About Me
I grew up in Stanwood, Washington as the youngest of three. Neither of my parents were musicians but somehow all us kids were. I moved to Seattle for the University of Washington, where I studied Music Education until the 2020 lockdowns. Now I live in North Seattle while pursuing an alternate path to teaching music.
I sing and play piano, French horn, ukulele, guitar, trombone, and a range of others. I’ve preformed in bands, choirs, and more.
I sing and play piano, French horn, ukulele, guitar, trombone, and a range of others. I’ve preformed in bands, choirs, and more.
My biggest strengths: I’ll talk to children the way I talk to my peers; with a big vocabulary and appeals to underlying principles and big picture ideas. I believe that it’s the right disposition to model to our young people, and over my years working with children I have had to learn what type of language and appeals work to convey concepts and hold a child’s attention while aiming their curiosity towards music. I am incredibly patient; I love life and have a resilient positivity. And I am a child at heart; my curiosity and wonder allow me to see the sometimes cryptic connections kids make when learning, and I lean into their engagement. I teach with an affirming, playful style. For traditional, disciplinary instrument instruction there are other qualified music tutors. By having music literacy be the subject and young children as the audience there is an endless pool of things to learn or teach. From American folk songs to how audio equipment works- Quality in Music is the glue that binds these things. |
Childhood is so short.
I don’t want to make children behave like rigid, stoic university pupils, but direct their innate play and curiosity towards skills that will accelerate their musicianship as they mature.
Why Music?
I have been a lifelong musician; singing, playing, and listening every day and cannot imagine my life without it. Once considered a science, music remains a well of wonder for why we like what we like, and teaches a humility or submission to what is naturally beautiful. Music is meditation; I believe that it is this curious relationship with music that makes young musicians more successful in academics.