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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 Lesson Plans for 7th Grade: Chorus Curriculum
Save your precious planning time! This curriculum for the chorus classroom or general music class features 90 lesson plans aligned with the NC Essential Standards. I have organized this curriculum into units which work together to bring the student a strong foundation of vocal technique, music theory, harmony, sight reading skills, improvising skills, composition, and music history. Individual Units in order of presentation include Music Literacy, Music History, Performance Practice, Vocal
7th - 9th
Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Music Curriculum K-8 Bundle. 333 Lesson Plans.
6th Grade Music Curriculum and Lesson Plans
Introducing the sixth grade curriculum for beginning chorus/music elective. This resource includes 45 sequentially designed 40 minute music lessons, a pacing guide, vocabulary list, detailed curriculum goals, resource list, song list, and basic beginning chorus repertoire list. This curriculum is designed to follow music curriculum Grade 5, but can also be used as a stand-alone resource for students with no previous experience in music. Each lesson is in outline form and includes clearly writ
6th
Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Music Curriculum K-8 Bundle. 333 Lesson Plans.
Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
Learn to Play the Appalachian Dulcimer! Want to teach it but not sure where to start? This resource is for you! "Appalachian Dulcimer Series" power points are ready to use, with complete lesson plans and visuals and easy to teach format. I have thought carefully in choosing the sequencing of each lesson, ensuring that students are able to make smooth connections and transfer skills from one lesson to the next. This bundle includes lessons one through seven plus two bonus Christmas concert s
4th - 6th
Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts)
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
Chorus Solfege Warm Ups
Chorus Solfege Warm Ups is a high energy power point designed to simply the beginning flow of your every day chorus class rehearsal. Useful in early elementary grades through middle school, this resource provides visuals to teaching methods I employ throughout my music curriculum. Systematic planned instruction and assessment allows students to progress easily with lots of success. Students are attracted to the bright visuals and maintain focus easily. This is more than a warm up routine; it
Not Specific
Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music
Welcome to Music Class: Back to School Classroom Management Powerpoint
Save Time with this beginning of the year gem mine! I created this for the first day of middle school chorus class. Creative classroom management presentation covers procedures for grading, behavior plan, class expectations, rewards, consequences, field trips for the year, concerts for the year. Insert your own pictures for a quick and easy flashy presentation. This is a personalized powerpoint. Making changes for your class are easy with type in text boxes. You can edit this to fit your o
6th - 12th
Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music
8th Grade Chorus: Semester Curriculum with 90 Lesson Plans
This resource is a planning tool with a curriculum guide and 90 individual bundled lesson plans, divided into units. This curriculum covers the fall semester, 18 weeks long with 45 minute classes each day. 111 pages of step by step lessons sequenced to follow my curriculum for 6th and 7th grade. Included: 90 lesson plans with references to materials, Unit Plans, and a Pacing Guide with NC Essential Standards for Music tied throughout. Every standard number is typed into each plan so t
8th
Music
Also included in:Â Music Curriculum K-8 Bundle. 333 Lesson Plans.
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
Introduction to Playing the Appalachian Dulcimer: Lesson 1: Hot Cross Buns
HOT Power Point for Dulcimer! This resource is a complete two part lesson introduction to playing the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer. Featured Melody is Hot Cross Buns. The resource is a zipped folder including a powerpoint and a pdf to secure the fonts. The introduction includes a brief history of the dulcimer, types of dulcimers, proper holding and strumming technique, rhythms and beginning strum patterns, reading tablature on the dulcimer, the melody and the tablature for "Hot Cross Buns,
4th - 6th
Instrumental Music, Music
CCSS
5.NF.B.4
, 5.NF.B.6
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
Skip to My Lou: Beginning Music Lesson Plan For Appalachian Dulcimer
Learn to Play the Appalachian Dulcimer! This 171 - page powerpoint presents the traditional folk song "Skip to My Lou." This is Lesson 4 in my series, intended for beginners who have had the first three lessons. The ppt provides three- forty minute lessons. Both traditional notation and dulcimer tablature are included. Clear, colorful slides present, reinforce and drill basic music concepts. Included are step by step 6 point teacher lesson plans. Also includes student printables for stati
4th - 6th
Instrumental Music, Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
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
Lesson Three for The Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer: Great Big House
Great Big House is the third in my Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Lesson series. This is a fun and catchy play party folk song from Louisiana. The repetitive melody and limited pitches make this an easy and fun song for beginners. This is based on a DAD tuning system. The zipped file offers both a pdf and a powerpoint with included audio. Watch out! There is a ppt version 6, the older version, and an updated version 7. Version 6 includes a virtual dulcimer, and the audio files in the zipped
4th - 5th
Instrumental Music, Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
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!
Student Choice Time! Music Genre Singing Powerpoint
"Student Choice Time!" Powerpoint designed to increase motivation, fun, and reward time in general music, chorus, band, or any class! This powerpoint exposes to students to different genres of music and allows students to "choose" their own songs in a school safe way! Songs listed in the powerpoint represent years of student research, as well as personal knowledge. I have personally checked the lyrics to each of these songs to ensure school appropriateness for language, violence, and mature
6th - 8th
Other (Performing Arts), Vocal Music
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
Bile Them Cabbage Down Lesson Two for the Mountain Dulcimer
Bile Them Cabbage Down, lesson two for the mountain dulcimer. This is a resource designed for lesson five- song 2 of my fifth grade music curriculum. The zipped file contains a sealed pdf, a fully editable ppt, and the lesson plan. This is meant as one lesson, but sometimes it takes longer. The main focus learning goal of the lesson is on rhythm, however I also included slides on scales, notation and pitch as related to the dulcimer for teachers. I use DAD tuning for this level. When stude
5th
Music
Also included in:Â Appalachian Dulcimer Bundle
4th Grade Rhythm Explorations
Need great visuals for your rhythm unit? This is it! This resource is designed as a visual aid supplement for my 4th grade rhythm unit, found in "4th grade music curriculum." 76 power point slides offer clear, uncluttered, easy to read rhythm patterns to visually present the material I have traditionally taught by imitation. This rhythm resource is presented in three to four separate lessons. Each part contains an overview of the rhythm tree including rests and the rhythmic material which w
4th - 5th
Music
Chorus Theater and Band Self Assessment Rubric and Teacher Grading Form
Want an EASY and QUICK way to give a daily grade in a performance class that provides valuable feedback and is fair? This is it! I needed a quick and easy way to monitor daily grades for my chorus and theater students. The best part? It saves a ton of paper. I print 1 copy for each student that they keep all semester in a binder- each week they mark the date over the point column that best describes their participation. They are able to see improvements from week to week and they have a con
6th - 12th
Drama, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music
Also included in:Â Tools for Music Classroom Management 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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