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Our
Story
In collaboration with Sugarhouse Violins in Salt Lake City, we identified the need for more equitable access to bowed string instruments as well as player and maker education.
From these conversations, the Singing Wood Institute 501(c)(3) emerged to enhance the health of the string community in and beyond Salt Lake City.
Our mission is to advance equitable access to high performace and increasingly sustainably built instruments. We also provide focused education in lutherie and restoration techniques and to cultivate educational outreach with local schools, colleges, and universities.
Our
Mission
'This internship has been the most valuable training I've had as a violin maker.
The hands-on, focused instruction has helped me advance my skills faster than I thought possible. Having direct access to deep knowledge and real, attentive mentorship has changed what I'm capable of and how I think about the craft. I'm still learning something new every day and I'm grateful to be in an environment that takes that seriously.'
— Jo, Luthier Apprentice
'As an adult learner of the violin, the jams hosted by Singing Wood at Sugarhouse Violins have been the most inclusive spaces I've found in Salt Lake.
Swing jazz is especially hard to break into as an amateur but at the all ages jams, everyone gets a solo, everyone gets a turn to call songs and I feel encouraged and welcome. The joy I experience playing alongside incredible musicians at jams inspires me to keep practicing.'
— Heather, Community Player
