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Sylva, North Carolina, United States
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I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
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Music is Math Alive: Mathematical Principals of Rhythm
Energize and excite your students with this interactive, comprehensive power point on math and music integration. While designed for the music professional, this would be a valuable resource for any classroom teacher wanting to know more about math concepts found in music. This product would also be useful as a leadership tool for a professional development seminar for classroom teachers on math and music. This 354 page PDF/PPT is a multi-faceted instructional tool designed to guide students i
1st - 9th
Math, Music
Editable Program for Spring Talent Show or Concert
Short on time? Save you precious formatting time! This editable program for a spring talent show or spring concert will get you ready to perform in no time. I wish I had something like this when I was a beginning teacher. Easy to fill in text boxes make it a snap to enter your performer's names and songs. Some personalizing and tweaking will be necessary. All personal student names have been removed for safety. Please feel free to make any changes you need to personalize your program! I
K - 12th
Other (Performing Arts)
Also included in:Â Editable Programs Bundle
The Name Game: Blues Call and Response Original Song
Perfect for the start of a new year! Super easy to use and applicable for all learning situations with no specialized instruction in music necessary! As a music education specialist, I use this fun and engaging song at the beginning of every lesson grades 1 through 5 to strengthen students' ability to match pitch, perceive the passage of four beats, and blend and balance within a group. This activity is a great assessment of participation and vocal development, and allows opportunity to deve
1st - 5th
Music, Vocal Music
Seven Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade Music
Seven Exciting, Essential Rhythm Patterns for Second Grade curriculum! This is a zipped folder. The primary teaching resource is the ppt. I also included all of the sound files in the powerpoint. This resource is choose your own adventure. Choose from plain notation, Kodaly rhythm language, or counting method. Section 1 presents each pattern, including an audio loop of the rhythm. Section 2 is two pattern choice, great for a quick assessment. Section 3 is 4 pattern choice, presented as a
2nd - 3rd
Instrumental Music
Pass The Stick: A Music Class Ritual
Rituals in music class are exciting, repetitive core activities that help build classroom structure. These procedural activities are things that we do in many lessons over multiple grades. I have used this stick passing activity for many years as a way of handing out sticks. The original tune was very difficult for students to catch, and I would often sing alone, which can be hard on the voice. So, I created this much easier, more repetitive version which the students love to sing! This re
K - 3rd
Instrumental Music, Vocal Music
Magic Notes Level 1! Treble Lines Notes: A Music Note Reading Program
Introducing Magic Notes Music Reading! Designed to introduce the element of reading pitch on the staff and reinforce student's learning through creative graphic flash cards and guided in-class practice. Even your youngest students can understand music notation with this easy to use power point. Magic Notes Level 1 focuses on the treble clef line notes. The powerpoint is divided into four sections: Direct Explanation, Group Flash Card Drill, Competitive Games, and In Class Guided written pra
1st - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
Editable Numbered Concert Tickets: Spring Talent Show
Are you putting on a show? Need tickets in a hurry? These are for you! 200 numbered tickets, easy to edit and personalize. I use the replace feature on microsoft word to copy the text I want to replace, like our school name. Enter your own text, make sure nothing is highlighted or selected in the document, and click replace. Wa-la! Instantly ready to perform! Print on nice card stock for a professional, colorful presentation. I would have loved to have something like this the first few
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
Music
Notating Music 3rd grade 1
Super Simple activity for first lesson of 3rd grade. This resource is a ready to print 1 page activity to prepare notating/composing music. The rhythm presented is Ta Ta Ti Ti Ta. Quarter Quarter Beamed Eighths, Quarter. 1. Students use the orff instruments and pitches D F A to improvise a 4 beat melodic ostinato using the above rhythm pattern. 2. Students use the worksheet to label the rhythms notes with the pitches they choose. 3. Students use the worksheet to TRACE the notation of
1st - 3rd
Music Composition
Magic Notes! Pitch Naming Flash Cards Level 2 Treble Space FACE
