Be A Part Of The Orchestra – Helpful Tips for Recruiting For Your Orchestra
The goal for any music educator at the end of the year is celebrating our students and their many successes. We are also thinking about building our program for the following year and making sure students continue or feed into…
Audition Prep – All South Jersey Junior High Solo – Franz Simandl, Etude No. 16
Here is a performance of Etude No. 16 in Bb major from the 30 Etudes for Double Bass written by Franz Simandl. Who Was Simandl?Simandl was an incredible bassist, teacher, and his influence is far reaching today. His book the New…
Orchestra Challenges to Reinvigorate Your Students
It can be challenging to keep warm up time engaging and meaningful to students. We have our routines and procedures for the beginning of class set, but sometimes we need to inject something new to keep our students interest and…
Double Bass 101: Standing With The Bass
Developing a comfortable stance while playing the bass can take some practice for beginning bass students. Students can run into issues like resting the bass on their shoulder and finding a comfortable position with the bass. In this post, I’ll walk…
For Teachers: Fostering Student Leadership
Each year we have an award ceremony at my school where we nominate students who have demonstrated leadership qualities. I have to say that every year this award causes me to stop, think, and ask some questions. What does leadership look like? How…