I’m Dr Shea but people call me Shea. I have a Doctorate of Musical Arts from CU Boulder and recently retired as a high school band and orchestra teacher. I enjoy working with kids and love music so teaching is a great calling for me! I also play professionally in orchestras along the front range, including the Opera Colorado Orchestra in Denver. I recently bought a brand new grand piano and enjoying teaching piano lessons at home but can also travel to your house for an extra fee.

My teaching program stands out from the others because I have a very unique teaching method. I usually don't use method books. I have binders full of well known and popular songs that my students can chose from to learn to play. I never force my students to play songs that they don't want to play. I don't start out teaching my students all of the music fundamentals, I start out teaching them to play songs and then later on they learn music theory. That way they can start playing songs and having fun in their first lesson. I teach with a step by step process that doesn't force students to be thinking about too many things at once so they can b...