I use my laptop, iPad, and projector almost every day in my classes.  I haven't needed a gym membership because I get plenty of exe...

I have a slight addiction to getting packages in the mail so yesterday was a happy day because I  received my spiral bound copy of ...

I've been thinking a lot about practicing since I am presenting a session about motivating students to practice at the 2015 NAfME Nation...

"These are BEGINNERS???"  I hear that phrase quite often when parents, teachers, administration, or music store reps come to...

I posted earlier about a new book I was working on this summer called 'The True Beginning: Before the Method Book.'  This turned out...

Puffy stickers are really handy for a few different things when teaching beginning strings and they work well because you can easily feel a ...

UPDATE:  This book is now finished!  Check it out --  http://orchestrateacher.blogspot.com/2015/06/its-finished-true-beginning-before.html ...

I've been posting some ideas and things I do during the last couple of weeks of school.  This is a final exam that I created for my begi...

This year, I decided to finally get more organized with instrument rentals and inventory.  There have been plenty of times when I wanted to ...

I like to do games with my classes throughout the year.  Usually my games have something to do with rhythm or note-reading, but at the e...

I have a confession.  I don't like the last 2 weeks of school.  Our concerts are over, the music has been collected and filed, and ...

Each of my classes have been preparing for an orchestra festival to perform for judges.  We haven't had a ton of time to prepare for ...