Katie has played piano and taken piano lessons for the past fifteen years.  She has been very active as a church pianist for the past 14 years, and has also played for several musical theater productions & city functions, accompanied school choirs, and taught piano lessons in the Temecula Valley, and the L.A., Orange, and San Diego Counties throughout her musical career.  She has a degree in piano performance from the Biola Conservatory of Music in LA County.  Katie is currently a staff instrumental accompanist at PLNU and is working on an MA degree in piano pedagogy at SDSU.  She is thrilled to be a member of the staff at the BGCSDTO, and she absolutely loves teaching young students how to play the piano!

Testimonial:

“The YAA program has provided a great environment for my daughter to explore the joys of making music.  Her teacher Katie is fabulous, the environment is both relaxed and concentrated, and it is clear that the children are there for the love of music.  Keep up the good work!”