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NEW Edition! ASTA String Curriculum
Concise, easy to use, and comprehensive, ASTA’s national string curriculum provides a clear scope-and-sequence, more than 200 specific learning targets, and practical information for teachers from every level of experience. The new edition outlines several ways teachers have effectively used the curriculum since its release in 2011 and updates resources and terminology. Learn more and order your copy today at www.astastrings.org.
ASTA Summer Camp Directory—Find a Program, List a Program
Are your strings students looking for summer camps? Check our online directory to find summer camp listings from ASTA institutional members. You can find the directory at www.astastrings.org under Learn Strings.
Have a Teaching Question? Get Answers in ASTA’s Online Member Community
In the ASTA Connect online community, members are actively sharing ideas, discussing challenges, exchanging resources, and building relationships. Log in at https://community.astastrings.org to ask questions and lend your expertise.
Looking for Supplies for Your Classroom or Studio?
From instruments and accessories to sheet music and more, you can quickly find what you need in ASTA’s searchable online directory of products and services. Thank you to ASTA’s industry partners who support the strings community. You can find the directory at www.astastrings.org under Learn Strings.
One-Stop Strings Career Center
ASTA’s Career Center makes searching for and posting string positions easier than ever. View, post, and apply for jobs all in one spot. ASTA members also can get one free resume review from a professional resume writer. Learn more about what ASTA’s Career Center has to offer at https://careers.astastrings.org.
Share Your Teaching Tips in the Journal
Your colleagues are always looking for practical teaching strategies. Consider writing a teaching tips article for the American String Teacher journal. Teaching tips are short articles that share your experience and advice in the studio or K–12 classroom.
You can find submission guidelines at www.astastrings.org under Teaching Resources.
Apply for the 2023 ASTA National Orchestra Festival
We are now taking applications for next year’s National Orchestra Festival (NOF) in Orlando, Florida, March 15–18, 2023. Why should your orchestra attend?
National recognition to elevate your program
Great opportunity to engage, motivate, and recruit students
Receive valuable written and recorded comments from expert adjudicators
Get a personalized clinic for your orchestra with a leading clinician
Build relationships with students and directors from around the country
The chance to be the NOF National Grand Champion
Visit www.astastrings.org for more information.
Save the Date for the 2023 ASTA National Conference and Submit a Session Proposal
In 2023, ASTA will once again host a hybrid conference that embraces the best of in-person and virtual learning for string musicians and educators. Save the date for the in-person conference March 15–18, 2023, in Orlando, Florida, and the virtual conference the week after.
We are looking for proposals for both in-person and virtual sessions that reflect innovative content, evidence-based practice, and adult learning. If you would like to submit a session proposal, look for more information soon in your email inbox or go to www.astastrings.org.
Present a Music Industry Showcase at the 2023 ASTA National Conference
These one-hour conference sessions give ASTA industry partners an opportunity to share their expertise and offerings with conference attendees. To learn more about presenting a music industry showcase session at the 2023 ASTA National Conference, contact
ASTA Welcomes New Members
Below are members who joined ASTA between September 1, 2021, and November 30, 2021. Welcome to our community and thank you for your membership!
