Category Archives: Orchestra

Finals Week

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Jill

Here’s a brief overview of what happened this week: Monday – I started cleaning my office, turned in my course guides, and started passing information on to the next string teachers. Tuesday – I proctored the French 3 final, wrote … Continue reading →

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Last Week of School

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Jill

We just finished the last week of class at BFA. This coming week will be final exams followed by graduation on Friday. This means that my teaching work at BFA is basically done. Instrument Petting Zoo On Monday and Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Last Spring Concert

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Jill

I’m a little behind on processing all the major events that have happened in the last week. Today is really my first chance to sit and think through all of them. Last Sunday was the big Spring Concert, the final … Continue reading →

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Last Nursing Home

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Jill

Last Friday I took the Intermediate Orchestra to the nursing home for the last time. It was a good practice performance for the Spring Concert. At the end, I played a Kreisler piece, Liebesfreud, as a special treat for the … Continue reading →

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Transition: Lasts

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Jill

Earlier I wrote that as the end of my time at BFA approached, I was savoring every moment as if it was the last. In the last month, I began looking at things in a slightly different way. Rather than … Continue reading →

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Europa Park

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Jill

Yesterday, the music department took a bus full of band, orchestra and choir students to Europa Park, the amusement park just north of Freiburg. I chaperoned a group of 4 girls and 2 boys, most of whom are in Intermediate … Continue reading →

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Pre-performance

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Jill

On Thursday, May 9, we had a day off school for Ascension Day. Marit and I decided to take advantage of the extra time to have a rehearsal day. You see, we had a concert the following day, and we … Continue reading →

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May Day Partay

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Jill

Last Wednesday was May 1, a holiday in Germany. I invited the kids from Intermediate Orchestra over to my house to watch Beauty and the Beast. Some of the younger ones had never seen it the whole way through, and … Continue reading →

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Elegy

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jill

Last week, the students of High School Orchestra were putting some intense work into the third movement of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, the Elegy. During lunch one day, I talked with Natalie, one of the English teachers at BFA, about … Continue reading →

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Instrument-Making Field Trip

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Jill

On Friday, Marit and I took several of our string students to Basel for an epic field trip. I say epic, but it was actually quite laid-back. First, we went to the shop of a Luthier, or violin-maker. Our students … Continue reading →

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