Full Steam Ahead!

I really appreciate the way that my school year starts by layering in. By that I mean that I start with a week or two of private lessons, then I add general music teaching at Vista by mid-September. The first week of October brings the start of the CUSD Elementary Instrumental Music Program (EIMP), and yesterday I had my first string classes.

This year works a little differently because we are splitting up our orchestra into two groups, depending upon experience, so on Mondays I have three classes instead of two. I managed to survive all three groups, mostly because string students are the very best (I may have said this once or twenty thousand times before), and because we start a little slowly, making sure everyone is in the right place. Also, some students are confused and don't make it to the first day of class, so the numbers are a little lower until everyone gets on board.

So now, for me, the school year is running on all cylinders as of yesterday!