My musical journey began when I was gifted a violin at the age of three. Music surrounded my childhood world and it became my passion. I developed a deep connection and love for music at an early age and discovered the many joys of learning and sharing music with others. After completing a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance, I went on to complete a Bachelor of Music Therapy and became a certified music therapist.
I have extensive experience working with young children in a variety of musical settings. I have been teaching violin lessons for the past 20 years and absolutely enjoy working with each student to break through barriers and find their own learning path, while embarking on their own individual musical journey. Through a positive and encouraging environment, balance between enjoyment and effort are always top priority throughout each child's musical learning experience. Over the past few years,I have also studied the ukulele and found this instrument to be an amazing tool for individuals of all ages to learn and enjoy as well as a way to bring people together. Building community, teamwork and musical skills, the ukulele is a fun, motivating and overall a wonderfully exciting instrument to learn and to teach.
As a music class facilitator, I have been developing and leading early childhood music classes and programs for babies and children ages 0-6 years throughout community preschools, playgroups as well as my own private practice with parented and un-parented music classes. It brings me so much joy to watch parents and their littles grow and explore music together, and also to see small individuals grow and discover their own world through music. Music can bring motivation, new ways of learning and discovering, cooperation and participation, and often brings people together to build a sense of community and support.
I am very passionate and caring in my work and love to incorporate my creativity in every session.
Melissa Hemsworth BMus, BMT, MTA
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