{"id":3540,"date":"2026-07-08T16:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:13:44","slug":"string-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/camps-conferences\/string-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman String Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Saturday, September 12, 2026<\/h2>\n<h3>Spend a Day Making Music at Furman\u2014and Perform It That Afternoon!<\/h3>\n<p>Join the faculty and students of Furman University for Furman String Day, an exciting one-day event for high school string musicians in grades 9\u201312.<\/p>\n<p>In just one day, you&#8217;ll rehearse with fellow string players, work with Furman&#8217;s outstanding string faculty in instrument-specific sectionals, hear performances and insights from Furman students and faculty, and perform the music you&#8217;ve prepared for family and friends in a culminating concert.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, you&#8217;ll experience a day in the life of a Furman music student, meet fellow musicians from across the region, and connect with local music organizations and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Registration includes all music, lunch, and an exclusive Furman String Day T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Open to violin, viola, cello, and double bass students in grades 9\u201312.<\/p>\n<p>Register today\u2014we can&#8217;t wait to make music with you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ms-rteElement-H3\">Schedule<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 \u2013 9:30 \u00a0Registration (Pick-up name tag, music, t-shirt, dining hall voucher)<\/li>\n<li>9:30 \u2013 11:00\u00a0 Rehearsal #1<\/li>\n<li>11:10 \u2013 11:50\u00a0 Furman Showcase &amp; Q&amp;A with Furman Students and Faculty<\/li>\n<li>12:00 \u2013 1:00\u00a0 Lunch &#8211; Dining Hall<\/li>\n<li>1:00 \u2013 2:15 Sectionals with Furman Faculty<\/li>\n<li>2:15 \u2013 3:00 Visit with Sponsors<\/li>\n<li>3:00 \u2013 4:15\u00a0 Rehearsal #2<\/li>\n<li>4:30 \u2013 5:00\u00a0 Finale Concert &#8211; open to the public &#8211; McAlister Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"ms-rteElement-H3\">Cost<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Early Bird Registration Fee &#8211; $30<\/li>\n<li>After September 5th &#8211; $40<\/li>\n<li>Parents, chaperones, and teachers welcome to observe for free ($15 for lunch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Music<\/h3>\n<p>Repertoire can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.box.com\/s\/5ly1t6vqhsutbjsxrsgufa31b1tub1sj\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, September 12, 2026 Spend a Day Making Music at Furman\u2014and Perform It That Afternoon! Join the faculty and students of Furman University for Furman String Day, an exciting one-day event for high school string musicians in grades 9\u201312. In just one day, you&#8217;ll rehearse with fellow string players, work with Furman&#8217;s outstanding string faculty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2952,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3540","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3562,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3540\/revisions\/3562"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}