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I have loved music since childhood. I grew up on a farm in Western Pennsylvania. My loving, hard-working parents gave my three brothers and myself the best life possible. At our little Chewton Christian Church I began singing when asked to do so. Piano lessons began and for 12 years my sweet teacher, Joann Thurston, taught me piano but realized my true love was singing. She always gave me an opportunity to sing as well as play the piano. I attended Westminister College majoring in elementary education with a music minor. Following graduation my first job was teaching music 1500 school in Blacksburg, Virginia. My husband Bill and I soon had two unbelievable children, Holly and David. Having settled in New Orleans, I began teaching music at the Oakpark Baptist Church Day School and soon began The Hazlett School of Music which lasted 17 years. Following a move to The Woodlands, TX I restarted my music school while also serving as the educational director for our Woodlands Orchestra.

I tell you all of this because this is life. Life is a one step at a time process. Words of love move us forward. Each of us must simply be the person God created us to be.

Shall we say together … I will simply be me.!

The Muzart-Connection puts kids in tune with the classics! Listen and learn about the world’s greatest symphonic pieces, ballets and operas. QR codes provide immediate access to classical melodies and whimsical ditties which bring to life composers and fascinating stories. Play and sing the little ditties … move to them … have fun … act out the stories … don’t take it so seriously … use your imagination, it can be powerful! Composers can become a friend to your children. While singing the little ditties talk about why Schubert was called “little mushroom” … talk about Italian food or traveling to Italy while playing Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony. Make the book accessible! Let them play the QR codes and look at the pictures. Talk about the famous art seen in the book. what do they like or not like about the pictures. Let them have fun, listening, drawing, creating their own art.