Teaching Elementary Orchestra

After putting together the audio files for the Orchestra Expressions supplement, I thought this audio-file accompaniment would also ben...

To match up with the Orchestra Expressions supplement packet that I wrote, I whipped up some accompaniment parts on Finale and expor...

At the beginning of the year for second-year students, I like to start with this sheet of pieces in D Major for review.  We don't g...

With the new school year quickly approaching, I created a bulletin board that is welcoming, punny, and music-theory based: "Toge...

My students are learning an arrangement of "Jupiter" from The Planets by Gustav Holst, but I wasn't pleased with several...

When my school started a section in the library dedicated to student writing, I made up two binders of student compositions from my first...

March is Women's History Month, and this year I wanted to create a bulletin board highlighting female musicians throughout histor...

This year my school is doing a whole Dr. Seuss week, complete with door decorations inspired by different Dr. Seuss books.  My book was ...

One thing that I like about our method book, "Orchestra Expressions," Book 1 , is that it highlights several composers includ...