THE TREBLE WITH MUSIC, LLC
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

People ask me all the time what gave me the idea to start this business, and why did I decide to leave a full-time teaching job to give this a try. Well, the idea of teaching homeschooled students came about when I asked some homeschooling families what they did for music. Some took private lessons, some attended a co-op where there was some type of instruction led by a parent, and some just listened to music on a CD. Having been a music teacher for a number of years, acquiring “tricks of the trade” from attending workshops, observing other music specialists, and also creating my own lessons, I realized that I had the necessary tools to bring a valuable music enrichment to the hundreds of homeschooled students in my area. Using hand-held percussion and small Orff instruments, scarves, puppets, visual notation aids, and lots of fun lessons and ideas, I grabbed my guitar and knew that I could come up with some type of “portable classroom” to take all over the Jacksonville area. And that is basically how this unique, one-of-a-kind concept turned into a business! “Andrea is a gifted music teacher, piano player and song writer helping to produce a multitude of class productions over the years…… Andrea’s music classes offered a wide variety of age appropriate activities and instruction for 4 year olds through fifth grade. Children were exposed to a wide variety of instruments, music reading and music history. Games and hands on experience were included making her classes a vibrant and exciting place to be. Class visitations and evaluation always resulted in glowing reports…… Andrea will bring to a new position a wealth of experience, a love and understanding of children and enthusiasm second to none.” “Andrea brought significant expansion and improvement in the quality of our music programs throughout her tenure. Her students clearly enjoyed their music activities and that enjoyment was reflected in their enthusiastic and high quality performances in front of packed houses at events on both campuses throughout the year. Many of those performances were original and unique theatrical productions for which she provided both music and lyrics….Andrea is a dedicated and hardworking professional. She is liked and respected by her peer faculty and parents, as indeed she is by her students. She always represents The Bolles School well, both professionally and personally.” The Treble with Music