Carrie Salisbury is the creator of StringsPop, a unique online summer camp and monthly workshops for teens and tweens, with a support network and training for innovative string teachers.  She is a performing musician and private violin and viola teacher based in Los Angeles. Her students perform regularly as Crescendo Strings, an all-ages multi-level violin and viola group with First Inversion, a premiere teen ensemble known for creating and performing their own arrangements. You can follow her students’ projects on Instagram at @stringspop. Carrie holds a B.M. in viola performance and currently studies performance, orchestral playing and viola pedagogy with Dr. Mick Wetzel. A Suzuki trained teacher for more than 20 years, she now serves as President of the Suzuki Music Association of California - Los Angeles Branch. She is the parent to three young Suzuki string students with her husband, pianist-composer Benjamin Salisbury. Their family music videos are posted on youtube at Salisbury Family Music Videos.