Christina Hartke Towell poses with some of her students at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). She is the teacher, director and founder of the Lucille Caudill Little Strings Program for Rowan County Schools and recipient of the Governor\'s Award in the Arts in Education. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Christina Hartke Towell laughs with students before a strings lesson at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Fourth-grade students Natalie Peyton, Tina Zhang and Cormac O\'Brien practice the violin and viola with Christina Hartke Towell at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Christina Hartke Towell helps 4th-grade student Tina Zhang change her violin strings at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012