Hall of Honor Inductee

I love to teach all kinds of music classes and all ages but preschool and younger children are my specialty. I sing songs about everything in life - animals, holidays, seasons, emotions - that children are interested in. Some songs and fingerplays are nonsense and just for fun. I am a musician who plays most stringed instruments - piano, guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, autoharp, ukulele. I will use these instruments in the classes but can also teach classes or individual lessons. I have a degree in elementary education with an early childhood certification from the University of Houston, but I actually just taught 5th grade a year and a half. My career ended up being a school presenter for over thirty years with a western history program of stories and songs and I will offer classes sharing some of the stories as well teaching older children how to be good storytellers. Music has always been at the center of my life and that is what makes my life fun. I want to share that joy. Louie Armstrong said, "Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is."