Why are you and I here?
Most likely because there is creativity that needs to grow, and you want to make sure I’m the person to help you bring it to life.
My mission in life is to help you See the Music, Hear the colors, Touch the Magic and Awaken the Wonder in you.
Check out my Magical Freaking Music HiSTORY below for more about me as a music teacher.
Check out Painting the Music and Touching the Magic for more about me as a pottery teacher.
Magical Freaking Music HisSTORY
Several years ago while I was still teaching music in public school grades k-5, There was a concept that the students were struggling with. In an effort to encourage them and also myself, I blurted out a cute meme I’d seen earlier in the week. I said to them: “Listen, y’all! I’m a MAGICAL FREAKING UNICORN and I can teach you anything! We’re going to get through this together!”
Giggles ensued, and from that moment on, I was the Magical Freaking Unicorn Music Teacher.
My journey to becoming a music teacher began many decades before that, however. I was 8 when my parents offered me piano lessons, and 12 when they offered me voice lessons. I took up the flute in middle school and added the saxophone in high school.
I began my teaching career as a homeschool mom. With no degree and only a heaping helping of passion and determination, I became my 4 children’s main educator. Over the years this developed the patience, skill, and flexibility I needed to succeed as an educator.
In 2004 the head of the local music school drafted me as a piano teacher, and the rest is history. I finished my degree in 2010 with a BS in music with a vocal concentration.
I can’t imagine life without meeting music students on a daily basis and mentoring them to musical success. Children are some of my favorite people!
For many years I laid down my music studies in order to prioritize my family and the kid’s education, so I also know what it’s like to come back to music as an adult. Adult music students have different needs and I’m very aware of that: they have other priorities and need to find joy and inspiration in their lessons.
I would love to meet you and your student. Why not join me for a free mini-lesson? There’s no commitment–just fun.
Painting the Music and Touching the Magic
True love gave me the freedom to become a potter. In the middle of loving my husband and raising our kids, I stumbled on a magazine photo of a pottery studio.
Something went off in my heart. I turned to my husband and pointing to the photo I said “I want to learn to do that.” And he, bless his heart, said “Ok!”
Young, poor and busy as homeschool parents, he still helped me find and enroll for pottery classes at the local college. A few years later we had to move due to his job and I had to put pottery on the shelf for many years.
Decades later, I found myself in a very dark place. A place where I couldn’t find a reason that I should stay on earth. God is good, and heard my heart. During that time I discovered painting with soft pastels and within a few months I was begging God to let me stay here and learn more and more about painting. Painting sang the desire for life back into me.
Not too long later I remembered the magic of touching clay and I began gathering the supplies I needed to re-awaken that joy in my life. I love sharing that creativity with others and hope that it brings healing, hope, and creativity to you.
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