About
I am passionate about teaching students of all ages the joys of Music and Language. My approach to Piano Instruction is holistic and differentiated to each student. I often integrate whole body movement such as clapping and stepping to help students internalize essential rhythmic patterns in music.
Patterns are paramount and I encourage students to identify patterns in harmonic relationships, phrases, and to help them find links between musical expression and verbal and cultural expression. My aim is for our lessons to be high-energy, welcoming, and cognitively stimulating. The supreme goal of a teacher is to foster a students' sense of self-efficacy by encouraging them to try, fail, discover, fix and create!
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Piano Performance with Double Minors in Spanish and Psychology
Experience in Performing Arts:
28 years of Piano Study with considerable experience in Advanced Piano Performance, Vocal Training, Choral Ensembles, Theater and Musical Theater.
Teaching Experience:
19 years as a Private and Group Piano Instructor
7.5 years as a PreK-12 Instructional Assistant and Substitute Teacher in Title-I schools
14 years as a tutor in TESOL, Spanish, and General Education
Language Experience:
Spanish Conversational Fluency
Latin Proficiency