Singing with Donna W.

Church School

At a private church school, I teach general music classes to grades K-8. I teach the basics of note-reading, rhythms, and music theory in a group/classroom setting, while incorporating singing, playing a variety of classroom instruments, composing, music games, and dances.

Music & Arts

I have taught private piano, voice, and beginner flute lessons and have had great success keeping a full schedule of a variety of students. Among those students are several very young children, ages 4-6, as well as all ages up through adults. I have also worked with several special needs students of varying challenges throughout the years, using music to reach them on their level.

Melodee Music

I taught private piano, voice, and beginner flute lessons here at Melodee Music, a local music store in my area, for 16 years. I taught students ages 5+ and I also held a Summer Music Camp for kids there for a few years.

at home

I started teaching private lessons while I was in college earning my degree. I mostly traveled and taught in the students' homes before creating a studio in my own home, where I developed my skills as a teacher and learned how to organize my lessons and which methods worked and which did not.

Shenandoah University & Conservatory

University of Edinburgh through Coursera Online

Berklee College of Music

This was a fifteen hour course intended to provide educators with unique learning opportunities to develop their skills in working more effectively with students with special needs and those who are neurodivergent in the music classroom, ensemble, and studio settings.

Berklee College of Music

This was a fifteen hour course intended to provide educators with unique learning opportunities to develop their skills in working more effectively with students with special needs and those who are neurodivergent in the music classroom, ensemble, and studio settings.

Native Proficiency