ABOUT THE MAESTRO

My teaching career began in September of 1973 at the Parker School of Music in Omaha, Nebraska where I taught class piano in a piano lab. In the fall of 1977, I began teaching private piano with a class of twelve students. In college I studied french horn on a K-12 music education track. I then changed to pipe organ performance, and finally decided on piano performance. I received a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1983.

In the Fall of 1984, I began teaching Class Piano at the University of Nebraska at Omaha for the College of Continuing Studies until the Fall of 1999 when C.C.S. discontinued most of their non-credit programs. I continue to teach a full-time class of 80-85 students with the help of an assistant teacher who works with the beginning level students.

Organizations I am currently a member of include: Independent Music Teachers Organization, Nebraska Summer Music Olympics, and Mid-America Music Association. I have served as co-chairman of the Omaha Music Teacher's Association Music Fundamentals Fair for twelve years, chairman of the IMTO Piano Achievement Playoffs for fifteen years, and was formerly co-chairman of the NSMO for six years. I have also served on the Board of Directors of the Nebraska Summer Music Olympics for five years and the Omaha Area Youth Orchestra for two years.

My most fulfilling volunteer work is at the Second Unitarian Church where I have played the piano for Sunday services since 1999. Although I am not a "real" choral conductor, I am also the choir director!

When I'm not teaching, I enjoy biking on the Wabash Trace and Keystone trails. In the summer, I love to go camping in my little travel trailer which my friends affectionately call "the marshmallow." My favorite hobby is collecting antiques.

My best friend is my 2 year old cat, Sweet Pea. She is the official student "greeter" at the door and assists me in my teaching from her own chair placed right next to mine!

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