• Beginner String Technique Made Easy

    Virtual Event

    Beginner String Technique Made Easy Do you spend every Fall ever-so-slowly setting up your students to play properly? Need a step-by-step method that works quickly, consistently and successfully? Do you worry as your students wait in boredom as you correct and then …...… the bell rings? There is a better …

  • Shifting Our Focus

    SHIFTING OUR FOCUS From Well-DOing to Well-BEing as Classical Musicians Sunday, September 19th at 7:00pm, via Zoom  Free for Members and College Students  $10 for Non-Members This 75-minute coaching workshop will not be a lecture, or a teaching, nor the giving of advice. A life coach knows that people have …

  • Education for Happiness, a Survey of the Practice Process with Gabe Bolkosky

    Virtual Event

    Free for ASTA Members, $15 for Non-Members.    Register HERE.       Pay/Donate Here   Via Zoom - Link will be shared with registered participants on the day of the event. Education For Happiness is a think tank dedicated to making learning smoother for the 99% by pioneering new ways …

  • Education for Happiness Part 2: The Practice Wheel Experience

    Virtual Event

    Education for Happiness Part 2: The Practice Wheel Experience- Gabe Bolkosky. This session is for string teachers of all levels (Classroom and Studio). Bring your instruments and experience the Practice Wheel in action during this 60 minute guided practice session with violinist and creator of Education for Happiness, Gabe Bolkosky. …

  • Care & Repairs for String Educators

    Join us for an afternoon of Care & Repairs for string teachers and stringed instruments.  Yoga for Music Educators with Baxter Bell and Kitchen Table Repairs with Dalton Potter  For classroom and studio teachers of stringed instruments  12:30-2:30 pm Sunday January 23, 2021 (Two sixty minute sessions) Location: Potter Violins, Takoma …

  • Looping in Classrooms & Studios: Changing Lives With Harmonic Grooves, Andy Reiner and Rob Flax

    Virtual Event

    Want to level up your playing, and stay relevant for your students????  Throw out your dusty backing tracks and robot bands! Teach more effectively and HAVE MORE FUN by harnessing the power of a looper pedal! Teachers! Explore harmonic exploration, ear training, and groove practice. Students! Explore compositional ideas, improvisation, and …

  • Spring 2022 ASTA Certificate Advancement Program (ASTACAP)

    Spring 2022 ASTACAP Exams Registration Opens March 2022 The Spring ASTACAP Exams will be held in person on Sunday, April 24th at Temple Beth Ami in Rockville, MD. Final Safety protocols related to the pandemic will be shared by April 1st. All participants must be symptom-free and should expect to …