Piano with Stephanie P.

Music is my true love, teaching is my true passion and bringing music into the lives of others is my true calling. Since I taught my first private flute lesson at the age of 15 I knew this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Not only have I been blessed with the opportunity to teach music to children, I have also been given the gift of making music therapeutic to those who suffer from mental and physically illnesses and disabilities. I attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where I studied Music Education and Music Therapy and am proud to be a music teacher and board certified music therapist! My son, Bentley, was born in the spring of last year and now that I have had the chance to spend the ever important first year with him (and expose him to all sorts of music!) I am ready to get back into teaching. I take a very holistic approach to teaching music. Music does not exist on it's own: it has to be made by YOU. Every person makes music in a completely different way and I feel it is important to recognize each persons abilities and capabilities. I am not concerned about what you can't do; I am concerned with what you can do! Music exists in our every day lives - on the radio, on our phones, on the television, in the stores we shop at. Music means something different to everyone, and just as this is true every person learns music a different way. My training as a music therapist as well as a music educator allows me to see teaching from a unique perspective. My students and I work as a team…establishing goals, mapping out steps to achieve those goals and subsequently moving on to bigger and better goals. As a teacher, I give my students the tools to make great music, but they are the ones who create it.