My 2nd year players have been working on a really difficult piece.  They love it and they are quite motivated, but still need a little p...

Those who have been to my conference presentations know that I show a lot of short videos in my class to motivate and inspire my students...

Have you ever seen the show 'Nailed It' on Netflix?  It's a show were non-professional bakers try to bake and decorate some ...

Sometimes you need an activity outside of the norm.  Something students won't expect...something that maintains interest and intrigue...

Are you desperately searching for an easy sub plan for your string orchestra classroom?  Here you go.  It's free.  It's edi...

A few days ago a received a letter from a reader: I teach 4th and 5th grade beginning strings and orchestra. I absolutely love you...

Rehearsals are hard work.  At least they should be!  I think students sometimes get too comfortable with the predictable routine of r...

I'm passionate about teaching my students to read notes because I want them to love learning an instrument and play in orchestra.  H...

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Over the years I've spent tons of time making seating charts.  I believing in changing seats very frequently and rotating students a...

I survived the first 2 weeks of school and it wasn't easy juggling all the prep work for each class.  My schedule this year is packed ...

I recently posted about a worksheet I created using alternate rhythmic notation to help students learn to follow and keep track of beats...