A BIT ABOUT ME

Music has always been a part of my life. Piano study for me began at age five, when I begged my parents for lessons. Singing in choirs has always been a passion, beginning with nursery school church choir and spanning through elementary to junior and senior high. Throughout K-12, I loved participating in summer musicals, recording children's music albums, and playing in solo and chamber music performances. After completing major coursework in two years for a communication degree in college, I decided that the call of music was too strong and I needed to double major. Upon graduation, the Lord handed me a part-time position as a piano teacher at a Christian school—teaching forty kids each week—and I have been teaching music ever since! Seeing the Lord's guidance in my life toward music, and how He has allowed me to use it for His glory, is one of my greatest joys. 

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A natural continuation of my love for music teaching has been to return to graduate studies. I began with a Master’s in Music Education, with an emphasis in Piano Pedagogy, which allowed me to build my skills as an individual piano teacher. Soon after graduation, a colleague and I were privileged to bring the program in Piano Pedagogy to The Master’s University. Now, over a decade later, I have returned to school again for additional studies to further deepen and broaden my understanding of teaching and learning music through a doctoral degree at USC. We can never stop learning on this journey of making music!