performed at places and events such as the College Music Society National Conference, the American String Teachers Association National Conference, the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, the Jazz Room in Charlotte, UNC Charlotte, Winthrop University, Bridging Musical Worlds (a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.), I am Queen in collaboration with the Charlotte Symphony (a 2022 event that honored Black Women of Charlotte), the Tosco Music Party, as an opening act for the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Charlotte SHOUT Festival, the City of Charlotte's summer concert series at Five Points Plaza, the Community Building Initiative annual breakfast, and at the Black Notes Festival in Charlotte.