Instructor: Simply Music Method for Special Needs Students
Jessica has been an active musician for over 17 years, first learning classical and jazz technique for clarinet and saxophone, as well as receiving formal vocal performance training. She began teaching advanced music theory, composition, and elementary woodwind, piano, and brass lessons at the age of 16, and in recent years assisted in a local music therapy program. She is now an active piano accompanist for a local church in the Manchester area, always developing her own musicianship further. Her goal is to bring music education to individuals with special needs and learning disabilities who struggle in a traditional music lesson setting, using a specially designed playing-based piano curriculum called “Simply Music”. She has her Bachelors in Psychology from Granite State College with a focus in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Applied Behavior Analysis, and currently works