about the instructor…

Audrey Smith is a pianist and certified K-12 music educator based in New Orleans, LA & the North Carolina piedmont-triad area. She holds a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans, a B. M. in Jazz Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Level 3 certification in the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music making from the San Francisco International Orff Course. She began her teaching journey in the general music classroom in 2011, and quickly discovered a love for sharing the joys of music making with young people.  With over nine years experience teaching general music in early childhood through middle school classrooms, additional experience teaching Yamaha Music Systems classes, and a lifetime spent music making and performing, Audrey uses her various backgrounds to facilitate developmentally appropriate musical experiences for people of all ages and to foster a lifelong love of music in all.