The Carroll County String Project was founded in 2007 by retired violin and viola teacher Margaret Motter Ward because of a shortage of highly-qualified string teachers in Carroll County. The String Project was designed to address several perceived problems in the County: 1) The shortage of qualified teachers for private study of string instruments; 2) The lack of a facility to train string teachers; 3) The lack of specific string instruction in the public schools where all instrumental music teachers were players of band instruments; and 4) The inability of Carroll County string students to compare favorably with string students from other counties in Maryland.

The String Project was introduced to Carroll County citizens as an invitation to anyone who wanted help on a string instrument to attend very inexpensive Sunday afternoon classes hosted by McDaniel College. At these classes, proper posture, playing position, intonation and tone quality were addressed. McDaniel College continued to offer space for the String Project into May of 2008. In October, 2008, the String Project resumed classes in a new facility located at 125 Airport Drive, Suite 14, rear entrance, at Carroll County's regional airport where we remained through October, 2009.

The CCSP now has teachers at four locations in Carroll County:

• The Carroll County String Project is currently located in St. Matthews United Church of Christ at 1427 Pleasant Valley Rd. Westminster, MD 21158.
• The String Project New Windsor Branch is located in St. Paul's United Methodist Church at 200 Main St., New Windsor, MD 21776.
• The Hampstead Branch is located in Greenmount U.M.C., 2001 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, MD 21074
• The Eldersburg Branch is located at JAMS Music Store, 1438 Liberty Road, Eldersburg, MD 21784.