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Timothy J. Isham

@timisham.bsky.social
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music educator, composer, bassist residing in Webster, NY. I have taught strings at all levels, currently high school. I primarily compose works for student string orchestras. I play classical, jazz, folk, and whatever comes my way. timisham.com

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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’ll just be sitting in the back over here with my $14 cake of Pops
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😱
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I bought my wife an Apple Watch SE as a gift last year. She loves it.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I 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
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Got my copy! I called around to a few places and found one.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I 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.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There, I decorated my classroom door.
A wooden door with three sheets of yellow legal pad paper taped to it.  First says “orchestra” in block letters, second is a cartoon drawing of the teacher, third reads “music composed by humans, performed by humans, to connect with other humans.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Snakes on a Bus
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Satisfactoryman: The Movie
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I could do this all day
Rotary thermometer reading approximately 230 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Simply Infrared
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Gigadeth
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Guns N’ Sunflowers Sly and the Extended Family Stone Admiral and Tennille
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: U3
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Climate Report
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Mike @professorberry.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Make a band bigger: Duran Duran Duran idk…
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I made a blue pie.
A round pie with filling that is light blueA slice of pie with filling that is light blue.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Don’t quit because of the logo. Quit because you are Instagram’s product.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m starting the year with the Hermann Psycho Prelude with my high school orchestra this year. It doesn’t include the shower scene music but I’m going to figure out a way to teach that also.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'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.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Or would to just opt to just cut the solo section...
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Questions 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
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Or the option to skip the solo section entirely...
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Or if you are a teacher, whenever school is not in session.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Um no. Also I installed ours a couple of years ago and just checked, the bolts are all present and accounted for.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dare to be Stupid.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Verify your age:
Rear wheel and pedals of a Sting Ray bicycle.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I use siteground, which my web designer wife recommends and also uses for her own website. Don’t know how much, she just lets me park on her server, but it is reliable and tech support is good.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Have you read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman? Not really aimed at teachers per se but it changed everything about how I structure my teaching and learning.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I am a part of a great team.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Working on building it in to the culture at the high school level. Playing the long game.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I’m not a doctoral candidate but I have been incorporating more and more aural learning into my teaching over the years (string orchestra). To me it seems the older they are the more they resist - but incredibly valuable at all levels.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Doing something is better than doing nothing.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I received $6.65 from the Facebook User Privacy settlement. 🎉
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Congrats!
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Are you at liberty to name the restaurant?
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
…but teach your kids to improvise!
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Over 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.com
Slipknot | J.W. Pepper
Slipknot 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 (...
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
No and no.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Love my ATK cookbook.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Go fight for him.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Now that I think of it, I’ve heard a few top tier pianists give emphasis to a rest with a grunt, foot stomp, or sudden release of a sustain pedal.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Awkward silence
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Get a tenor banjo you can just start playing - tuned CGDA up an octave from the cello.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
PSA: drummers, if you know you’ll be playing with an upright bass, leave your floor tom at home.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Im the wrong person to ask, but if pressed I would simply say proceed with caution. Instagram wants to own you.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Recommend against
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Soundtrack is actually pretty great.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Now I have to go watch it - I own the DVD that I got with three proofs-of-purchase from Cheerios boxes back in the day.
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Timothy J. Isham @timisham.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Very likely they can do the former if you can put up with the latter.
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