I am a retired orchestra teacher. My experience of 27 years was spent in the Dallas ISD. For 20 of those years I was involved with elementary aged students. Beginning students is my specialty. Gettting those first positions and practice habits is my focus. I have worked with the more advanced student and am able to coach the student into higher playing capabilities. I started with music at the age of 6 singing in church. Then at 10 piano was added to the mix. When I was able to take class in school, I started violin. I continued to sing in choir at church and orchestra at school. When the time came to decide for college it was most definitely violin that I would concentrate. My parents were not able to do more than occassionally assist in monetary contributions so I worked two jobs and carried a full load of college hours. I have a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music Education from University of North Texas in Denton. When I graduated there were not that many openings...

Violinist, Pianist, Teacher and Conductor

I graduated December 2010 from Texas Tech University. I have my Bachelor of Music with a Teacher’s Certification in the area of strings and orchestral studies. My principle instrument is the violin and studied under Dr. John H. Gilbert as a part of my degree. I continued secondary piano studies and lessons with Dr. Carla D. Cash at Texas Tech University.

In the Fall of 2010, I completed my degree by doing a full time student teaching at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas. During my time teaching at Martin HS, the orchestra competed in TMEA String Honor Orchestra, where they placed third in the finals. This is the highest placement in this competition they have received since the mid-1980s. During my time in Arlington, I sat as a violin judge for region full orchestra and region string orchestra. I personally conducted 3 of the 5 orchestra and taught each class daily, either in sectionals or group instruction and conducting

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I have always loved both the performance and education field of music. It didn't matter that I started taking Violin lessons (after a lot of persistent "bugging") when I barely spoke English. Music has inspired me to enjoy the learning process and has given me the opportunity to truly express myself.

I won a string quartet scholarship to attend the University of Akron for my Bachelor's Music Degree - Violin Performance. My violin professors were Andrew Jennings and Alan Bodman. I further pursued my education at the University of Akron through a graduate assistant scholarship for my Master's of Music Degree - Strings. I was fortunate enough to work with the Akron Youth Symphony musicians and Eric Benjamin as their Conductor.

Once I graduated from college, I stepped into a teaching opportunity that had me co-start an Orchestra program in a Cincinnati, OH, local school district. I moved to TX so that I could be closer to family and ended up teaching Orchestra in the...