Teaching Elementary Orchestra

   During our last full orchestra of the year, students share their thoughts about their experience in orchestra with an end-of-the-yea...

As we get into our unit on the key of C Major, I present my students with a packet of pieces that use the C Major key signature (there...

During March, students complete a short questionnaire where they respond to a couple of prompts.  I explain that March is Music In ...

With career day coming up in a couple of weeks, I thought I had better put together a bulletin board to highlight some possible care...

Near the end of the school year, I posted pictures and the names of the instruments students can choose to study in band and orchestra ...

I keep hoping that one of these years I'll land on the  composition template that works and then be able to just keep reusing that ...

When planning out the Solo/Ensemble unit, I work backwards from the date of the festival itself.  Since we meet for small groups only o...

For the elementary orchestra students in our district, we create our own Solo/Ensemble festival each spring.  Since it's not an ...

I enjoy making the programs for each of my schools' concerts throughout the year.  I get the program information from the band and c...