Your Not So Average Piano Teacher

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YourNot So AveragePiano Teacher
By Jessi S.
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• What do you picture when you hear the words
  piano teacher? You probably think of old ladies
  with metronomes and rulers that will smack you on
  the hand if you dont play the notes right. Well
  not Melisa! Melisa Klei is the most fun-loving
  piano teacher ever! I mean, how many teachers are
  21, have their ear pierced in their cartilage,
  and change their hair color about once a month.

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Melisa has attended Woodfill Elementary,
Highlands Middle School, Highlands High School,
and is currently a senior at NKU.
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She has had a very musical background. Melisa
sang in chorus when she was in Middle School and
High School. Her accompanist was Rick, who is the
Middle School chorus accompanist still today.
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She grew up listening to radio stations such as.
Warm 98, Mix 94.1, and Oldies 103.5, but only
because of her parents. She really like Journey
because of how good the piano is in their songs.
Some new age bands and singers that Melisa likes
are Collective Soul, John Mayer, and David Gray.
Shes not too picky about music, but she doesnt
like country, or country twang as she puts it.

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Melisa has really enjoyed these past 6 years of
teaching and being able to share her talents with
others, mainly students younger than her,
between the ages of 5 and 16. She says its an
amazing thing to say that youve taught someone
everything they know in a certain subject. Its
made her a better performer and pianist in
watching and teaching others how to practice.
Im glad Ive had the opportunity to work with
Melisa!