Category Archives: Orchestra

Have you ever wondered what goes into making a violin? These gorgeous instruments take hours upon hours of skilled hand crafting. Every instrument is unique in tone quality and feel. This means that they are expensive, but also difficult to … Continue reading →

I have taken 2 groups to the nursing home so far this semester. The first time unfortunately coincided with crazy hair day…. so the old folks had an unusual performance from the high school orchestra! One of the residents took … Continue reading →

This semester, there are 5 students in high school orchestra. It started out as 2 violinists and 3 cellists, but then we added a violinist and lost a cellist so now it’s 3 violinists and 2 cellists. It’s a fun … Continue reading →

Kaffee und Kuchen, or coffee and cake, is a typical German afternoon tradition, especially on Sundays. Last Sunday I had my Intermediate Orchestra kids over for Kaffee und Kuchen. Of course, most of them are a little young to be … Continue reading →

At the end of last year, I found out that Marit Swanson was going to be coming to BFA. I knew she could help lighten my load a bit, but I was honestly a little worried that she would be … Continue reading →

Even though it’s summer, there are a few BFA non-boarding students in town. It’s a real privilege to be able to hang out with these kids and their families. This school is definitely different than my public school back in … Continue reading →

On Saturday, Katie and I took our beginning orchestra and band kids to Europa Park as an end-of-the-year celebration of all the work they have put in to learning a new instrument. Europa Park is a theme park, similar to … Continue reading →

March 28-31 was our 29th annual Music Festival. The Strings performed on Tuesday, the day after I got back from Madrid!  I watched my private lesson students perform solos for 2 judges (Kristi Dahlstrom in the morning and Peggy Stuckey … Continue reading →

The second to last weekend in March was the ACSI Honor Choir and Strings Festival in Madrid, Spain. Evangelical Christian Academy (ECA) hosted the event, bringing in a college-level choral conductor to coach the choir. I coached the string quintet … Continue reading →