Stories – Westwood Ensemble

Effects of Rank and Seating

May 27, 2019Jonathan LaneStories1 Comment

Tonight, I had a private student come back for lessons after not taking lessons for a couple of months during the summer. I asked this student how school orchestra was going. They did not tell me how much fun it was or how much they loved the people in their section or how great the

All Bow strokes should start on the string. True or False?

September 9, 2018Jonathan LaneHow To, Local, Stories, Technique

Only a few years into my high school orchestra teaching career I was having some conflict with some of my more advanced players. This was rather disturbing since I was a pretty young teacher and a lowly bass player. Did I not know something about string technique? The problem was related to the bow. After