Education is a core element of the TCMS mission.  We devote significant resources to developing meaningful and inspirational educational programs to our audiences and area youth.  Over the last decade we have presented numerous master classes and workshops featuring internationally regarded musicians and educators.  

For the last four years, TCMS has conducted a summer String Chamber Music Workshop for area youth.  In 2023 and 2024, the workshops featured coaching by Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio and members of the UNR Nightingale String Quartet. The 2025 workshop featured coaches Dustin Budish and Danial Darmesin Flanagan.

The workshop planned for 2026 builds on these past programs, with Dustin and Dan returning as coaches and the addition of cellist Danbe Lee.  The 2026 Workshop adds supplementary events including a concert/lecture “How (Not) to Play Chamber Music” and a Faculty Recital to further enrich the participants’ experience and engage the broader community.  See the TCMS String Chamber Music Workshop 2026 event for more details about this exciting program. 

In addition to these workshops, we present lecture/concerts for adult audiences. In 2023 and 2024, we collaborated with local master violin maker, Tim Dodd, in concerts demonstrating the anatomy of a violin.   We built on this model for a recent highly entertaining presentation, “A Viola is not a Violin,” presented by Dustin Budish and Dan Flanagan and Tim Dodd to an enthusiastic audience at Craft Wine and Beer in Midtown, Reno.

In addition to our local educational efforts, TCMS is embarking on tours to present high quality chamber music concerts to underserved communities in rural Nevada. 

Additional past educational programs included:

• Master classes with violinist Yuki Numata Resnick, founder of the Buffalo String Works, and violinist Justin Bruns, (now concertmaster of the North Carolina Symphony) 
• Weekend-long cello workshop with guest instructors Katharine Knight and Zachary Sweet
• Percussion workshop with internationally acclaimed percussionist Lynn Vartan 
• String Quartet Workshop for high school students coached by Justin Bruns
• Master class at North Valleys High School conducted by the renowned Brazilian guitar ensemble, Duo Violao Plus One
• Daniel Flanagan presented a workshop for the string players of the Reno Philharmonic youth orchestras