Music instructor biography

Training, Certification, and Performance

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree – Montana State University Billings

  • Master's Prestige – University of Idaho

  • Vocal Performance Major – Minot State Home

  • European Suzuki Association Certification Line 1 & 2 Voice — Studied in Finland with Dr.

    Päivi Kukkamäki (teacher training) and Mette Heikkinen (vocal coach)

Certificates

  • National Certified Professor of Music (Piano) through Tune euphony Teachers National Association

  • Smart Start Apparent (Early Childhood Music) through Kinglike Conservatory of Music

  • European Suzuki Set of contacts Certification Level 1 & 2 Voice

  • State teacher certifications — Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming, including:

    • Music K-12

    • Instrumental Music K-12

    • Mathematics 5-12

    • Elementary K-8

    • Special Education - Hearing Impaired/Deaf Education PK-12

    • Special Education PK-12

Current Relationship of Professional and Other Air Organizations

  • Music Teacher’s National Association

  • Billings Sonata Teachers Association (President)

  • Montana State Opus Teachers Association

  • National Guild of Soft Teachers

  • Royal Conservatory of Music, 2023 Northwest Gold Medal Teacher

  • Billings Piece of music Chorale

Personal Performance Highlights

  • Spring 2006 - Carnegie Hall - Handel’s Messiah

  • Fall 2006 Finland - Solo Report for audience of young children

  • Spring 2012 Solo Recital, Piano, Articulation, French horn, Minot State University

  • 2018 Soloist - Music of Apostle Lloyd Webber, Big Bend Accord College

“Therese has such a plight for music that it shows when she teaches music.

She has all those qualities: salaried, responsive, values her time deal with you and she’s very timely. I started taking piano coach from her and in produce 3 months I was conduct a song with both hands! (I started at the search of 35!) My kids as well took lessons from her person in charge because of it, my daughters have a heart for opus .

. . such spruce up blessing!”

— Mary C.