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Violin Flash Cards
Some basic flash cards to print out on coloured cardstock and laminate if you wish. They are all the first position notes on the violin. There are so many games you can play with flash cards. Print out two copies and play Snap or Concentration (Memory), team relevant ones up with the Mad Fingerboard Dash…
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God’s Daily Care – Choral
I arranged this choral piece for our February 2010 Stake Conference. We had a mass Youth choir (having EFY prior to it may have helped with the turnout – just call it an EFY Choir and you get a gazillion youth turn up 😉 ) and it sounded great up the front. Unfortunately our chapels…
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What a Commotion, Emotion!
If you have young players, I find it best to have a visual to go with an emotion, so they know how to play something. I have no idea where I picked these up from and I’m sure I had more, but this was all I could find on my computer. No doubt you could…
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I mean to work hard…
Just to put a smile on your face, as it does to everyone who comes into my studio. I have this picture stuck up on the side of my bookshelf. I have no idea where it is from but 10 years ago when I opened up my piano stool, it was the first thing I…
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Did Jesus Really Live Again Women’s Vocal Trio
Okay, so I will deviate from the violin and piano teaching for just a bit. As Ward Music Chairman, I would arrange a lot of the hymns to suit the number of people I had involved in a particular item. Sometimes it was a double quartet, sometimes a quartet, sometimes only male voices, sometimes only…
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Mock Examinations Board
When I had a group of students going through examinations for the first time and were incredibly nervous, I decided to conduct a mock examination about 6 weeks prior to the ‘allocation’ date set by the AMEB. I had “Quiet please, exams in progress’ sign and moved my furniture around in my studio to reflect…
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Pass The Musical Parcel
I like to hold a group activity for my students at the end of the year. One year we played well known party games with a musical twist. This was one of the games we played and let me tell you, the kids had SO much fun, especially with the group singing part! Pass the…
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It’s all about the movement…
Ever had a student who is just really stiff? Stands there and looks incredibly uncomfortable whilst holding the violin? This is a good activity to get them to loosen up. After all, we are encouraged to be relaxed when playing the violin to avoid injury so for those ‘stiff’ students, this is fantastic. I also…
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Joseph Smith’s First Prayer easy violin
A young Deacon I teach was asked to play this song at the Aaronic Priesthood commemoration in the Temple grounds one cold and frosty morning – hence no accompaniment. The poor boy was so terrified, but I was told he did so well, he ended up playing it again with me doing an ‘alto’ part (which is…
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How Firm A Foundation for 2 violins and piano
I needed a modified arrangement of this popular hymn for the Primary Presentation 2009 (to end it with a bang of course). We did this hymn at the end as a congregational number and I played the violin 2 part first, then ended the hymn on the last verse with the violin 1 part (we had organ…
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