"Tears literally ran and ran down my face. I was not embarrassed by this. I don’t think I even quite knew where I was, for awhile. And I didn’t care. Overall I felt washed, renewed and strengthened by the experience." - Heila Rogers blog.
"This is not your parents' classical music series." - The Gazette.
Shauna M. Smith is the former Music Director at Fountain Valley School of Colorado as well as a private violin/viola instructor, freelance musician, and frequent sub with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Her passion for music education earned her the 2018/19 Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association's "Inspire Teacher of the Year Award.”
She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of Idaho with three diplomas: violin performance, philosophy, and visual art. She then went on to earn her Master of Art and an Advanced Certificate in violin/viola performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music, City University of New York.
