"The “New American School of String Playing”, of which the O’Connor Method is a part, promotes a future in which young musicians around the world socialize in more creative, self-guided, and impromptu ways: jamming, listening together, forming bands, sharing ideas, improvising, composing, playing multiple instruments, and so forth. The diverse music presented in the O'Connor Method requires students to refine the skills necessary to realize this future." - Mark O'Connor (From the Foreword to Book V)