Teaching Elementary Orchestra

Throughout the school year, I take several pictures of students--during the first few weeks of school when the beginners are still plu...

Happy spring! A simple Google search for "spring music" brings up several titles, artists, and composers.  I selected a few ...

One of the strategies I use to teach the names of the notes on the staff is mnemonic devices ( Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart : bas...

Our annual district-wide String Fest is a big event for us to plan.  One part of the planning process is figuring out where each of th...

Happy New Year!  For this year's January bulletin board, I'm departing from my usual informational sort of theme and trying out...

In keeping with my theme of updating supplements to include audio files, here are the audio files for the packet of music that uses not...

I often have one or two students who enter fifth grade already having studied a string instrument privately for a couple of years.  I ...

It's that time of year to be thinking of winter concerts!  This post is brought to you courtesy of a reader wondering what to prog...

I have updated several of my handouts of supplemental repertoire for second-year students over the summer in preparation for a few stu...