Developing Life-Long Skills in Making and Appreciating Music
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Our Teachers
We have three categories of teachers, offering different levels of experience and expertise, in order to provide lessons at various price levels while still meeting the instructional needs of the student.
Level 1 Instructors
Level I Instructors are students, typically college music education majors, who teach under indirect supervision from a music faculty member. These instructors are carefully selected and approved based on our personal knowledge of their capability.
Level 2 Instructors
Level II Instructors are qualified adults with several years of teaching and/or performing experience.
Our Level II instructors are Jesse Cox, Jamie Goslin, Jenny Henderson, Anthony Lytle, and Colleen O’Connell.
Jenny Henderson has been teaching music in the White County area since 1984. Ms. Henderson holds a BA in Elementary Education from Harding University, an MEd in Secondary Education from Harding University and is pursuing doctoral music education studies at the University of Buffalo, NY. Ms. Henderson has studied under internationally known instructors such as Dr. Lorna Heyge (Kindermusik, Musikgarten), Audrey Sillick (Child Development), Dr. Edwin Gordon (Music Education and Research) and Dr. James Jordan (Senior Choir Conductor, Westminster Choir College).
Jamie Goslin has played violin since the age of eight. As a high school student, she traveled to Finland to perform with the All-Michigan Youth Symphony. She has performed with the Nashville Youth Symphony, the UCA Orchestra, and the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra. She has also been a member of the Searcy String Quartet for the last sixteen years.
Colleen O'Connell studied violin at the Hartt School of Music and has a Bachelor's degree in Music from Harding University. She has been teaching violin for 15 years and has teacher certification from the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She has played with a number of ensembles and symphony orchestras in Connecticut, Georgia, and Arkansas. She is currently a member of the Harding University Community Orchestra, the Searcy String Quartet, and a local Americana band.
Level 3 Instructors
Level III Instructors are university music faculty members who have advanced degrees in music, as well as many years of teaching experience.
Our Level III instructors are Dr. Cynthia Carrell, Dr. Scott Carrell, Dr. Mike Chance, and Mrs. Lis Jones.
Dr. Cynthia Thompson Carrell has been at Harding University since 1998, teaching trumpet, horn, music theory and other courses. She has also served as Principal Trumpet in the Pine Bluff Symphony since 1999. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education at the University of North Texas (1986), and the Masters in Music Education and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance from the University of Illinois (1997).
Dr. Scott Carrell currently teaches piano, music theory and composition at Harding University and is in demand as a soloist, collaborative artist, teacher and adjudicator. He holds degrees from Southwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the D.M.A. from the University of North Texas. An active member of the Music Teachers National Association, he serves as the South Central Division coordinator for the student composition competition. Other professional affiliations include the honorary music fraternity Delta Omicron and Pi Kappa Lambda.