Teaching Elementary Orchestra

  This fall I taped fingering charts into the folders for my students as a helpful reference for both my in-person and virtual students.  F...

  My district is planning an in-person return in September.  I'm nervous about this decision, but one small thing I knew I had in my con...

For our last small group before a concert, we'll often play "Name that Tune."  First we rosin bows as I walk through the...

At my schools, we need to have a window covering handy in case of a lockdown.  I taped a few pieces of construction paper together, la...

I was cleaning out a cabinet the other day and came across these playing card hall passes I forgot I had made :)  These must have be...

For winter and spring concerts at my schools, we have a combined orchestra, band, and choir concert that ideally lasts about an hour.  ...

As I'm entering my ninth [edit: 14th!] year of teaching elementary orchestra, I'm starting to get a collection of beginning-of-...

Happy fall!  For this beginning-of-the-year bulletin board, a huge shout-out goes to my mom for coming up with the rhyme and to my sist...

Here is a very simple arrangement of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" that I used with my beginning orchestra last year.  Each in...