Foundation for the Advancement of String Education

Jennie Chan: jennie.chan@fase.org

JENNIE CHAN has been President of the Foundation for the Advancement of String Education, Inc. since its beginning in 1978. She is also the Director of the Foundation’s March String Fest, Bay State String Camp and Bornoff String Workshop. With a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan, Ms. Chan taught in public school string programs for forty years in Michigan, Kansas, Iowa, Massachusetts and Canada. She also served on the faculties of Fort Hays Kansas State, Luther College, Dallhousie University, and University of Wisconsin. In 1968 she began a six-year program of directed studies with Boston University professor Dr. George Bornoff. After Dr. Bornoff’s retirement, and until his death in 1998, they continued their association together as string consultants throughout North America.

Ms. Chan is Past-President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American String Teachers with National School Orchestra Association. She has contributed articles to Massachusetts Music News, American String Teacher, and String Education Quarterly. She has managed music festival orchestras throughout the years, including co-chairing the National High School Honors Orchestra. In the spring of 2000, her own school orchestra was invited to officially represent Massachusetts in the Washington D.C. Bicentennial Celebration. Also in that year, the Massachusetts Music Educators Association recognized her with their Lowell Mason Award for outstanding leadership and contributions in the field of music education. In June 2000, Ms. Chan retired from her long held position with the Brookline Massachusetts Public Schools, to devote herself full-time to the FASE, Inc. and its mission of supporting string teachers with Bornoff materials and training.

Arleen Greene: arleen.greene@fase.org

ARLEEN GREENE has been involved in String Education in public school systems in: New York State, Florida and Massachusetts. She is presently retired from the Cambridge, Massachusetts Public Schools where, from 1977 until 2003, she implemented and spearheaded a city-wide String Program using the Bornoff approach. Ms. Greene has also been involved in the presentation of Bornoff workshops in: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Seoul, Korea. A charter member of FASE, Inc. she has served in a number of capacities. She is Past-Director of the Bay State String Camp and the Bornoff String Workshop, and is currently on the faculty of each. During her retirement Arleen keeps busy teaching in five towns in Southeast Massachusetts, playing and performing in the Quincy Symphony, managing the 'Northeast District Junior High School Orchestra as well as being in charge of rewriting and restructuring Bornoff materials.

Lisa Bollman: lisa.bollman@fase.org

LISA BOLLMAN is heavily involved in the Billings, Montana music community as a performer, educator and conductor. Principal Second Violin in the Billings Symphony, Lisa performs regularly with regional orchestras, chamber ensembles and with the Billings Ceilidh (kay-lee) Fiddlers, a multi-generational Celtic fiddle group. In addition to maintaining a private violin/viola studio, she directs the Billings Catholic Schools orchestra program, the Billings Community Orchestra, and two of the ensembles in the Billings Youth Orchestra (which she helped found in 2006). While looking for ways to improve her classroom teaching, Lisa happened upon the FASE website and was immediately hooked. Using the Bornoff approach in her classrooms has helped her to maintain student interest during those important first years of mastering a string instrument. Lisa is currently on the faculty of the Bay State String Camp.

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