Hi, I'm Carrie Bailey and Welcome to my Riverside South Studio . . .
I have been teaching Music for Young Children since 2002 and enjoying every minute of it!
I'm a Saskatchewan girl, and proud of it,born into a musical family, growing up singing in the church, at various functions and with my family as I played the piano and my dad played the guitar beside me. There has always been something that has drawn me to it, leading me to pursue music after graduation and seeing me receive 2 music degrees. I had started teaching private voice and piano lessons when I was still in high school and during college I took a bit of a break from teaching. But, soon after graduation I went back and started teaching again. Once I discovered this program I had a lot of fun teaching it and when I saw how much the kids and parents enjoyed it I knew that this is what I had to do.
My children are in this program with me doing double duty - parent and teacher! Emma (age 10) has just graduated from Moonbeams 3, Kaleb (age 8) is going into Moonbeams 3 and Navia (age 5) will be continuing her adventure in going into Sunshine 2. It is really neat to be able to see my own children's eyes light up as they understand a new concept or can master a new technique.
My musical background includes 9 years as a Private Piano/Voice Instructor, Grade 9 RCM in Piano, 3 years Children's Musical Director, MYC Certified, BA in Music, BA in Worship Ministry, as well as Assistant Director of my College Choir and some Orchestral conducting.