Stringlights Music
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
About the store
I've been teaching orchestra, strings, and general music for over 25 years — in school ensembles, private studios, and teacher-training programs at the national level. I create resources rooted in real classroom experience: games, composition projects, fiddle tunes, and cross-curricular activities designed to get students curious, creative, and making music from day one.
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Fiddle Tune or Phony? — Music Guessing Game, Composition Unit & Creative Writing
Did you know that traditional fiddle tunes have some of the most wonderfully bizarre names in all of music?We're talking Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire, Granny Will Your Dog Bite, and Squirrel Headed Woman — and those are REAL.Here's the game: Your teacher reads a tune title. You decide — is it a REAL traditional fiddle tune, or did someone completely make it up? There's no trick, no skill, no way to know for sure. It's pure guessing — and that's exactly what makes it so fun
4th - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music, Other (ELA)
Interactive Music Staff Slides
A versatile interactive staff tool for any strings, orchestra, or general music classroom — virtual or in-person.Students open their own copy in Google Slides or PowerPoint and drag colored note ovals onto the staff to practice pitch placement, dictation, solfege, and composition. No letters on the notes supports movable do and works with any solfege system.✦ 17 Slides Include:Staff & Clef Orientation — treble, bass, and alto with lines, spaces, and instruments labeledBlank Staves — treble, bass
3rd - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Fingerboard Map Templates & Reference Guide
Designed for string teachers and students, this resource brings fingerboard geography to life with a printable and projectable reference guide from Stringlights Music™. Use with tablets, project it, print it, or pair it with Stringlights Music™ magnets for more hands-on learning.What's included — PDF (25 pages) + Google Slides (22 slides):Visual key — how to read a the Stringlights Fingerboard map6 blank templates — single string, unlabeled 4-string, violin, viola/cello, double bass, and orchest
3rd - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music
Fiddle Tune or Phony? A FUN Musical Guessing Game
Traditional fiddle tunes have some of the most wonderfully bizarre names in all of music. We're talking Shove That Pig's Foot a Little Further in the Fire, Granny Will Your Dog Bite, and Squirrel Headed Woman — and those are REAL.Here's the game: Your teacher reads a tune title. You decide — is it a REAL traditional fiddle tune from old-time, Texas style, or bluegrass tradition, or did someone completely make it up? There is no trick to figure it out. It's pure guessing — and that's exactly what
4th - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music, Music Composition
Bingo Games for Bowed Strings - Bornoff Level 1
Keep your string students engaged, moving, and thinking with Bingo Games for Bowed Strings — a performance-based bingo game designed specifically for teachers and students using the Bornoff Approach.This is not a worksheet. Every square is a musical task — students perform, identify, improvise, and read their way to bingo. Use it as a group game in rehearsal or lessons, or send it home as a practice motivation tool. Either way, students are making music the whole time.What's included:30 unique b
3rd - 12th
Instrumental Music, Music
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About the store
Experience
I've been teaching orchestra, strings, and general music for over 25 years — in school ensembles, private studios, and teacher-training programs at the national level. I create resources rooted in real classroom experience: games, composition projects, fiddle tunes, and cross-curricular activities designed to get students curious, creative, and making music from day one.
Teaching style
My teaching draws from a rich blend of methodologies — Bornoff, Suzuki, Orff Schulwerk, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Music Mind Games, World Music Drumming, and fiddle traditions. I've spent years studying and applying these approaches in orchestra classrooms, private lessons, and teacher-training settings, and that cross-pollination is at the heart of everything I make. I'm also a creative problem-solver at heart: I invented the Stringlights Music™ magnetic fingerboard maps when I couldn't find the teaching tool I needed, and that same instinct drives everything I bring to the classroom and to this store.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I'm an active clinician and presenter at string education institutes and summer camps, and a consultant for curriculum and program development. I've served in leadership roles in string education at the national level. I'm also a competitive fiddler and a professional musical theater performer — including a national tour — and that performance background is what keeps my teaching creative, playful, and built around memorable experiences.
My own education history
BM in Music from The Catholic University of America; MM in Music Education with an emphasis in string pedagogy from the University of Maryland. I'm a lifelong learner — always reading, experimenting, and refining my practice.
Additional biographical information
I direct Middle and High School orchestras, run a private studio serving students ages 5 through adult, and am the creator of Stringlights Music™ 🎻 — visit stringlightsmusic.com to learn more.
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