I made an acapella video for my students to practice Hootenanny with and thought I would send it your way in case you would like to use it for anything! Thanks again for your wonderful resources!
Have a great weekend!
Sarah McEvoy
Mariemont High School, Orchestra Director
Mariemont Junior High School, Orchestra Director

From Maddy Welch, a Strings Teacher at Buncombe County Public schools, in South Carolina
“Thank you so much for those scale sheets you sent me! My kids are enjoying and having fun with them. You write some great stuff! I am goingto take another look at your website the next time I have music money to spend. ?”
Thanks for allowing me to share this, Maddy.
This is the third piece of yours that I’ve used, and my students have learned to connect your name on the music with a fun piece even before we try playing it. Well done!”
We’ll be performing Gila Monster Mash-Up at our concert, and we’ll also record Mingo the Dingo. Thank you!”
“Your Veterans Day Celebration was performed at the Val Vista Lakes Elementary School Veterans Day Assembly. Thanks for the great arrangement!”
“We had our first Rhodes Orchestra concert last night, and we played a few of your String Riffs pieces. The kids really liked working on them and performing them!”
“It’s hard to find music that my beginner group can play for a concert in December, but I think we might be able to learn one of yours — I really like the flexibility of everything, with printing and with parts…you’ve done a great job.”
“Enchi-chilada was a hit at both my elementary schools (two assemblies and an evening concert each). Over 1700 people — kids, parents and teachers — got to hear it!”
“For all my music teacher friends: this is some REALLY fun music for your kids. Check it out!
I was privileged to work on the graphics for this amazingly talented composer and my kids have all had so much fun playing her music in their schools. I’ve watched their interest and enjoyment in their instruments increase tenfold as they’ve experienced her musical talents playing her compositions. I hope you’ll take a minute to check out her work.”
“Before a Mesa Public Schools feeder concert at Mountain View High School I was tuning instruments, and a student asked if I was Karen…? I said, ‘I’m Karen Koger.’ He responded, ‘The one who writes the music? I love your music!’
When I asked him which was his favorite, he answered, ‘Goblins Galore!’
This is too fun! Thank you, Dr. Jaime Johnson, for teaching Goblins Galore, for instilling a love of music in this child, and for making the learning of String Riffs fun.”
These comments came from the 5th-grade students at Highland Arts Elementary in Mesa, AZ:
“Goblins Galore is amazing! It’s cool at the end when we play AAA GGG FGFE…I love your work!”
“I think it’s an amazing song but kinda creepy. I like the high-pitched D.”
“I like Goblins Galore because it sounds like horror and Christmas mixed together.”
“I hope you make more creepy, cool, amazing and awesome songs!”
And from teacher Hayne Lee:
“Thank you, Karen, for sharing your amazing work with us!”
“[At] the first annual fall Washington-ASTA Orchestra and Studio Teacher Symposium in Seattle everyone LOVED String Riffs. Thanks, Karen — you’ve done so much work!”
“I just heard from Gail Rolland that Tree Celli Mon for cello trio and Click Beetle Boogie for cello quartet received rave reviews at the Paul Rolland Workshop at George Mason University/Potomac Academy. These are both available in Celebration Performance Set 1 along with Heart Strings.”
“I’m using String Riffs: Volume One with my beginners right now, and it’s fabulous. Just thought I’d put in my two cents — it works in the private studio.”
“Thanks for making it interesting — bass parts are appropriate. I have enough melody to keep me happy.”
“The distribution of melody amongst parts is equitable…harmonic structure is not too basic.”
I made an acapella video for my students to practice Hootenanny with and thought I would send it your way in case you would like to use it for anything! Thanks again for your wonderful resources!
Have a great weekend!
Sarah McEvoy
Mariemont High School, Orchestra Director
Mariemont Junior High School, Orchestra Director

From Maddy Welch, a Strings Teacher at Buncombe County Public schools, in South Carolina
“Thank you so much for those scale sheets you sent me! My kids are enjoying and having fun with them. You write some great stuff! I am goingto take another look at your website the next time I have music money to spend. ?”
Thanks for allowing me to share this, Maddy.
This is the third piece of yours that I’ve used, and my students have learned to connect your name on the music with a fun piece even before we try playing it. Well done!”
We’ll be performing Gila Monster Mash-Up at our concert, and we’ll also record Mingo the Dingo. Thank you!”
“Your Veterans Day Celebration was performed at the Val Vista Lakes Elementary School Veterans Day Assembly. Thanks for the great arrangement!”
“We had our first Rhodes Orchestra concert last night, and we played a few of your String Riffs pieces. The kids really liked working on them and performing them!”
“It’s hard to find music that my beginner group can play for a concert in December, but I think we might be able to learn one of yours — I really like the flexibility of everything, with printing and with parts…you’ve done a great job.”
“Enchi-chilada was a hit at both my elementary schools (two assemblies and an evening concert each). Over 1700 people — kids, parents and teachers — got to hear it!”
“For all my music teacher friends: this is some REALLY fun music for your kids. Check it out!
I was privileged to work on the graphics for this amazingly talented composer and my kids have all had so much fun playing her music in their schools. I’ve watched their interest and enjoyment in their instruments increase tenfold as they’ve experienced her musical talents playing her compositions. I hope you’ll take a minute to check out her work.”
“Before a Mesa Public Schools feeder concert at Mountain View High School I was tuning instruments, and a student asked if I was Karen…? I said, ‘I’m Karen Koger.’ He responded, ‘The one who writes the music? I love your music!’
When I asked him which was his favorite, he answered, ‘Goblins Galore!’
This is too fun! Thank you, Dr. Jaime Johnson, for teaching Goblins Galore, for instilling a love of music in this child, and for making the learning of String Riffs fun.”
These comments came from the 5th-grade students at Highland Arts Elementary in Mesa, AZ:
“Goblins Galore is amazing! It’s cool at the end when we play AAA GGG FGFE…I love your work!”
“I think it’s an amazing song but kinda creepy. I like the high-pitched D.”
“I like Goblins Galore because it sounds like horror and Christmas mixed together.”
“I hope you make more creepy, cool, amazing and awesome songs!”
And from teacher Hayne Lee:
“Thank you, Karen, for sharing your amazing work with us!”
“[At] the first annual fall Washington-ASTA Orchestra and Studio Teacher Symposium in Seattle everyone LOVED String Riffs. Thanks, Karen — you’ve done so much work!”
“I just heard from Gail Rolland that Tree Celli Mon for cello trio and Click Beetle Boogie for cello quartet received rave reviews at the Paul Rolland Workshop at George Mason University/Potomac Academy. These are both available in Celebration Performance Set 1 along with Heart Strings.”
“I’m using String Riffs: Volume One with my beginners right now, and it’s fabulous. Just thought I’d put in my two cents — it works in the private studio.”
“Thanks for making it interesting — bass parts are appropriate. I have enough melody to keep me happy.”
“The distribution of melody amongst parts is equitable…harmonic structure is not too basic.”