I incorporate a lot of games into my rehearsals for many reasons.  Gamification has been shown to have many benefits in education:  Accord...

  Recently I saw this video on YouTube where Rob Landes hires violinists from Fiver.com to play a portion of one of the hardest pieces to pl...

  I've spent the last few month exploring all kinds of ways to use technology in my orchestra class.  This year I have been almost paper...

  My beginning orchestra is currently learning 'Medieval Wars' by Brian Balmages and students are loving it!  It's a grade 2, bu...

  Are you looking for a super fun game you can play with your orchestra students that won't take much time to prepare?   Try BATTLESHIP!...

  I've re-vamped all my lessons about teaching students how to tune.  I wanted to use NearPod and make the experience more interactive. ...

  I've been thinking a lot about the different playing abilities in my classes.  I realize all students learn at different rates.  Stude...

  'MINDFUL PRACTICE WEEK!' I think we all get stuck on auto-pilot sometimes.  Sometimes I zone out on my drive to work and I don...

My students are still enjoying my weekly themes!  I wanted to post some ideas for INTONATION WEEK.   1.  Listening tests See how well studen...

  There are some things I totally LOVE about online learning.  I've been creating rhythm building activities in Google Slides for my stu...

  Need an idea to liven things up in your orchestra class?  I've been having a lot of fun with weekly themes to get my students focusing...