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Steve Giddings
Steve is a public school music teacher, columnist for the Canadian Music Educator Journal, and author of award-winning books, including "Rock Coach" and "Creative Musicking." He advocates for popular music ensembles and creative practices in music education. He runs StevesMusicRoom.com, a blog and resource hub. Follow him on socials @StevesMusicRoom.
Daryl Silberman
Ms. Daryl Silberman is a professional violinist/violist, an orchestra director at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, IL, and a director for the Youth Symphony of DuPage. “Ms. S” studied viola performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and University of Southern California and teaches with her 5-string violin. She has been a private studio teacher, high school orchestra director, youth orchestra director and freelance violist and violinist in Illinois, Oregon, and California performing with regional orchestras, rock bands, movie studio orchestras, chamber groups, and baroque ensembles.