During the summer, I was honored to be interviewed for an article in Teaching Music Magazine (published by NAfME) about technology in the...

Each Friday, I have been playing a sort of review game with my beginners as a way for me to keep class fun and to assess student progres...

I received the following email earlier this week and would like to answer this here on my blog: Hi Angela, First, thank you for all o...

I recently received the following email from a reader and I thought it would be helpful to answer the question on my blog to help othe...

Things have been crazy busy since the school year started a couple weeks ago.  This year, I am teaching 6 classes with a total of 275 studen...

Today was the 7th grade orientation at the junior high where I teach.  This is when the 7th graders go to each of their classes for 5 ...

It has been difficult for me to find music for teaching shifting.  When learning how to play in position, students need music that is somewh...

I was just asked a question about a seating chart template, so I thought I would share mine.  You can download it free here:   String Orches...

Our district has been really focusing on student learning objectives and  teacher/student goals.  As part of this process, we have had q...

Part of my job is to mentor the instructors that teach beginning strings in the elementary schools in our district.  Our elementary orchestr...

I'm always on the lookout for trinkets to use in my classes to help students learn position and to keep the class fun.  I had a colleagu...

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...