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StringRiffs.com is secured
StringRiffs.com is ready for business, thanks to Solo Staff Design's Claudia Botterweg. Soon you may also purchase String Riffs music as pdfs to be printed by you immediately, and currently, physical copies can be shipped to you within 1 day of ordering. To celebrate...
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Skyping with ASU Adult Mus Ed Class and Dr Marg Schmidt
My first skype experience with StringRiffs.com. Three students I had met before at AMEA, OMEA, and National ASTA. Nina was a big bass part of my first StringRiffs.com reading session. many things have improved and changed since then, but the String Riffs hits are...
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Slippery Socks with Chris Donlon, MPS, Bush Elem
“My 5th graders are going to perform “Slippery Socks” on May 16 at Bush. We will put dog squeakers in long socks and put them on the floor, kind of like a cello end-pin holder. During the half rests they step on the squeakers and make two sounds - a down squeak and an...
read moreKind words from a junior high string teacher
From Megan Bender, Rhodes Junior High, Mesa Public Schools: "My kids love your pieces. One day someone asked, 'Why are we always playing pieces by this Karen Koger lady?' I responded, 'Until last year she used to be an orchestra teacher in Mesa, and I think that's...
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#spiritofccs Clintonville schools sounded great
Allison Wodkowski and Andrea Tippery were kind enough to invite me to the concert. Everyone enjoyed this evening. D-String Dawg sounded great!
read moreColumbus Public-Clintonville
Allison W invited me to attend a concert tonight as the "live" composer of StringRiffs Volume One-D-String Dawg. I can't wait to meet the string players.
read moreSchedule your Hootenanny IMEA, AMEA, OMEA, & National ASTA Attendees
What a fun winter getting to meet and exchange ideas with future teachers, orchestra students, and current Orchestra Directors At IMEA & OMEA. It's time to make Karen Koger, Composer and Publisher of String Riffs, drive all over Ohio and Indiana sharing String Riffs...
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Titles and Levels of String Riffs Music 2016-2017
OSU Student ASTA Chapter StringRiffs.com Hootenanny last week
An enjoyable evening with future string educators from OSU. Thank you to Alan Mason and Dr Robert Gillespie for inviting and hosting this String Riffs Hootenanny. Can't wait to see these students in the classroom with their own orchestras.
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