I recently was asked what I do during the first week of school...this is my response: Well, the whole first day is going over my orchestra h...

This is a little poster I made for my classroom...giving the 'recipe' for quality practice:

Everyone has the potential to be amazing...You have the ability inside of you to be as good as you want to be on your instrument.   Like...

I have been teaching myself how to use photoshop and have created some t-shirt designs and this poster.  I plan on hanging this poster over ...

I was thinking of writing a beginning rhythm book for students who have had no background in counting or writing rhythms.  I wrote these few...

I am curious to know how many orchestra teachers use practice cards.  I do not like to use practice cards and I do not feel like they would ...

You may purchase this 43 page resource at my store:   www.orchestraclassroom.com This is my latest creation....a workbook for beginni...

I found a few more than I might try next time...These are from http://sherylwelles.blogspot.com/2012/04/minute-to-win-it.html . Do you he...

The day of a holiday or the day before a big vacation from school, I like to do a fun game day in my class.  I did a game for Halloween t...

I teach orchestra to 7th, 8th and 9th graders and I love it!  I look forward to going to work each day and working with my students to progr...