Robinson Music Studio

My journey to become the teacher I am today

I love teaching, I love children, and I love music. After an apprecticeship with the local elementary music teacher when I was in high school, I decided I wanted my emphasis of musical study should be teaching music to children. I graduated from BYU with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and Elementary Education, with organ as my primary instrument of study. I took advantage of every opportunity along the way to gain experience: volunteering in local schools, teaching orchestra, teaching arts/music in a partnership with classroom teachers, and teaching in the BYU music preschool. I learned so much from two professors with contrasting viewpoints, giving me the flexibility to decide what I really believed to be successful as a music educator. I had the unique opportunity to student teach at an elementary school with two seasoned full-time music teachers, complete with a piano lab, and orchestra program, and an amazing choir. Again, the opportunity here provided more breadth to my education and views. After graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Educationa and Elementary Music Education, I taught elementary school music in the Alpine School District for two years. After having my first child, I took a break from the public school scene, but continued to teach private lessons and music preschool out of my home. In the fall of 2016, I took a job as an Elementary Music Instructional Coach with the Davis School District. This coming school year, I'll continue to work for the school district, I'll teach one day a week of private lessons, and I'll teach a music preschool class.

I am first a teacher to the student, and then a teacher of music. I know that each student is an individual with unique strengths and needs.

About me...as a pianist and musician

I began taking piano lessons when I was eight years old. In junior high, I learned to play the cello and the bass. My family moved to a really small town when I began high school. Since there was no orchestra, I learned to play the bass guitar, a few percussion instruments, and the bass clarinet in the concert, jazz, pep, and honor bands. I sung in the school honor choir, and I also continued cello study my junior year and was in the Montana All-State Orchestra.

At BYU, I studied privately on the piano my freshman year, and then switched over to the organ after that. I played bass in the BYU Symphony Orchestra and in a jazz band, and I sang in the BYU Women's Chorus. I really wanted to learn how to play all the string instruments, so I took a class and learned to play the violin and viola as well. I play the piano for weddings and other special events and have played the cello for a community opera. One of my newest experiences is accompanying the Catholic and Protestant services on Hill Air Force Bass. I absolutely love music and I the joy that it can bring to people. Music expresses what words cannot, and it communicates to all people.

I love teaching and I love music. I'm passionate about giving students the tools they need for success.