Feb 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Karen, Thank you so much for sharing these pieces with me! I passed out Hootenanny to my kids yesterday and they LOVED it!! It is the first “real” piece of music they have tried (3-5 grade beginners – up until now we’ve just been playing unison exercises from...
Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
IMG_0201 String Riffs One Octave Scale Sheets – C Major thru 4 Sharps and Flats work as tools for teachers and students. They can be creatively adapted to your needs. Each one is different, each one works different skills.
Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
What an experience to be the focus of a Zoom Q&A about 3 videos I created for OSU’s String Teacher Workshop 2020. Everyone brought good questions and opinions to the discussion. There is anxiety over the 2020 school music start. Please give orchestra/band teachers...
Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Honored to be asked by Scott Glasser and Marg Schmidt to share Thoughts about Composition for String Orchestra with ASU’s Adult String Education Class regarding leveling of music, parameters in composition, and score study of some of my pieces. We are “Zoom”ing this...
Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
So excited to share String Teaching ideas with the 240 participants of OSU String Teacher Workshop. Dr Bob Gillespie and his amazing team have created a virtual workshop in a very short time. It is interactive, has hang out time, Chat sessions, Q & A’s with...
