Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I just discovered that there is no stank face in my bank of emojis. I feel like if I had invented emojis, stank face would have been the third one I created 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I saw that DC has published a comic book featuring Weird Al with Batman and Superman. Not a collector but I thought it would be fun to grab a copy and maybe one as a gift for my brother but EVERY FREAKIN PLACE IS SOLD OUT! Guess I shouldn’t be surprised. 100
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Make a band bigger: Guns N’ Sunflowers Sly and the Extended Family Stone Admiral and Tennille 000
Reposted by Timothy J. IshamMike @professorberry.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Make a band bigger: Duran Duran Duran idk… 162
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I've been using Finale since v. 1.0. Doing what I want in Dorico is a process of looking up every single tiny little thing - taking forever. Need to take a step back and go through some of the basic tutorials. 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Questions for string teachers: If you want to perform "alternative styles" music with your ensemble, do you expect the composer to provide written-out solos, or do you simply want an open solo section for students to improvise over? Option for either/both? #alternativestyles #stringorchestra 100
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I received $6.65 from the Facebook User Privacy settlement. 🎉 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Over the past several years I have been working on developing improvisation skills with my string students. One of my first pieces written as a vehicle for improv - Slipknot - is out now. Written solos are included if you would rather not have to teach improv. www.jwpepper.com/slipknot-116...jwpepper.comSlipknot | J.W. PepperSlipknot lives in the part of the Venn diagram where fiddle music intersects with the rhythms and grooves of classic funk. Students will engage with 16th note rhythm patterns and pre-shifting skills (... 110
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 09/05/2026PSA: drummers, if you know you’ll be playing with an upright bass, leave your floor tom at home. 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Any New Yorkers who have successfully located the online drivers permit test and had their child take the test, please post a link to the test below. I have multiple graduate degrees and I have spent 2 and a half hours searching the NYS DMV website, but have not been able to do so. 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Cleaning house - came across this folder of music I transcribed from neumatic notation for a class in grad school. Also I think I’m just going to recycle it - haven’t looked at it or thought about it since completing the class. 120
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Watching NASA’s live feed of the Integrity spacecraft executing its moon flyby with my NASA app running so I can track exactly where they are. 110
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Be a tourist in your own town. Share a photo: Giant Scrabble tile in the Game Park area of the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY 182
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Recently had occasion to update my performance resume. Been a while. 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 22/12/2025We made cutout Christmas cookies with our teenage boys. Left to right: a gingerbread man, a crewmate from ‘Among Us’, a figure we call ‘torso man’ which I don’t know what it was originally but is now hopelessly bent out of shape, a holly leaf, another torso man, and a sand worm. 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I started my career as an orchestra bassist, but switched to full-time teaching. After 20 years of teaching, I still feel like an imposter when I am teaching but every time I get to play bass it feels like coming home. 030
Reposted by Timothy J. IshamEvan Ware @warevolf.bsky.social · 04/12/2025“The piano is just a big wooden box of decrescendos” is one of the best descriptions I have ever heard. 051
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only. eskipaper.com/images/wesle... 020
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I was looking through some of my old lesson books and found this: a hall pass from my high school orchestra teacher. Made me think about him. I don’t think either of us ever dreamed I would one day be doing the same job in the same district in the same building 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 31/10/2025My student teacher created this Orchestra House of Horrors in my rehearsal room today #halloween #orchestra 110
Reposted by Timothy J. IshamKeith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it. 4222685510165
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 02/10/2025The rain gutter outside my house needed repair, so the Town came and dug the old section up, severing this tree root in the process. They fixed the concrete section and filled it back up leaving the tree root in place, protruding up several inches above the soil. I thought it needed something, so… 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Just had this thought - I’ll take the $10 a month I was spending on Disney and add it to my public broadcasting pledge. Now I’m doing two things. 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 18/09/2025These days I often feel powerless to do anything, but today I cancelled my Disney/Hulu subscription with extreme prejudice. 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Tonight at the dinner table my two teenage boys and I had a serious discussion about whether one’s overall density increases when one farts. My position is that it must. Please feel free to post your thoughts. 020
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 07/09/2025I made a thing! It’s a fold-down station for my son to do his CAD work for his 3D printing. 110
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 07/09/2025I saw this and it looked like fun but I am going to take it next level and not make it transactional - click in to this thread to view all my answers without having to like anything. Because when something is named MUSIC ASK it deserves to be addressed. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu... 3220
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Slipknot is now officially available for purchase at jwpepper.com! This is the first to be published of a number of “alternative styles” tunes I’ve written or arranged. Students can improvise solos, compose their own, or use the written-out solos provided. www.jwpepper.com/slipknot-116...jwpepper.comSlipknot | J.W. PepperSlipknot lives in the part of the Venn diagram where fiddle music intersects with the rhythms and grooves of classic funk. Students will engage with 16th note rhythm patterns and pre-shifting skills (... 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 17/08/2025I was today years old when I learned that Mayor McCheese plays the bass. With a bow even! 020
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 06/08/2025My boys are 18 and 16 - working on cleaning out unneeded items. We got rid of most of their old toys without too much problem, but today I’m working on the kids’ books. Difficult to dispatch - each book carries a specific memory of reading it together. 200
Reposted by Timothy J. IshamTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 04/08/2025My philosophy and experience with students is that they can almost always do incredibly difficult work, but if you ever waste their time with soul-killing meaningless work, you have essentially poisoned the well when it comes to getting them to spend any additional effort on your class. 626140
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I have 2 teenage boys who I can’t get interested in any kind of movie or tv show, but they will happily shout wrong answers at the screen as long as I keep clicking on YouTube trivia quizzes. 000
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I finished what I intend to be my last score in Finale recently. Currently learning the ropes at engraving with Dorico. It's something I previously wrote using Finale, and imported into Dorico via xml. So far, so good. Not as difficult to learn the basics as I feared. Maybe this won't be so bad. 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Recently I've been writing pieces for string orchestra that offer the opportunity to improvise - like jazz band pieces but for strings. As a preview, here's the page turner video for Slipknot, soon to be published by Trees and Steel Music. youtu.be/nf48yE8tiDcyoutu.beSlipknot for Intermediate String Orchestra by Timothy J. IshamYouTube video by Timothy J. Isham 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 25/07/2025My summer studio. Finally making some progress. 010
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This year I transferred from teaching middle to high school orchestra, which also made me the orchestra director for my oldest son’s senior year. Having a hard time getting through writing his report card comments with a dry eye. It was amazing. He was amazing. 10/10 recommend. 110
Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 17/06/2025All the concerts, rehearsals and lessons are over and the children have gone home. A wise teacher will use this moment to prepare for the upcoming school year. Anyway, I feel like I’m ready now. 000