Professional Development & Workshops that
Energize, Equip, & Inspire.

We Provide Tools for Successful Music Classrooms.

StringRise specializes in creating impactful and high-quality music classrooms. We offer a wide-range of professional development topics provided by an experienced team of highly-respected music educators. Scroll below to see our workshops and to set up a free 30 minute consult. Services are provided both virtually and in-person, tailored to your program’s needs. See our sessions below.

What We Offer

See a wide-array of our topics including: Beginning Strings, Trauma-Informed Music Classrooms, Disability & Inclusion, and Equity-Rooted Music Classrooms

Beginning Strings

StringRise provides powerful keynote speaking, professional development for Beginning String Teachers
StringRise provides keynote speaking, professional development to support string teachers in helping students play violin, viola, cello, and bass with beautiful tone.
StringRise provides keynote speaking, workshops and professional development to support string teachers for students' first three years.
StringRise provides keynote speaking, workshops, keynote speaking, and professional development on trauma-informed string music education.

Trauma-Informed Music Classrooms

StringRise provides trauma informed keynote speaking, workshops and professional development for string teachers on creating safety in music classrooms
StringRise provides keynote speaking, workshops and professional development on how music positively changes the brain and neurobiology of music students

Disability & Inclusion

StringRise provides keynote speaking, workships, and professional development on disability, inclusion, and ableism.
StringRise provides keynote speaking, workshops, and professional development for trauma-informed music education.
StringRise provides keynote speaking, workshops, and professional development for music educators working to create inclusive classrooms.

Equity-Rooted Music Classrooms

StringRise provides powerful keynote speaking, workshops, and professional development for music / string orchestra teachers working to recruit students and build classroom retention.
StringRise provides powerful keynote speaking, workshops, and professional development for educators looking for cultivate hope in students who are underserved (Low-SES, Title One (1), ESL, etc.)
StringRise provides powerful keynote speaking, workshops, and professional development for music education teachers to implement culturally responsive teaching in the string classroom.

Tailored to your individual setting -We offer a full range of trainings, professional development, and consulting. In addition to strings, we provide workshops for band, choir, and general music educators.
All services are available in-person and online. Scroll below to set up a free 30 minute consult.

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Featured In

StringRise products are featured in this Washington Post article about Annie Ray's orchestra with students with disabilities. Annie Ray uses StringRise product for her inclusion classroom.
StringRise Founder and CEO Nicole Melrose (Melki) is featured in this Dallas Morning News article about her program Ubuntu Music Project, which evolved into what is now StringRise.
StringRise CEO Nicole Melrose has led clinics and workshops at ASTA conferences, and has served as an ASTA committee leader.
StringRise CEO Nicole Melrose was a featured speaker at the European String Teachers Association Conference.

Recent Speaking

StringRise Founder and CEO Nicole Melrose has been a speaker and clinician at Texas Music Educators Association - TMEA.
StringRise CEO Nicole Melrose has been a speaker and facilitator at SMU.
StringRise CEO Nicole Melrose has been a lecturer and workshop leader at the University of North Texas.
StringRise has lectured at University of Texas at Arlington.
StringRise Founder Nicole Melrose has been a guest on Angela Ammerman's #MusicEdLove podcast.
StringRise Founder and CEO Nicole Melrose has been a speaker and clinician at Texas Orchestra Directors Association - TODA.
StringRise has facilitated and led workshops for the National Philharmonic.
StringRise Founder and CEO Nicole Melrose has been a guest lecturer at the University of Oklahoma School of Music.

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