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student, of pieces being studied in the orchestra class.
• Pairing up students on a stand to facilitate the learning of the music for both students.
• Using peers is a great way to teach the bowings – pair up students.
• Using a metronome to help hear the tempo for the student that may be visually challenged.
• Using of Braille music (computer software may help for this).
• Listening to the music both as an orchestral piece and then just the individual part from the specific piece to guide learning.
• Plucking the string with a guitar pick instead of the use of the bow or adding a keyboard to your
ensemble (I have done this and it worked for the students). I have seen a violin strung the opposite direction to have the instrument sit on the student’s right shoulder in order to adjust for injuries from a car accident (it is easiest for the student to sit on the right hand side of the stand to see the music).
• Teaching your lesson with a micro- phone around your neck.
• Practicing your rehearsal tech- niques during a lesson or after school with the student alone. This may include practicing playing on the stage or just showing the stu- dent where he/she will be seated for the performance.
• For string instruments, taping on the fingerboard for fingers will
promote intonation, which many educators use for beginning stu- dents (why not at any time, even with a high school beginner?).
• Connecting with an occupational therapist to match the student with a string instrument that will be a good choice for that student.
Adjusting your teaching strategies to in- clude differing disabilities is something most of you are already doing in your classrooms. We just need to do it more so we promote musical success for each and every interested student that comes to us.
Cynthia Kiepert teaches orchestra in the Stevens Point Area Public School District. Email:
ckiepert@pointschools.net
Wisconsin Foundation for School Music President: Paul Heid, Heid Music, Appleton
President-Elect: Sarah Jerome, Retired,
Arlington Heights School District Past President:
Scott Pierce, Superintendent, Central High School District of Westosha
Secretary:
Timothy Schaid, Executive Director, Wisconsin Foundation for School Music
Board Members:
Gregg Butler, Administrator, Eau Claire County Off Campus High School
Stephanie Elkins, Program Director, Wisconsin Public Radio
Bernie Fiedler, CFP, Oconomowoc Staff:
Timothy Schaid, Executive Director,
schaidt@wsmamusic.org
Wisconsin School Musician Jamie Kember,
Development Associate,
kemberj@wsmamusic.org
Kenzie Trezise,
Development & Marketing Associate,
kenziet@wsmamusic.org
31 Paul Heid, Heid Music, Appleton
Vicki Jenks, WYSO Percussion Ensemble Director, Wild Rose
Sarah Jerome, Retired, Arlington Heights School District
Gerald Kember, Retired, La Crosse School District
Richard Parks, Superintendent, Marathon Public Schools
Nancy Rasmussen, Retired, Walworth
Russ Rautmann, Executive Director, Engler Center, Chilton
Elizabeth T. Russell, Russell Law
Todd Schmidt, Village Administrator, Waunakee
George Smith, Retired School Administrator
Advisory Council: Linda Bergren, Retired, Madison
Jim Brandmeier, CEO, 180 Music, Madison
James Byrd, President/CEO, Midwest Asset Management, Inc., Madison
Rhea Myers, Attorney, Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C., Madison
Roger White, Retired, White House of Music, Inc., Waukesha
Richard W. Wolf, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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