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Diane Acree Fallon, MO
Tammy Ahmed, CO
Alyssa Albert, FL
Terry Alexander, AZ
Rachel Alexander, NY
Carolyn Alford-Phillips, GA
Angie Allen, NC
Chavellee Almonte, FL
Summer Ames, FL
Lee Anderson, CO
Stephanie Arado, MN
Jennifer Arnold, VA
Rhonda Arnold, SC
Mark Awad, IA
James Babcock, VA
Jennifer Bailey, NE
Andrew Baldeon, KY
Reagan Ballard, KY
Kimberly Banz, OK
Justine Barrera, CO
Marlyn Barrera, IL
Thomas Bastone, NY
Sabrina Baugh, CO
Carrie Beaderstadt, IA
Emily Beard, MN
Nicole Bedoya, SC
Alyssa Bell, MO
Eponine Bell, OR
Jonah Bennett, NE
Kelly Benson, CO
Julia Bent, TX
Christina Beyer, IN
Joyce Beyer, IA
Heather Blackburn, OR
Irene Blazek, WI
Holly Bleeden, IL
Barney Blough, WA
Summer Boggess, MT
Jenn Bounds, OK
Camden Boutwell, MS
Marcel Bowman, UT
Olivia Breen, AZ
Elizabeth C. Brown, WA
Emily Brown, UT
Megan Brown, GA
Julie Bruchs, CO
Kristina Bruening, TX
Alexander Buff, IN
Lily Burkhart, MN
Katherine Burrell, IN
Sean Burton, IA
Mackenzie Busam, KY
Karen Butler, OH
Rawson Butts, UT
Brenden Cabasag, SC
Ismar Cabrera, IL
Steven Campbell, TX
Brandon Campos, IL
Ashley Carney, IN
Emma Carpenter, TX
Denise Carter, OH
Sarah Cathcart, SC
Juan Ceballos, FL
Ji Hee Cha, AZ
Bala Challa, VA
Julia Chandler, NC
Olivia Charrette, MI
Aleka Chau, KY
Evie Chen, TN
Jeffrey Chen, SC
Yeeun Cho, KY
Micah Christiansen, MN
Mark Churchill, MA
Lindsey Clark, CT
Phillip Clark, MI
Nicole Cody, IA
Brian Cole, MN
Bethany Confessore, FL
Mia Connery, IL
Elizabeth Coogan Quinby, MT
Alyssa Corbin, FL
Morgan Cortez, NC
Jessica Cox, OH
Olivia Coyne, MS
Liz Cravens, IN
Montana Crawford, IA
Erin Cummings, ND
Sheridan Currie, OH
Holly Curtis, TX
Mindy Curtis, FL
Sean Darney, NC
Daniel Davies, MN
Gustavo De La Torre Martinez, GA
Matthew Dell, NY
Benjamin Delorme, SC
Miriam Dennis, MN
Alexandra DeRosa, VA
Virginia Desouky, WV
Rosemaria DeVenuto, IN
Fiona Deyoung, AZ
Victor Diaz, NC
Louetta Dishman, IN
Jennifer DiVasto, PA
Lazareth Divine, GA
Keith Dodson, KS
Jenna Dominguez, KS
Sally Dorer, MN
Brigham Drevlow, MN
Michael Drew, SD
Sara Driver, TX
Dominick Dudder, NV
Ryan Dudder, NV
Matthew DuRose, MI
Nicholas Dvorske, KS
Lisa Dyvig, WA
Shawn Earthman, TX
Eric Eastman, KY
Christopher Eaton, NC
Eric Edberg, IN
Madeline Eicher, MN
David Eilert, CO
Rebecca Ellsworth, OH
Jeffrey Erdman, WI
Thomas Eustaquio, NY
Christine Evelyn, CA
Samuel Ewert, IL
Aiden Faulkner, TX
Francis Fay, WA
Erin Ferree-Conary, OR
Shelby Fick, IA
Juanel Figueroa Rivas, NC
Jonathan Fleischman, NY
Mitchell Fleischman, PA
Cheyanne Fleming, IL
Cornelia Florescu, MD
Elizabeth Foulser, MA
Seth Gamba, GA
Cristina Garcia, FL
Jocelyn Garner, MO
Ross Gasworth, CA
Lauren Gaytan, AZ
Laura Geissler, MN
