Teaching Kindermusik is one of Michele's great joys! As the parent of two Kindermusik graduates and one current Kindermusik student, she has long witnessed the lasting impacts of the program. As part of a teaching career spanning the last twenty-five years in Bend–La Pine classrooms, she has joined the CSM Kindermusik staff, thus giving her the opportunity to share her great love of teaching and music with children and their families. Michele has completed both a Master's Degree and Doctoral-level coursework in education. Her two oldest children are in their third year of piano study with CSM teacher Amy Jacobsen, following studies with other teachers and other instruments.  Michele and her youngest child can routinely be seen singing the Kindermusik songs and practicing the dances, always joyfully excited to explore movement and music together.