The band teacher approached me with an idea to hold a music Olympics for the next couple of weeks.  We brainstormed some events and came...

I like to use the D scale as a warm-up for my beginners every day.  It's great for their intonation and you can add rhythms or bowings t...

Motivating students to practice is no easy task.  As part of my class, students are required to perform playing tests for me every 2 week, a...

I like to surprise my students with activities now and then.  Today, I surprised them with a game that I called Freeze Tag, but I suppos...

I love finding apps that are actually useful in my classroom.  Students love apps, and they frequently get themselves the apps that I use in...

Well, I have my largest class of beginners ever.  50.  It has been a bit more challenging than I expected...I see so many students that need...

I decided to add more pages to the rhythm book that I made and wrote about in a previous post. (see http://orchestrateacher.blogspot.com/201...

Check out this little video I just threw together for fun....I was just trying to learn PowToon. Orchestra - Mission Possible.

Bow games are an huge part of my routine in my orchestra class.  I use these games to check bow holds every day, but also to get s...

I remember in college my professors telling me that the first year of teaching is always hard and difficult and not to worry...that the...

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: