Hello!
My name is Michelle Czepyha and I am currently teaching music at an elementary school in Lexington, KY! I see every K-5th grade student in the school for one hour every 4 days. I hold a BM in vocal performance (singing) and a BMME in music education. After obtaining my first degree I moved to NYC to pursue a career as a musical theater actor. I was fortunate enough to perform in several national musical theater tours including performing as Alice in Alice in Wonderland the musical. I originated the role of the mother in the off-Broadway musical production of the popular children’s book Pinkalicious and toured the nation as Ruby in Nickelodeon’s Max and Ruby the musical. I enjoyed very much living and working in NYC, but knew it was time for me to give back by teaching children the power of music!
I am currently working on obtaining my Master's degree in reading and writing! I hope to be able to gain new strategies on how to incorporate literature and writing into my music classroom. With the arts being so unstable in the school system, I think it is important to show how music can and does help students excel in other content areas such as reading and writing!
When not teaching and studying I enjoy swimming at the gym, sleeping (ha!), singing, giving voice lessons, and watching The Walking Dead! I'm excited to be apart of this class and am looking forward to meeting all of you!
Glad to meet you! What wonderful experiences you've had that you can bring to the classroom, Michelle. I wonder if you have ever run into Beau Gibson (my son the Tenor opera singer)? He has only auditioned in NYC, but has sung with Houston, San Francisco, NY Chautauqua, Wolf Trap, Utah, and is at Frankfurt Opera now.
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