I have always had a love for music!

 

I started piano lessons when I was 6 years old and began singing in choirs in elementary school.  By middle school, I was playing hymns and special music in church and also accompanying my school choir.

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I studied piano and voice in college, earning a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Pedagogy at Southwest Baptist University, in Missouri, in 1993.  I began teaching private lessons in 1991, and have taught private & group lessons and preschool music classes ever since.

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I was an excellent sight reader from the beginning, so music theory was neglected in my private lessons as a child.  Learning theory in college was really hard for me.  But when I began to understand it, my musical experience was expanded far beyond just sight reading.  And I even became an even better sight reader!  As a teacher now, I aim to make sure my students learn music theory in a way that makes sense, is applicable to the music they are learning, and feels fun and easy. 

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I love to teach students of all ages and levels in both group and private lesson settings!  But I'm really a kid at heart, so my favorite is probably the very young beginners.   

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Be patient with the process!  Neither Beethoven or Billie Eilish became a star overnight.  They put in a lot of hard work learning the basics first, just like any other student.