{"id":2,"date":"2019-01-06T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-11T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T01:25:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pianocounts.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Me &#038; My Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana;\">About My Studio:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 4pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Piano lessons are taught here to students from age 7 to 70+; from beginning students to late intermediate levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 6pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">I provide a positive, encouraging environment but students are expected to do their part and be prepared for each lesson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Practicing the piano can be a more solitary endeavor. To balance this out, I create opportunities for students to have positive reinforcement from other piano students through special group lessons. Group lessons include games, activities and informal performances with other students.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana;\">About Myself:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">I bring a strong background of child development and teaching to piano students. I graduated from Emporia State University with a BIS degree, focusing on piano pedagogy and was the first to earn the Certificate of Piano Pedagogy from ESU&#8217;s music department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 6pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">As part of my studies, I helped design and implement, along with Melinda Groves, the ESU Piano Quest program. I have been teaching piano for over 35 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 6pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Verdana;\"><!-- [if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 125%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">As for my personal life, I am surrounded by wonderful men; my husband Gary and three sons, Christopher, Cory and Aaron.\u00a0 My sons brought into my life some amazing women and wives and now grandchildren!\u00a0 My hobbies and interests include nature, photography, computer skills, working with women in Uganda.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About My Studio: Piano lessons are taught here to students from age 7 to 70+; from beginning students to late intermediate levels. I provide a positive, encouraging environment but students are expected to do their part and be prepared for each lesson. Practicing the piano can be a more solitary endeavor. 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