River Place Performing Arts

Welcome to Performing Arts !!!

I am so excited to be part of the River Place specials team again this year! Between private lessons, subbing and working as an I.A. in P.E., this is my 26th year working with Leander ISD students and my 8th year as a Performing Arts Teacher!  I graduated from California State University, Fresno (Go Dogs!) with a Bachelor's and Masters in Music Performance.   I spent 2 years at UT, Austin working on a Doctorate,  however I decided College students was not where my heart was!   My husband of 26 years, works for a major tech company in Austin.  We have 2 daughters. The oldest is going to Carnegie Mellon and is working on her Masters in Music Performance.  The youngest is a  Junior at Michigan State University  (Go Green!) and will be continuing her studies in Chemical Engineering and is a member of the Spartan Marching Band!  We are all brass players so we have a lot of fun performing together as a family!  We also have 2 adorable beagles who require lots of walks and lap time!  And we can't forget our squeaky guinea pig, Daisy! 

My personal passion outside school is performing in community groups!  I am principal horn for Austin Civic Orchestra where student tickets are always free!   I also play with Cedar Park Winds, a mostly music educator based group that performs for the community for free at least 2 times a year.   I occasionally play with Austin Brass Collective who puts on free concerts regularly and performs fantastic music!   

I am excited to get this year started and to be in the classroom with your students!    The website has all of the grade performance dates and times except Kinder, that will be given later and concurs with EOY Kinder team events.  Every grade level will be performing for parents throughout the year!   As we get closer to performances, music will be available in students google classrooms for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.  This includes all songs, scripts, and dances!   K-2 will be practicing in the classroom only.

~“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato~