Adapted from the
South Whidbey Record
January 7, 2004
Island Strings celebrates 30 years of teaching
music to young
musicians
By CYNTHIA WOOLBRIGHT
This year marks
the thirtieth anniversary for Island Strings, which began in 1974 simply as a partnership between string instructors.
Linda Good moved
to Whidbey in 1967 and soon began teaching violin lessons using the Suzuki method. Shortly after, she united with fellow instructors
Paula Pugh and Linda Morris. Together, the network of teachers worked with other string instructors to bring violin, cello,
viola, piano and guitar lessons to the public schools of South Whidbey.
In 1974, Island
Strings consisted of eight violin students learning the Suzuki method. The first cello workshop presented by Island Strings
was taught in 1988 by guest instructor Maria DeRungs of Mukilteo.
Island Strings
alumni numbers reach into the hundreds, and some former students - including South Whidbey Intermediate School instructor
Kimmer Morris - have gone on to be instructors themselves.