Joana Genova, VT
Juliana Georgiades, MO
Claire Gerhardt, MO
Daniel Gerhardt, MO
Maria Gesiorek, MA
Kristine Gevock, KS
Caroline Geyer, TX
Mona Ghodsi, CA
Carlos Gonzales, TX
Joseph Gonzales, MO
Abigail Goodman, FL
Victoria Gough, MN
Eric Graf, MN
Stephanie Graham, IA
Charles Gray, MN
Larina Gray, CO
Annette Gregoire, NC
Diane Grieser, AZ
Ashley Griffin, KS
Moriah Gross, SD
Devin Guerrero, TX
Marta Guevara, CA
Mary Gunnell, NV
Cameron Gurss, KS
Carolyn Hagler, TX
Timothy Hainey, GA
Rich Harbison, SC
Erik Hassell, MO
Amy Noelle Hays, WI
Samantha Hegre, VA
Kali Henre, FL
Keara Henre, FL
Julisa Heredia, IA
Andrea Hernandez, WA
María Hernández Micó, Spain
Teresa Hoebeke, GA
Isaiah Holt, CO
Linda Hoppe, IA
Wanchi Huang, VA
Marla Huizar, NV
Ashton Humbert, KS
Alex Hummel, MN
Taylor Hutchins, CO
Janice Hutton, SC
Logan Indge, CO
K. Brandon Ironside, SC
Srirangan Iyer, KY
Bryan Jeong, GA
Annie Johnson, WI
Eliot Johnson, CO
Robin Johnson, CA
Jin Jones, FL
Randella Jones, CA
Gretchen Judge, NY
Hannah Kabrick, IN
Er-Gene Kahng, AR
Zane Kaiser, MN
Jodi Kallenberg, IN
Jerzy Kaplanek, Canada
Becca Kasdan, IL
Bryce Kayser, CO
Joseph Keeney, MO
Kurt Kellersberger, CA
Michelle Kesler, UT
Katheryne Kimmel, KS
Carissa Kissick, TX
Hannah Klammer, OR
Elizabeth Knapp, NY
Elizabeth Knowles, SD
Daniel Knox, IN
Melissa Koonce, MO
Alexis Kraayenbrink, IA
Krista Kriel, PA
Chris Kusek, MO
Mario Laing, IN
Jessica Lambert, OR
Thomas Landschoot, AZ
Celeste Landy, CO
Lauren Lane, KY
Mikaela Lange, KS
Brian Larson, MN
Ethan Lawrence, VA
Ryan Lawrence, NC
Stephen Lawrence-Carroll, GA
Jaime Lederman, MI
Gregory Lee, OK
Beth Lenz, MN
Rebecca Leonard, SC
Nia Lepore, CO
Elizabeth Letourneau, NV
Boyun Li, OH
Christine Li, OH
Wesley Lim, MO
I-Bei Lin, HI
Pei-Ling Lin, CA
Ashleigh Lincicome, KS
Chandra Lind, MT
Lucille Litchfield, MS
Gerald Liu, TX
Josh Liu, TX
Audrey Lomax, NC
Anna Lugbill, CO
Elizabeth Lundine, IA
Jennifer Lyne, WA
Jinna MacDonald, FL
Kathryn Mackmin, NV
Christian Maldonado, FL
Marisa Maniglia, IA
Landry Maragos, MN
Matthew Marcacci, GA
Jeanine Markley, HI
Josh Markley, MO
Jennifer Martinez, TX
Katherine Mathis, GA
Meredith McAlmon, TX
Mark McCormick, CA
Caitlyn McDonald, SC
Sarah McGhee, VA
Zachary McGee, NM
Pamela McIntosh, TX
Grace McKay, WA
Michael McLean, CA
Katherine McLin, AZ
Alexis (Lexi) McMullin, MO
Negil III McPherson, NE
Ann Medellin, OR
Claire Mehm, CA
Jennifer Michaels, AR
Sean Mills, IN
Robert Mitchell, MO
Michael Mleko, MT
Natalia Moiseeva, MN
Ilamosi Momodu, IN
Emily Moore, CA
Dara Morales, PA
Kimberly Morales, TX
Koji Mori, GA
Annabel Moynihan, VT
Sarah Mullen, MS
Dustin Munger, CO
Bryan Munoz, IN
Paula Nava Madrigal, WA
Glenn Naydan, OR
Rick Neff, WA
Andrew Nelson, MN
Ashley Nelson, MO
