I just made it through my first week back to school and it was great.  There were a few problems with my technology, but thankfully that...

If you've read a lot of my blogs or seen my articles in the NAfME blog, you know that I do not believe in using practice cards.  One...

My students and I are so grateful to the GiveANote foundation and Radio Disney for the many opportunities presented to us after winning the ...

I haven't written as many blog posts this summer because of other major projects I've been working on.  It has been fun collaborati...

I am presenting this year the the NAfME conference in November.  It was a wonderful experience attending and presenting at the national ...

GUESS WHAT I FOUND!!??  I was browsing Amazon.com the other day and found these cute little 'Wine Watchers Wine Charms'... The...

It's finally finished - my book for teaching shifting in string orchestra!  I started working on this last year because I HATED tea...

This idea isn't totally new..I've heard of teachers using a variety of tubular objects for students to practice straight bowing...su...

I'm sure you've all said it before...."Stop Plucking!"  It's a common plague in the string orchestra classroom.  S...

I've been asked to co-write a method book for beginning strings and it has been fun creating pages and developing a plan for my 'dre...

The orchestra program at the high school where I taught this year is just beginning to grow.  For many years, the orchestra program was ru...

We all realize the importance of consistent practice, so it's hard to think that some students will go home for the summer and not play ...