"Magic Notes!" Designed to catch students attention and keep it! This is a note naming flash card reading powerpoint. It reviews the mechanics of music reading on the treble staff and introduces the space notes, F A C E. There is an informational section, a flash card section, and then a game section. In this game, note pitches that look like apples appear as fast as an individual can name them, powered by the teacher clicking the mouse. Each student is timed using the stop watch on my ce
2nd - 8th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
Magic Notes Level 4 C D E F G Note Naming Flash Cards
Presenting Magic Notes Level 4 of the Magic Notes Music Reading Program. Each Level of the Magic Note Program targets a specific selection of pitches to drill through fun games and group practice. Level 4 focuses on an in depth presentation of Middle C, D E F G. This will be very useful for Piano, Chorus, or Band students, as so many beginning songs use these 1st five notes of the c major scale. Lots of sound effects and animations included to enhance the visual experience. All clip art an
2nd - 8th, Adult Education
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
Dragon Wings: An Original Song for Orff Instruments and Voice
Introducing Dragon Wings, an original composition for Voice and Orff Instruments. I wrote this song for a college class many years ago and I am super excited to offer it to the public. The simple, easy to sing melody and repetitive orff accompaniment will be well suited to late third grade, early fourth grade. This product includes a pdf and an editable power point, as well as a wav recording of the accompaniment. The Power point includes the melody, the orff score, a step by step lesson gui
3rd - 4th
Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music
Magic Notes Level 3 Middle C D E. A Music Reading Program
A Quick activity to help foster music literacy. This fun, quick PPT will have even your youngest music readers naming pitches. Magic Notes Level 3 introduces Middle C, Middle D, and Treble E. Engaging Direct Instruction, Fun Filled Flash Cards, Animated Competitive games and a student handout for reinforcement make certain that every student will be successful at reading these three letters. Level 3 drills speed sight grouping in clusters, correlating Do Re Mi to the pitches of the C s
2nd - 8th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
Appalachian Shape Note Singing
🎵 Appalachian Shape Note Singing Unit – Interactive PPT & PDF Resource Bring the rich tradition of Appalachian Shape Note Singing into your classroom! This engaging music resource introduces students to the historic notation system that assigns unique shapes to each note of the major scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do). Once a widespread practice in the 1800s, this beautiful Appalachian tradition still offers incredible value for developing young singers’ pitch accuracy, solfege skills, an
2nd - 5th
Music
Washington Post March: 6 8 Time Rhythm Score for Classroom Percussion
Ready for some exciting rhythm reading and instrument playing? "Washington Post March" is a fun and energizing resource for an introduction to 6 8 time. Students use sticks, cymbal, drums, tambourine and triangle to read a rhythm score accompaniment to John Phillip Sousa's "Washington Post March. You Tube link to the audio file is included. The PDF preserves the special music fonts. The resource includes special information on dynamics. I hope you have fun and love my arrangement to John
3rd - 7th
Instrumental Music, Music
Water Bound: Traditional Appalachian Song Arranged for Orff, Dulcimer
Wow! 121 slides! I just love to make PowerPoints! "Water Bound" is a traditional Appalachian folk song. I needed a simple arrangement for a themed concert for second grade and the students enjoyed this so much I had to share! Even now, I have high schoolers that come up to me and tell me that this is the activity that they remember most, which is pretty awesome. This resource contains a ppt with embedded audio accompaniment, broken into 14 mini 15-minute lessons for Orff/ Xylophones, and
2nd - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
Stop the Train Round
Stop the train is a fun and catchy round! This is a teaching designed to give visual and auditory support to teaching this simple folk song. The folder contains a short teaching video with animations of the movements, an interactive ppt, the ppt saved as a pdf, and associated audio for the rhythm patterns. The ppt contains notation of the song, slides showing the motions/lyrics, breakdown of rhythms, visuals for explaining how rounds works, breakdown of melodic patterns in solfege, a rhythmic
3rd - 4th
Vocal Music
Spooky Music! A Curated and Grade Leveled Song List for Halloween
Spooky and Fun! Lots of general education teachers love to use Halloween Music, but searching out the most trending songs and then watching to make sure they are appropriate is very time consuming! This resource is a curated list of songs, play alongs, and movement activities for the creepy season. While this may seem simple, it took almost a week's planning time to find, research and make sure these were appropriate for the classroom and then consider what grade they worked best with. Ea
K - 8th
Instrumental Music, Vocal Music
Magic Notes Level 5 Music Sight Reading and Solfege for Beginners. Football.
