With over 35 years of teaching experience, Connie is well-qualified to teach students of all ages and levels of advancement in both piano and woodwinds. She has served as an instructor with the University of Memphis Suzuki Piano School and as an adjunct professor of flute, and is the past president of the Germantown Collierville Piano Teachers Association. Connie holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Memphis.
In addition to being a fine teacher, Connie is also an active performer, with extensive experience performing in solo, chamber, theater, orchestral, and jazz/pop venues. Before coming to Charlotte in 2001, she performed and taught in Memphis, Tennessee, having performed live and in the studio with Isaac Hayes, Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, and numerous area church and free-lance orchestras, and with the chamber groups Pyramid Winds, Trio Classique and the Lorelei Duo. She was a featured soloist with the Germantown Symphony, performing the Nielsen Concerto and the Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp with Carrol McLaughlin. In Memphis, she was co-founder and past president of the Memphis Flute Society and past president of the Germantown Collierville Area Piano Teachers Association.
Here in Charlotte, Connie is actively performing in numerous other local chamber, theater, and orchestral groups and is a member of the Raleigh Area Flute Association, Charlotte Flute Association, North Carolina Music Teachers Association, Federation of Music Clubs, and has served as co-chair for for the Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum Solo Auditions competition.