I just finished with recruiting season.  It feels good to have all of that done!   Now I feel like there is extra time in rehearsals to ...

On Friday students were showing me a bunch of little meme videos from YouTube.  It made me feel old.  There's a meme from 'super...

I went to the UMEA conference last weekend and went to a session about teaching students how to tune their instruments by Michael Hopki...

We're halfway through the school year!  Now is the time students seem to get a little tired of practicing.  Time for a little motivation...

I love presenting!  It is so fun to meet other teachers and share ideas.  Over the last few years I have presented 4 sessions at the NAfM...

My beginners have been just learning about key signatures and how to tell when to play F sharps or F naturals or C sharps and C naturals...

December is a busy, busy time!  My concert for all of my classes are next week.  I have to do 3 separate concerts in one night because t...

Right before school started I posted about my plans to use SeeSaw in my classroom for playing tests.  So far I think it has been benefici...

I DON'T LIKE LATE WORK! I'm teaching high school this year.  My junior high program is huge with over 300 students...but many w...

I am an introvert.  When I was a student I rarely said anything in my classes.  I was so quiet that some of my peers informed me that I ...

It's that time of year to teach note-reading.  I always begin by teaching students where the open strings are on the staff.  We prac...

I'm a believer in playing tests.  I don't do practice cards, so playing tests are used to motivate students to work and practice. ...