LOWELL — Nicole Parks knows the value of music education. As the new director of UMass Lowell’s String Project, she wants to share the experience of learning — and teaching — music to as many people ...

Two afternoons a week at Sacramento State, the corridors of Capistrano Hall are filled with the sounds of bows hitting strings and familiar tunes. But the sounds are not from Sac State music students.

In recent years, North Carolina’s Magic Tuber Stringband have emerged as a force in the realm of traditional Appalachian folk music. Fiddler Courtney Werner and 12-string guitarist Evan Morgan create ...