Welcome! My teaching focuses on my student's strengths and reasons for learning. I teach students of all ages from beginner to advanced levels. I ensure that students are taught from a personalized curriculum that brings them closer to their goals while emphasizing the music fundamentals that will prepare and enrich them for life. I am passionate about piano, and I believe I can engage any curious or dedicated student with this eclectic mix of perspectives and experience.

I love music and I love teaching and mostly I love teaching music to children! Each one learns according to his- her strengths and then with joy and laughter and tried and true teaching methods all excel in their technique and confidence in playing the piano. JOY. I choose to live each day in joy and that is contagious. Both students and parents know that my studio is a place filled with encouragement and kindness and genuine respect.

Virtual private voice studio taught by a current Master’s of music student at CCM with bachelor’s degrees in Voice Performance and Music Theatre from LSU.

I have taught private piano to students of all ages since the early 1980s. I received a Bachelor's Degree in Music specializing in Piano Pedagogy from Furman University in 1984. Additionally. I have been a choral conductor in Miami Dade Public Schools as well as several churches in Miami, FL, and Cincinnati OH. Until recently, I was a Special educator in the Cincinnati Public School System. I am now retired and teach English to children in China in the early hours of each morning. I am available to give lessons during the day most days of the week. I truly enjoy taking any student and showingg them that they can actually learn to play an in...