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Charles Laux, Julie Ellis, and Matt Radspinner

From the 2022 OSU String Teacher Workshop

It’s always a pleasure to return to Buckeye country for the OSU String Teacher Workshop. This year I had the pleasure to participat in presenting several sessions. See below! 1. Making Your High School a Complete Program Presented with Matt Radspinner and Julie Ellis! 2. Audio Recording for Music Educators...

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Minnesota MEA Midwinter and Fulton Education Conference

It was an honor to be invited to present at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Midwinter conference and the Fulton Education Conference on the same weekend. I presented on three different topics involving audio recording, instructional technology, and building a complete music program. The great thing about presenting on technology...

Helping your students with small ensembles

For the last few weeks, my students have been working in small chamber groups (duets, trios, quartets, etc.).  We finished our large group performance assessment in mid-February and started this solo & ensemble unit afterwards. I’ve let students form their own groups and select their own pieces. For me, it’s more...

Fostering Creativity Using Composition & Improvisation in the String Classroom

Download Slides (PDF) Description: In addition to learning string instrument skills and new repertoire, a complete string player is one who is willing to diversify into a variety of musical outlets, including composition and improvisation. Laux will demonstrate how to efficiently integrate composition and improvisation techniques into a string program to foster creative musicianship that...

ASTA 2011 – Hop off the podium!

This year’s ASTA conference was fantastic!  There were so many great sessions and it was a pleasure to get to meet some new people.  It was interesting to find out where you are all from and what you do. I had an incredible time presenting my session entitled, “Hop Off...