The University of Alabama Community Music School will host an Adult Strings Weekend from 2 p.m. Aug. 25 to noon Aug. 27 at the Moody Music Building.
Dr. Anne Witt, instructor of music education and founder of the program, said she started the program in 2006 as a music camp for adults who are amateur string players – violin, viola, cello and string bass.
“It’s for people who already play and want to improve,” she said. “People are coming from all over the Southeast.”
“More and more older adults are taking on new activities and learning new things. It’s very admirable when people who have careers and are good at what they do try to do something like this that they may not be as good at.”
The weekend will end with a free concert open to the community at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 27.