‘Helping children and adult beginners build strong musical fundamentals and confident, expressive voices.’
Quick Facts
Best For: Ages 6–adult; absolute beginners and students with some experience (beginner–intermediate)
Playing Experience: 24 years on piano; 20 years in concert percussion and voice
Teaching Experience: 2 years teaching piano and voice; 7 years teaching general music, bells, and choir
Education: BFA in General and Choral Music Education, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; former church choir director (3 years); former battery and pit instructor (3 years)
Style & Focus: Fundamentals-first approach, note and rhythm reading, body and breath awareness for singers, patient support for shy or nervous beginners
Performance Highlights:
Bio
Robyn is a patient, encouraging teacher who specializes in helping beginners and intermediate students build a rock-solid musical foundation. With over two decades of experience on piano, concert percussion, and voice, she focuses on basics like note reading, finger numbers, keyboard patterns, and rhythm so students can grow with confidence. In lessons, Robyn weaves each student’s personal goals into a clear path, either breaking big goals into small steps or building the stepping-stone skills needed to get there. Over the first 90 days, piano students typically develop note, finger, and keyboard recognition plus emerging rhythm-reading skills, while voice students gain awareness of body and breath and a basic understanding of intervals, including singing a minor third.
Teaching Strengths
Getting absolute beginners playing their first simple song on piano
Helping shy students build confidence with patient, step-by-step guidance
Laying strong fundamental skills that support long-term progress
Developing basic rhythm and interval recognition for singers and pianists
Best Fit Students & Personality
Robyn is an excellent fit for both children and adult beginners who want a gentle, structured start to music lessons. Students and parents describe her as patient, encouraging, structured, and flexible, and they especially appreciate her calm, steady approach. When she’s not teaching, you’ll probably find Robyn reading or crocheting.
Student Success Story
One of Robyn’s favorite moments in teaching is when a physical concept finally “clicks” for a voice student: their eyes light up and their sound changes instantly. The real transformation happens when students internalize a concept, understand how it feels in their own body, and can reliably recreate that feeling to get the sound they want. That shift from “trying” to truly owning a skill is what Robyn loves helping students experience.
