FAQs
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
- University graduate in Music Therapy and Piano Performance with a minor in voice and choral conducting. - Board Certified Music Therapist Licence #08864 - Neurologic Music Therapist trained at the Robert F. Unkefer Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy - CPR/AED for the HealthCare Provider - Registered Teacher with the Associate Board of the Royal Schools for Music (ABRSM)
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
Music has always been part of my life. I've been teaching music since I was a student in college and love the process of teaching and learning for both the student and teacher. Then later on as I learned about music therapy and decided to go back to school, I was hooked for life. Lessons could now be extended to students of all abilities! There was no such thing as a "challenging" student anymore. Just looking at people in another way was refreshing and finding ways to work with different students made the experience very fullfilling. Music therapy certainly brought my love for music, teaching, psychology and science together.
- What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
People think that because the student is a beginner, it doesn't matter who teaches them. On the contrary. A strong foundation in basic music competency is so important in music education. Find a teacher who understands this and the student will flourish and learn so much more in a shorter amount of time than if they find Ms. Doe down the street who's an accountant and teaches piano on the side without any knowledge of methodology books, motivational approaches, etc.