Education

• B.M. in piano performance with honors; Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
• M.M. in piano pedagogy; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Qualifications:

• 30+ years as a music educator specializing in group and private piano instruction for children and adults
• Former faculty member at SMU where she served as Coordinator of Class Piano and Instructor in Piano Pedagogy. Skilled in planning lessons for a variety of learning styles and interests
• Private piano instructor at Brookhaven and Mountain View Colleges; Dallas, Texas
• Co-founder and teacher of piano at Dallas/Music – a performing arts center; Dallas, Texas
• Active adjudicator of festivals and competitions
• Author of articles appearing in Keyboard Companion, Upbeat Magazine, the National Piano Foundation Piano Notes, and the Proceedings and Reference Report for the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy
• Speaker at the Music Teachers National and Texas State Conventions on “The Adult Student – Meeting the Challenge”. Her committee work for the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy addressed the special problems unique to adult teaching

Associations:

• Active member of the Dallas Music Teachers Association where she has served in several capacities on the Board including President in 1996-98
• Texas Music Teachers Association serving as the Chairman of the Independent Music Teachers Forum, 1998-99
• Music Teachers National Association

Honors:

• Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
• Who’s Who Among American Musicians
• Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society

Interests:

• Active member of First Presbyterian Church, Dallas
• Avid reader
• Traveling with her husband
• Supporter of the SPCA