I've been posting a lot about working on note reading fluency in my beginning strings class.  I'm happy to say that all of my effo...

  I have been using a couple of website in my classroom that have saved me so much time!  I'm loving all of the possibilities these free...

  I use the D scale for warm up time A LOT.  It's not the same every day because there are many ways to change rhythms and bowings to ma...

  It's been awhile since I've posted because of all the natural busy things in life...but mostly because I switched schools.  I got ...

  I love teaching my students and I like to do things my own way...BUT I've recently experimented with bringing in guests to enhance my ...

  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. ...