Piano
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE (BM)
BOSTON CONSERVATORY (Certificate in Music Education)
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (MA)
Pianist Nancy has over 20 years of teaching experience. She received her Teaching License from the Boston Conservatory and her Master's Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan studying with Charles Asche. Influenced by her experience of teaching music to young children, she went on to CU to learn more. She became interested in the research on the positive effects music education has in human development & early childhood. It reflected her own personal teaching philosophies and beliefs she discovered while working with young children & music-making. Using her unique insight gained through this formal education and by having worked directly with students of all ages, Nancy has found a way to share her passion for music-making that serves to inspire a wide range of individuals. Her students have encompassed the very young all the way through to adulthood, proving a love for music can last a lifetime no matter when one begins to learn. Nancy has been formally recognized for her understanding of how to teach younger, older students, and adults. She had also been lauded for her own personal excellence, professionalism, effectiveness, creativity, and dedication both as a teacher and a performer.
