I'm going to make this easy on both of us and use some bullet points to get the basics out of the way.
- I'm a mom.
- Three kids, a 10 year old WonderGirl, a 7 year old Dude and a three year old Thing.
- I'm my daughter's piano and violin teacher, and my 7 year old son's piano teacher as well
- We lived in a fairly rural area so I decided to teach my own children out of necessity. I have been pleasantly surprised by how wonderful it is!
- My main instrument is the violin.
- I have my undergrad in Violin Performance, and my masters in Violin Performance Pedagogy.
- I've taught private lessons since I was 16.
- I taught high school orchestra - we even won 2nd place in a national competition!
- I make really awesome cheese fondue.
- I still have a semi-active performance life, gigging with local bands and orchestras. I keep my studio size extremely small in order to be able to focus on my children.
- I started violin at age 4.
- I was raised Suzuki, and its philosophy influences my teaching and parenting.
- I've played the piano almost as long as I've played the violin. I prefer to play it in C major.
- I also make a really awesome Nutella fondue.
- I played in (and recorded with) two Celtic bands before moving from Atlanta, and occasionally fly down there to play shows with them.
- I also spent quite a few years trying to perfect my jazz chops.
- I play just about every style I can get my bow on.
- I was in a rap group for about 2 days.
- My cooking expertise (if you can call it that) lies mostly with appetizers.
- I taught myself guitar. I'm not half-bad!
- This list, like my life, is constantly under construction.