Laura Nelson, IA
Charles Noble, OR
Catherine Norton, SC
Bridget O’Neill, KS
Danny O’Connell, IL
Tara Ogden-Skouson, NV
Kate Oney, OH
Christopher Onze, MI
Thomas Ortega, WA
Benjamin Osterhouse, MN
Aimee Paar-Olson, MN
Janet Paderewski, TX
Alejandro Padro-Fuentes, TX
Felicia Paolercio, KS
Chung Park, FL
Ja Seng Pauhkum, KY
Zachary Paulsen, MN
Carla Pecinovsky, MA
Alexander Pena, HI
Sophie Pepple, MN
Katherine Peterson, MN
Melissa Phelps, CA
Linda Pirolli, NJ
Jotham Polashek, IA
Rebecca Pomeroy, WA
Joel Powell, IN
Tricia Price, WV
Jacob Puccio, WI
Zhenlai Qian, CA
Skylah Rachel, IA
Eleanore Ragan, KY
Tabitha Rasmussen, IA
Andrew Rayl, MI
Elijah Reed, KY
Laura Reed, AZ
Holly Reyner, IA
John Reynertson, MN
Benjamin Rezaeinia, GA
Mark Ribbens, GA
Krystin Richardson, UT
Grazzia Rode-Sagastume, NE
Emily Rodriguez-Quiros, Peru
Tim Rooney, WA
Kimberly Rosa, KS
Thomas Rosenberg, MN
Julie Rosseter, GA
Philip Rowan, NY
Sophie Rubin, CO
Ashley Rudd, OH
Sarah Russell, NC
Dannae Ryan-Kessler, KY
Zackary Sadlo-Steensen, AZ
Grace San Juan, TX
Clarke Scherer, MI
Samantha Schroeder, OK
Luke Schroeder, TX
Steven Schumann, TN
David Schurger, IN
Amber Senst, KS
Christine Serica, WA
Steve Shanley, IA
Charlie Shilhavy, WI
Jessica Siegel, CA
Thor Sigurdson, MI
Samantha Silver, MO
Eva Sippola, OR
Renee Skerik, MI
Tina Slone, KY
Amie Smit, IA
Brayden Smith, KS
Madeleine Smith, FL
Theodore Smith, IN
Mark Stanek, OR
David Stordalen, MN
Patrick Strasik, IN
Owen Strizic, WI
Teresa Strobel, SC
Jeffrey Sturgeon, IL
Silvia Suarez, AL
Sarah Summar, TN
Fangye Sun, MI
Alison Swiggum, MN
Hunter Taliaferro, MO
Yifan Tang, TX
Allison Taylor, UT
Kelly Taylor, GA
Olivia Taylor, MI
Kim Teachout, MI
Heidi Terrell, IA
Donald Thacker, CA
Stacey Thompson, GA
Andrea Thorne, MI
Breanna Thornton, IA
Stacey Tinker, CT
Jaris Tobler, GA
Violetta Todorova, IN
Daniel Torres, AZ
Jason Totzke, CA
Laura Towle-Hilt, NY
Emily Townsend, TX
Robert Trent, VA
Tyler Trent, TX
Daniel Tressel, MI
Max Tuning, CO
Travis Turley, AZ
Viktor Uzur, UT
Emma Van Allen, PA
Dana Van Heukelom, ND
Katie VanDenBerghe, VA
Gwendolyn Vander Pas, WI
Natalie Veilleux, ME
Zoe Vetter, ND
Joshua Vierra, CO
Sophia Waldschmidt, KY
Natalie Wallace, GA
Margaret Walser, SC
Emily Walters, WI
Jasmine Watkins, OH
Marissa Weller, MI
Paul Wells, UT
Eden West, MI
Cheyenne White, NC
William Whitehead, FL
Dixie Wielenga, IA
Ruthie Wilde-Wenger, AZ
Ambra Williams, CA
Bryant Williams, IN
Lauren Williams, MI
Jennifer Willis Bassett, NC
Abigail Wilson, NY
Julie Wince, IA
Chase Winemiller, KY
Dana Woolard-Hughlett, MO
Brett Wootton, MO
Joy Yamaguchi, CO
Mineo Yasutake, IA
Sheree Yoder, MO
Janice Yoon, GA
Myoungah You, IL
Shaohong Yuan, OK
S. Justin Zeleski, NE
Christian Zepeda, IN
Linna Zheng, MS