North Valley Music School takes pride in its highly trained, experienced teachers. A majority of our faculty have music and/or music education degrees from accredited institutions, with a major in their principal subject taught and/or have the equivalent professional experience to their credit. And, they are all wonderful people creating a warm and fun learning environment for music students of all ages and abilities.
To celebrate National Teachers Day and National Teachers Week, NVMS wants to highlight the important role music teachers play in shaping our children and appreciate all their efforts in-and-out of the classroom. NVMS also asked our music students to tell us more about their music journey.
What do you love about your music teacher?
“Her gift of music, her warmth and her patience.” – Student: Ann. Teacher: Amy Haymond
“She made Music Together so fun for Vivian and Warren!” – Parent: Valli. Teachers: Mary Millington and Beth Thomas
“Miss Pam is so wonderful! She makes learning the violin very fun and takes time to do the things that I’d like to do on the violin, as well as what she thinks is important.” – Student: Sienna Pearl. Teacher: Pam Harrington
“She always welcomes everyone with warmth, great welcome and incredible passion for music! I love her structure and her ability to provide snippets of music wisdom while just being fun. Never an easy balance; especially with littles! Though she goes with the flow and always achieves it.” – Student: Paisley. Teacher: Mary Millington
“His patience and sense of humor – also; his ability to transcribe a pop version of guitar into something magical. He sees the talent in us perhaps when we cannot. Thanks Tim!” – Student: Maureen. Teacher: Tim Torgerson
“His patience and encouragement. He has a passion for music, and enjoys sharing.” – Student: Chet. Teacher: Christian Johnson
“Attentive, encouraging and a structured approach.” – Student: Barry. Teacher: Tim Torgerson
“He’s really fun and he’s always encouraging us to do more and get involved and try an audition for things, even just as experience.” – Student: Lucy. Teacher: Eric Holdhusen
“His warmth and patience and expertise.” – Student: Aeva. Teacher: Bob Manni
“She’s absolutely wonderful. She’s fun, she is passionate about teaching, pushes when needed and a joy every week.” – Student: Arianna. Teacher:” Catherine Roberson
“I love how patient she is with me. She inspires me to work hard so that I not only feel good about my progress, but she also is happy with how well I am learning. She makes showing up for lessons fun and enjoyable instead of a task to get through.” – Student: Mechelle. Teacher: Catherine Robinson