Biography
I’m not afraid to admit my age. I was born in Milwaukee in 1966, and lived there until age 3 when my parents built a house in Hubertus. That’s where I grew up.
I am a musician. I have been a musician since I was five years old. It all started one Christmas when I received my first piano - a toy piano - much like the kind Schroeder played (from Charlie Brown fame). I took to it quickly, and was soon enrolled in piano lessons. Not too much later, my parents invested in a real, full-sized piano.
Fast forward to college... I became a music major at UW-Superior, and then UW-Stevens Point, where I earned my degree in Composition/Theory. It was in Point that I landed my first teaching position as a private piano instructor with the conservatory.
I moved from Stevens Point back to the Milwaukee area in 1990. There I met my husband, Todd. His family owned a local music store and I started teaching piano there. In 1993 we married, and went on to have two beautiful boys - Nick (1995) and Andy (1999).
In 2001 I started a new adventure in music - I found Plank Road Publishing (MusicK8) and became a music editor there. Eventually I had a few recorder tunes published with Plank Road, as well as one sacred vocal selection. I "retired" from Plank Road in 2011 in order to spend more time with my kids and their school work.
Today I work at home, creating music videos for Youtube, writing and arranging a cappella music, and recording learning tracks for clients. I'm finally doing what I love to do, and I couldn't be happier! :)