Introducing the very exciting Magic Notes Reading program, a series of powerpoints designed to delight your learners and provide a steady sequence of singing and note reading fundamentals. Magic Notes 5, while the fifth in the series, focuses on reading the pitches Middle C and D, and Treble Clef EG FA. This ppt offers sequential instruction in solfege and sight singing based on intervalic reading and movable do. Keys focused on begin with F major and C major. This resource is a visual a
2nd - 4th
Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
Song of the Fishes: Grouping In Three Music Activity for Orff Instruments
This powerpoint product is a complete 45-minute music lesson that is highly applicable to 2nd or 3rd grade. Incorporating rhythm, singing, movement, and instruments, this detailed, colorful step by step guided learning activity helps the young music student to develop an intrinsic awareness of beat and fosters improvisational skills while grouping in 3 beats. The lesson also features direct teaching and explanation of the dotted quarter, eighth combination rhythm. Seven simple core rhythm pat
2nd - 4th
Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music
Magic Notes Ten Fifth Grade, Sight Reading, C D E
Excited to introduce Magic Notes Ten, for Fifth Grade, Introduction to Sight Reading. In this level of Magic Notes, Students are working on fluency with C D E, Do Re Mi. They are progressing into reading the melodic phrases on a staff, and focus is on sight singing using patterns. The notes are shrinking to prepare them for reading printed sheet music, and the notes have transitioned to black/white notes, instead of colors. The theme used in this power point was suggested by a fifth grader,
3rd - 5th
Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Magic Notes Bundle!
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About the store
Experience
I am a k-8 music teacher and pianist with 23 years of experience teaching in the public schools as well as experience teaching in college and private piano. I hold a Master of Music degree in piano performance. I am also actively involved in church youth music ministry.
Teaching style
I have a very energetic teaching style. I prefer to be in front of my group, leading the students through a variety of very quick paced activities. I love to include technology into all my lessons and I enjoy including lots of movement for all of my learners. I believe that to learn music, one must do it! My lessons incorporate elements of Orff, Kodaly, Improvisation, and a lot of multimedia. "Life is a Song, Love is the Music."
Awards & shining teacher moments
Summa Cum Laude, graduate
Frank Henley Piano Competition 2nd place
Frank Henley Piano Competition, 1st place
University of Louisiana Concerto Competition, 3rd place
Gardner Webb Concerto Competition, 1st place
Western Carolina Concerto Competition, 1st place
Swain County East Elementary Teacher of the Year, 2024-2025
Boyce Deitz Honored Educator Scholarship, 2025-2026
My own education history
Formal Education
North Carolina Teaching Certificate, Western Carolina University May 2004
Master of Music, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. May 2002
Bachelor of Arts in piano performance, Summa Cum Laude Western Carolina University, 2000
High School diploma with a concentration in percussion. North Carolina School of Arts 1995-1996
Private Teachers
2001-2002 Dr. Alexander Dossin, University of Louisiana
2000-2001 Dr. William Chapman Nyaho, University of
Louisiana
1996-2000 Dr. Lillian Pearson, Western Carolina
University
1995-1996 Dr. Clifton Mathews, North Carolina School of
Arts
1992-1995 Ivan Gibby, Bryson City, NC
Master classes
2000 Dr. Nellie Ben-Or, London Guildhall
Conservatory
Additional biographical information
I am a married mother of three beautiful children living in rural Western North Carolina. We farm our own food in the summer and I am dedicated to home food preservation. My own children have taught me so much about teaching. My oldest two are academically gifted, and my youngest has severe special needs. They are a constant source of joy and inspiration. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus and serving God in any way that I can. I strive to be an example for my children in everything I am and do. I delight in seeing others learn and in sharing the joys that music can bring.
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