Nina Scheideman (Ms. Shy)

Hello! I am Nina Scheideman and I have been the Instrumental Music Teacher at Columbia since 2008. I was an Aurora Public Schools student and am happy to be back as a teacher! I studied Music Performance at the University of Denver as a flute player. I have also received my Master's in Educational Leadership from Walden University. I love teaching and truly enjoy the kids that I get to work with. I have high expectations and we still have fun while we become the best musicians that we can be.

Email: nmscheideman@aurorak12.org

Every music class has the same Google Classroom (classroom.google.com) that should be checked daily. The code is ixsspek





Parents! Click the link below to see 99.9% of what you need to know for my classes: Information Packet Informacion en Espanol


We were on Aurora TV! Click the link and fast forward to the 26 minute mark: https://www.auroratv.org/video/aurora-now-may-26-2021?startTime=1570

Want to be a part of the Performing Arts Department? Watch the video below!

Tri-M music honor society project! We want to encourage other schools and students to keep music up even through a pandemic. We are making videos to show that remote music really is possible!

Below and in order left to right, then down:

Ramon Lopez, 7th grade, and Ms. Shy performing Tocatta and Fugue in D minor

Arianna Pike, 6th grade, performing Ode To Joy

6th graders Kalia Johnson and Anthony Sanchez performing Edelweiss

Conner Borolov, 6th grade, on electric guitar

Anthony Sanchez, 6th grade, performing Ring of Fire

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Tri-M was also able to collect aluminum water bottles that say "thank you" for of the ICU nurses at children's hospital. Thank you Destine Alvarez and all donors for your help!

Below left are Advanced Orchestra students performing Rigadon.

Below right are students from Beginning and Intermediate Orchestra playing Magma.

Magma Final.mp4

Below left are students from 6th grade band performing Linus and Lucy

Below right are 7th grade orchestra students performing Main Street March by Robert S. Frost.

Below left are 7th grade band students performing Party Rock.

Below right are 8th grade orchestra students performing Slingshot.

Below left are 6th grade band students performing Let's Go Band!

Below right are 6th grade orchestra students performing Royal Promenade.

Below left are students from Advanced Orchestra playing Low Rider

Below right are students from the Intermediate Orchestra playing Lotus Dance

Below left are 6th grade band students performing Midnight Mission by Brian Balmages! They are accompanied by their student teacher, Devan Johnson on trumpet and trombone.

Below right is Logan Gaudreau playing Up On A Housetop.

Up on the housetop.mp4

6th grade Orchestra students playing Ode To Joy!!!! Bottom left

Intermediate Band students playing The Haunted Polka by Devan Johnson.

Below Left are Advanced Orchestra students playing King William's March arranged by Bob Phillips

Below Right are Intermediate Band students playing Roar arranged by Michael Story

Below left is the first video of this school year! Students from Advanced Orchestra playing That's What I Like.

Below right are students from Intermediate Band playing The Tempest!

Below left is our amazing Tri-M President, Anthony Sanchez playing My Old Kentucky Home

Below right is myself, Mr. Pope, and my student teacher Mr. Johnson playing My Girl.


Below left is Anthony Sanchez playing Jurassic Park

Below right is Ramon Lopez playing the Carol of the Bells

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Below left is Jackson Hurlbut on piano playing the Minecraft theme

Minecraft on piano Jackson Hurlbut.mp4

An example of what we are doing with our new software! See below for student videos!

Top Left: Shy's example playing Linus and Lucy

Top Right: Intermediate Band students playing African Folk Trilogy

Left: Advanced students playing Star Wars


Bottom Left: Columbia Middle School Advanced Orchestra Students performing the can can as a quintet. Adelhia Chaddic on violin, Raegen Gable on viola, Jaelan Patterson on the drum, Hunter Phillips on mallets and Stella Can on violin.

Bottom Right: Students from Columbia Middle School performing Sould Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones and arranged by Johnnie Vinson. Zak Pechek on violin. Raegen Gable on clarinet, Hunter Phillips the invisible mallet player and I'm filling in the trombone part on the flute.

Below Left: Columbia Middle School Beginning Band students performing First Light by David Shaffer. Christiana Wiegand on trombone, Javier Barazza on alto sax and I am filling in on flute.

Below Right: Columbia Middle School Intermediate Orchestra Students performing Dragon Slayer by Rob Grice. Bianca Breckenridge on cello, Jon Green the invisible child on bass, and I am filling in the violin part on flute.

Below Left: Columbia Middle School Intermediate Band students performing Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart and arranged by Andrew Balent. Zak Pechek on trumpet, Stella Can on Flute and Raegen Gable playing the bass clarinet part on a Bb clarinet.

Below Right: Columbia Middle School Advanced Orchestra students performing The Great Gate of Kiev and Hopak by Modest Mussorgsky arranged by Edmund J. Sienicki. Zak Pechek on piano, Reagen Gable on Viola, Hunter Phillips on invisible percussion and I am covering the flute part.

Every year I have the honor of co-directing the school play. We always choose a fun musical and it is an after school activity that any student can participate in. We always end with fun awards and 7 performances.

One of the highlights of the year is the Advanced Music class trip to the Music in the Parks Festival! We compete at a high school in Arvada and then head to Elitch Gardens to have fun and attend the awards ceremony.

Below are Advanced Orchestra students playing Low Rider arranged by Michael Brown