Stringlights Music
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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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BUNDLE: Fingerboard Workbook and Teacher Guide: Half + Whole Steps Spotlight
String theory — for bowed string musicians. The complete Fingerboard Spotlight Workbook bundle.The Student Workbook (17 pages) gives bowed string musicians a visual, tactile, and documented path through half step and whole step concepts using the Stringlights™ map system. Includes bonus insert for independent and adult learners.The Teacher Guide (18 pages) gives you the pedagogy, page-by-page teaching notes, the < notation system, and the aural fluency framework — ears connected to the finger
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Other (Performing Arts)
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, workshops, and summer camps, and I consult on curriculum and program development. I've held music education leadership roles in PK-12 settings and with my local ASTA chapter, and as a teacher-trainer/clinician across a range of professional development settings. My own training spans Suzuki violin, classical performance, contest-style fiddle, and professional musical theater — a mix that keeps my teaching creative, playful, and prioritizes discovery, curiosity, and creating 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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