All proceeds benefit the National Foundation to Promote String Teaching and Playing. Welcome to a CD of "alternative string styles" put together to benefit the American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association. The term "alternative strings" was coined as a quick and more polite way to say "everything other than classical!" This CD represents some of the dominant trends in the alternative styles movement, including jazz, rock, old-time country, and bluegrass, played by some of the leaders in each area. Contents: Old Country Fairy Tale (Mark O'Connor' Appalachia Waltz Trio), For Tomorrow (John Blake), Fisher's Hornpipe (Darol Anger and Brittany Haas), Turkish March (Christian Howes, Federico Lechner, Pable Martin), Beautiful Love (Matt Glawer, Bevan Manson), Cluck Old Hen (Alison Krauss and Union Station), Strike the Match (Mark Wood), Stairway to Heaven (The Hampton Rock String Quartet).