Megan is a senior at Cedar Falls High School and a piano student with Louann Flaherty in our Cedar Falls Conservatory. She has been studying with Louann for almost three years now.
Louann says “I nominated Megan because she just loves music! She is a careful, detailed pianist. She plays and practices a lot each week on her piano lesson. Megan listens carefully to her playing and rarely misses a note! A 100% student!”
Megan’s musical goals are to keep taking piano lessons, possibly lifelong! She definitely loves her music! She also loves occasionally playing piano for her church, and sometimes accompanies the church’s pre-school classes!
It was her uncle Rick whom encouraged her piano endeavors by giving her his own clavinova that he no longer played as a Christmas gift! Her other musician family members are her uncle Tom on guitar, her mom on violin and choir, her dad on trombone, and her sister, Lilly, on viola — what a musical clan!
In her free time Megan loves photography and her dog, Cleo! Her favorite artist is Taylor Swift along with her love of her church music.
Something special not everyone knows about Megan is that she holds two silver and one gold medal in the Special Olympics! Her events are standing long jump and javelin toss. She is certainly a girl of many talents!
Congratulations on being chosen as Musician of the Month and on your graduation from high school! Keep up the good work, Megan!
You can take piano lessons at West Music just like Megan! Learn more at pianos.westmusic.com/lessons.
Aaron Hansen is an experienced K-6 General Music educator, passionate about bringing music to life through the Orff Approach. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa. Aaron has completed comprehensive Orff Teacher Training, including three levels at the University of St. Thomas and an Orff Master Class. His dedication to the Orff method took him to the Summer International Course at the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria. Aaron also shares his expertise by teaching movement at various Orff Teacher Training Courses and conducting workshops for local Orff Chapters.
