Hi and thanks for stopping by! I am a public school teacher in West Virginia (USA) with a love of music. I sing locally, sometimes as a soloist and sometimes as an alto in my family's gospel quartet, and I am a certified lay speaker which allows me to fill the pulpit when pastors are away and need a substitute. 

Perhaps the most gratifying work I've done is when I have the opportunity to combine Gospel Music and teaching as I have on occasion by teaching singing schools.  I had the privilege of organizing and directing the Upper Ohio Valley School of Gospel Music in the late 90's through 2001 and I've taught at the Tri-County School of Gospel Music in Charleston, WV as well as the West Virginia School of Gospel Music (also near Charleston.)

My musical training comes by way of my father, the public school system (we have some top notch teachers) and Ben Speer's Stamps-Baxter School of Music where I spent a couple months of intense training under mentors Jack Clark, Harold Lane, Eugene McCammon, Daryl Williams and Ben Speer. I now write for the southern convention-style songbooks as well as for myself, my choirs and some of the performers of Southern Gospel and Inspirational music. The songs placed on Sibelius are those I've used with our small church choir and with our local high school chorus.  They have also found use in children's choirs.

I live in the wonderful community of Moundsville where I'm also a church choir director, Sunday School teacher and youth leader. My husband, Bill, is a recently retired school teacher and continues to be active in our public schools, local church and Lions Club.  I have been blessed with the most awesome family and life experiences which  I share more about in my photos pages.