Monica is a registered Music Together^® teacher. She has a master's degree in horn performance from West Virginia University, and a bachelor's degree in music education and piano pedagogy certificate from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. During graduate school she was a teaching assistant for the West Virginia University horn studio, music history classes, and world music classes. While in Texas she taught piano and horn lessons through the Stephen F. Austin Music Prep Program, and tutored students in music history through the Academic Assistance and Resource Center. Monica has performed with a variety of ensembles, including the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra and the West Virginia University Chamber Winds, but her passion is teaching music to others. Monica also enjoys running and playing her alphorn in the New River Gorge. (Photo provided by "North American Alphorn Retreat" www.salzburgerechoalphornretreat.com).

In class and at home, the real teachers are the parents and caregivers! Children are biologically wired to respond best to the model of the people with whom they have a bond of attachment.