Teaching Elementary Orchestra

For this fall, I played on the words "take part" as an opportunity to display instrument and bow parts.  I don't mind ...

For this back-to-school bulletin board, I browsed through manuscripts on imslp.org , eventually ending up choosing works by Bach, Brahms...

My elementary orchestra students have their small group learning ("small groups") once a week for 30 minutes on a rotating ba...

We go on a lot of "field trips" during small groups in orchestra throughout the school year.  It's gotten to the point wh...

This was the first year that I was able to carve out enough time to include this fifth composition for my beginners.  There's always ...

  Here's a colorful display for the basic dynamic markings.  I matched each dynamic marking up with a color going in rain...

For my SLO (Student Learning Objective) for the last few years, I have been using note-reading quizzes with my first-year orchestra stud...

Since I have such limited time with my students, I want to make the most of any opportunity to create a musical experience for them....

On the last day of small groups, students receive their summer packets.  The first page gives some ideas of how to stay involved with ...