ESTA - European String Teachers Association

ESTA (European String Teachers Association) is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1972 in order to promote the highest standards in teaching and to enable the sharing of ideas among string teachers and players of all distinctions throughout Europe.

ESTA String Orchestra Project 2018

The project will be split up in 2 separate parts:

1) Concert I in Strasbourg (France) on March 8th 2018 in the Building of the Parliament of the Council of Europe
2) Concert II in Valetta (Malta) on April 14th 2018 in the framework of the International ESTA Conference 2018.
All orchestra participants are invited without charge to attend and profit from the entire ESTA Conference (10th - 14th April).

Please find further information about the program in the following documents:

Project description

Concerts programme

Financial support for attending the next ESTA conference

Dear ESTA members from Eastern Europe, Greece and Portugal!

Would you like to attend the Malta international conference but can't afford it? The ESTA Solidarity Fund in Memoriam Elspeth Iliff is able to help you with cash grants.

Just fill in the form and apply for financial help before January 10, 2018.

Please refer to this page for details and application form.

New Post Graduate Certificate in String Teaching | Audition Perform

The ESTA Post Graduate Certificate - ESTA’s first string teaching qualification was launched this year and has proved to be quite a success with students enrolling from as far afield as Canada and Australia. Booking is now open for year 2 (commencing Spring 2018).

Audition Perform - a new course developed in collaboration with The Strad magazine and Musical Orbit - provides an opportunity for students to work closely with some of the finest Concert Masters and section Principals in the world. 5th to 11th August 2018 at Chichester University.

For more information, please go here.