"D'Addario offers a wonderful range of strings for educator artists. Everything from the very powerful Zyex to the easily adaptable Helicore. I so deeply appreciate how they develop and market their products—not just making strings to make strings, but considering how and why they'll be played! I have learned more about the art and craft of making strings just by getting to know D'Addario technicians. And, as an educator, you can't beat the value and dependability of Pro-Arté and Helicore strings."
Daryl Silberman
Scullen Middle School/Youth Symphony of DuPage
"We use Helicore strings on all our instruments at school. On the viola, the warmth and reliability of the Helicore string means that even when we must swap a string, the tone won't suffer. Well-priced, long-lived, and even tones—Helicore is our favorite string for violas!"
PRODUCTS Daryl Silberman USES
ABOUT Daryl Silberman
Ms. Daryl Silberman is a professional violinist/violist, an orchestra director at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, IL, and a director for the Youth Symphony of DuPage. “Ms. S” studied viola at the University of Colorado at Boulder, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and University of Southern California and teaches with her 5-string violin. She has been a private studio teacher, high school orchestra director, youth orchestra director and freelance violist and violinist in Chicago, Salem, Oregon, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area performing with regional orchestras, rock bands, movie studio orchestras, chamber groups, and baroque ensembles. Daryl is also a 200RYT yoga instructor, mindfulness trained educator, and coach for young music teachers through the Illinois Education Association. She has served as a guest conductor and clinician for middle and high school orchestras all around the country and has presented at many national and state music education conferences. She was named as one of “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” (representing the state of Oregon) in 2011 by School Band and Orchestra magazine. In her free time, she is an avid yogi and proud mom of two young adults.