American String Teachers Association Inc

Programs

1. Conference / Competition/Webinars - In FY 2025, ASTA provided a conference in Atlanta, GA. More than 3,000 people participated this past March through in-person professional development sessions, keynote performances, jam session, and evening performances, and sight reading of new music serving all ASTA members - K-12 string educators, studio teachers, eclectic strings educators, and higher education faculty. The event included a live National Orchestra Festival featuring a record number 37 student ensembles from across the country. In addition, ASTA held its second annual Virtual String Teachers Summit, serving more than 200 members in July, 2024, and continued to offer webinars, averaging two webinars per month, accessed live or via recordings by 10% of ASTA's membership.

   $849,872 spent$1,211,618 earned by the program
   68% of program spending

2. Member Services - The Association provides professional development, career building & support, and a community of peers for all teachers of stringed instruments. ASTA communicates its message through various methods including social media and printed and electronic pamphlets and brochures intended to further the goals of increasing school programs, improving university programs, and enhancing string performance throughout the country.

   $146,517 spent$635,155 earned by the program
   12% of program spending

3. Publications - ASTA publishes two peer-reviewed journals -the American String Teacher Journal, published quarterly and the String Research Journal. The American String Teacher Journal is written for all members and features articles related to string teacher and performance, with an emphasis on educational approaches for string instruments. The String Research Journal (SRJ) represents the research community of ASTA. Its purpose is to encourage and improve scholarship and research within the string education profession and to disseminate the results of this work to the string and larger music teaching communities. It is produced annually. ASTA also partners with Alfred publishing to distribute books created in past years, including the recently updated ASTA String Curriculum, the only curriculum guide focused on string teaching.

   $51,156 spent
   4% of program spending

4. Foundation - ASTA welcomes donors to support ASTA's programs. ASTA partners with the Foundation for the Advancement of String Education to fund scholarships for new teachers to attend the in-person ASTA conference. This year, those dollars allowed 1 educator to participate in the national conference, and helped subsidize an additional FASE Diversity Fellows to participate in the conference offerings.

   $26,177 spent
   2% of program spending

5. New Canon Project - This year, ASTA partnered with Rising Tide Music Press, Hal Leonard Publications, and the American Choral Directors Association to premiere 7 new works of string music by Black and Latinx composers in the first decade of their composing careers. Premiered at the National Conference, these pieces are now available through SheetMusic.com and SheetMusicPlus.com for purchase and use by string educators around the world. Funded in part by the Sphinx Venture Fund this project fulfills ASTA's strategic plan directive to support new works by composers from historically excluded communities.

   $30,141 spent
   2% of program spending

6. All other projects - Journals and State Chapters

   $150,877 spentof which $665 as grants
   12% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,254,740.