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  • Advanced Jump Rope in Orchestra Class
  • Jump Rope in Orchestra Class
  • Music Folder Check-Out Form
  • Ensuring Student Health, Part 2
  • Ensuring Student Health, Part 1
  • A History of Strolling Strings
  • Choosing Literature
  • Teach Your Students How to Practice, Part 2
  • Teach Your Students How to Practice, Part 1
  • Peace Corps Volunteer Starts Violin Program
  • Using Synthesis in the Classroom
  • Comparing Band and Orchestra Teaching Strategies
  • Introducing the Tritone to Your Class
  • Mentoring Young Composers
  • A Cello Conundrum
  • A Good Time to Lend a Hand
  • Sometimes, Gender Matters
  • What Makes Good Violin Strings?
  • One-Third of World’s Violins Made in Beijing
  • Good Articulation via Careful Listening
  • Less Teacher Talk, More Ensemble Music!
  • High School Ensemble Player = Better Student
  • Copyright and Your Ensembles
  • Fitting Fiddling into Your Orchestra
  • Some Improvisation Ideas for Strings
  • An Elementary Improvisation Study
  • Is Your Grading Ready for a Legal Challenge?
  • Concert Etiquette Is for Everyone
  • Student Leadership, Part 1
  • Performance Angst in Developing Musicians
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 4
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 6
  • Promote Your Program with MIOSM
  • John Kendall's Legacy and MENC's Contribution
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 5
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 3
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 2
  • High-Quality Music Teaching, Part 1
  • The Texture of Music
  • Drop the Needle
  • Reaching Out to Community Music Ensembles
  • Approaches for the Tougher Key Signatures
  • Spooktacular String Philharmonster, Part 2
  • Taking Chamber Music to the Orchestra
  • Don't Crack the Egg
  • Starting in the Middle, Part 2
  • Starting in the Middle, Part 1
  • Back to School Strings Tips, Part 2
  • Back to School Strings Tips, Part 1
  • Selecting Quality Music, Part 1
  • Your Summer To Do List
  • Building Parental Support for Your Ensemble
  • Tips for Teaching Large Groups, Part 2
  • Tips for Teaching Large Groups, Part 1
  • D.S. al Fine: Keep Students Engaged through Year's End
  • The First 5 Lessons: From Nothing to Something!
  • Introducing HS Students to String Teaching, Part 2
  • Introducing HS Students to String Teaching, Part 1
  • Musical Fridays
  • Jazz for Strings Poll Follow Up
  • All That Jazz with Strings Attached
  • The Orchestral Warm-Up: Setting the Right Tone
  • Joshua Bell's Insights for Teachers, Students: Part 3
  • Joshua Bell's Insights for Teachers, Students: Part 2
  • Joshua Bell’s Insights for Teachers, Students: Part 1
  • What to Do When Your Ensemble Isn’t Quite Standard
  • Extreme Weather Strings
  • Interview: National Honor Orchestra Director, Part 3
  • Interview: National Honor Orchestra Director, Part 2
  • Interview: National Honor Orchestra Director, Part 1
  • How to Give Your String Ensembles the Right Lift
  • New Arrangements in the New Year
  • Joshua Bell Reaches Out To String Teachers
  • The Role of the Violin in Mariachi Music
  • Spooktacular String Philharmonster, Part 1
  • Broke is Out, Baroque is In! Part 2
  • Broke is Out, Baroque is In! Part 1
  • Jazz Takes a Bow: Improvisation for Strings
  • Best Players, Poor Attitude
  • Time Management = Class Management
  • Back to School Cool
  • Muscle Memory, Ear Training, and Intonation
  • Surviving a Tough Economy
  • Aspects of the Beginning Orchestra, Part 2
  • Aspects of the Beginning Orchestra, Part 1
  • Jazz for Strings Poll Results
  • Repertoire and Guidance Help Spotlight the Viola
  • Strolling Strings, Part 3
  • Strolling Strings, Part 2
  • Strolling Strings, Part 1
  • Fingerboard to Sounding Board to Classroom Board
  • Cello and Bass: Lower Strings Challenges
  • Fiddles for Sale or Rent
  • You Want Me to Teach an Instrument I Can't Play?!
  • Techniques for Evoking the Right Mood
  • Extreme E Strings
  • Solo and Ensemble Prelude and Postlude
  • Drum Up a New Sound
  • Adding Percussion to the Middle School String Orchestra
  • The Path to Smarter Position Shifting
  • Pointing out Good and Bad Posture
  • Carbon Fiber Bows: The Next Generation
  • Focus on Folk Music: Music of the Romani
  • Establishing an Identity for Your Orchestra, Part 2
  • Establishing an Identity for Your Orchestra, Part 1
  • Top 10 Things Every First-Year Orchestra Director Needs to Know
  • The Bow: To Tape or Not to Tape?


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