Incorporating chamber music experiences a school orchestra program
~from Ray Ostwald York Community High Schools (Elmhurst, IL)
Incorporating chamber music experiences a school orchestra program
~from Ray Ostwald York Community High Schools (Elmhurst, IL)
Descriptions of “concert dress”
from Ray Ostwald York Community High Schools (Elmhurst, IL)
Student Reflection Assignment following presentation by Visiting Artists
from Ray Ostwald York Community High Schools (Elmhurst, IL)
Description of the process using the metaphor of a “keystone.”
From Greg Schwaegler, Strings and Orchestra Teacher. Indian Prairie School District #204, BME and MME, University of Illinois.
Scales, etudes, shifting exercises for all bowed orchestral stringed
instruments. FREE, first-rate materials by Gabe Vallasurda
Materials from Gabe Vallasurda
MacLeod, R. (2014). Achieving an artistic violin vibrato. American String Teacher, 64(2) , 18- 27. (c) 2014 American String Teachers Association
List of parts for sale from Dr. Sandra Dackow and information about how to purchase them.
Bergonzi, L.S. (1993). The status of string program: The need to broadcast the curriculum. New Ways in Music Education, 8(3), A16-17.
An article that explains the special context for strings and orchestra in schools and how to connect to basic educational values in order to advocate for a string and orchestra program.