Playing with a good sound is vital to keeping students excited about learning a string instrument. If students like their sound and tone quality, they will want to continue playing in orchestra. In this session, we will discuss and demonstrate the fundamentals of tone production, bow usage/distribution, playing in different parts of the bow, and articulations that will allow students to perform with a beautiful tone quality from their first year in orchestra to their last.
David Pope
- Biographical Information
David Pope serves an Associate Professor of Music Education at Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts. Prior to Baldwin Wallace, Dr. Pope taught middle and high orchestra in Tennessee, Florida, and Ohio. As an active adjudicator and clinician, he has conducted numerous all-state orchestras, regional honor orchestras, and served as a guest clinician for orchestra programs, university summer camps, and music education programs across the United States. Dr. Pope has presented string pedagogy clinics and his research at the European String Teachers Association’s (ESTA) International Congress, the American String Teacher Association’s (ASTA) National Conference, The Midwest Clinic, and numerous regional and state conferences. He currently serves as the Editor for the String Research Journal. Dr. Pope also recently served as a co-editor for volume 4 of Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra and as a co-author of Sound Orchestra. Dr. Pope has been recognized with the Ohio String Teachers Association’s Collegiate Educator of the Year (2022), Yale Symposium for Music in Schools’ Distinguished Music Educator Award (2015), ASTA’s Presidential Service Award (2021), and ASTA’s Emerging String Researcher Award (2020). He also received the Young Music Educator Award from the Tennessee Music Educators Association in 2009. Dr. Pope recently served as Chair the ASTA National Conference (2020, 2021, 2023). He currently serves as President of the Ohio String Teachers Association.