High-Quality Foundations

For Thriving & Equitable String Education

We are a social entrepreneurship with a mission to close disparity gaps in String Education

StringRise is driven to create equity and remove barriers that keep historically underserved students from accessing high-quality string education. We believe high-level beginning string programs rooted in equity open pathways for students to rise up with confidence, agency, and hope.

What We Do

How Our Innovative Products are Used

  • High-Level Tone Production

  • Disability & Inclusion

  • Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

  • S.T.E.A.M. Lessons

  • Outreach Events

  • Recruitment for Strings

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Who We Work With

  • Symphonies

  • Schools & Districts

  • El Sistema Programs

  • Universities

  • Non-Profits

  • Music Educators

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Our Story

The moment Nicole touched the violin at 11 years of age, a ringing sound of hope was produced. Coming from a background of socio-economic hardship and experiencing the struggles of a first generation Arab-American, the violin provided Nicole with a way to express herself and hope for a bright future. At the age of 15, she knew she wanted to start a program for children like herself who could not afford access to high-quality string programming. In 2013 she started her first program with historically underserved students in East Dallas where her innovative work began to unfold….

“Educating is always a vocation rooted in hopefulness.” 

— bell hooks