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.