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First
United Methodist Church of Hurst
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United Methodist Church of Hurst
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ABOUT THE
ACADEMY
All children are creative and musical and
should have the opportunity to study and develop these gifts. It is our mission
to provide a safe, nurturing environment to discover these gifts.
Along with voice, instrumental, art, and theater lessons, we offer Kindermusik® for ages birth through seven years. Click here to read the Kindermusik® Philosophy. Additional Offerings will be available as we grow.
CLICK HERE FOR
CURRENT BROCHURE.
Click here to view class
days/times.
TO ENROLL, complete the Registration
and Class Selection / Tuition Agreement forms.
(If you are looking for information about the Music Box classes available to Day School participants, click here.)
Our Teachers
Click on name to
read bio.
Sessalie Shapley—Director
Tatiana Donahue—Kindermusik
Angela Favazza—Private
Lessons (Piano)
Geraldine Kidwell—
Group Strings Class, and Private Lessons (Violin and Viola)
Jung-Won Kim—Piano
Missy
Matthews—Children's Art: Mini Masters
Stan Paschal—Private Lessons
(Voice)
Dong-ill Shin—Private Lessons
(Piano/Organ)
Jessica Sipple—Oboe
Sessalie
has played violin since the age of four and has been teaching violin for 21
years. She taught in both private and group lesson settings, as well as in the
public schools, including beginning string classes, junior high/middle school
orchestras, and assisted with high school orchestras.
She
holds a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Arizona State University
and a Master of Music Degree in Violin Performance from the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She also holds a Texas Teaching
Certification and for two years served as adjunct faculty at TCU,
teaching private violin and group lessons for the String Preparatory Division.
Sessalie
has directed children’s choirs ranging in age from three years to 6th
grade. Currently, she directs the Promises Choir (ages three and four) and
Joyful Noise Choir (Kindergarten and 1st grade) at First United
Methodist Church of Hurst.
Sessalie
has a Kindermusik® Certification and has this to say about the
program:
“I
became interested in the Kindermusik program this year while I was researching
offerings for very young children in music. Among the wonderful qualities of the
Kindermusik program are its interest in developing the “whole child,” and
its emphasis on the process of making music, rather than on the performance of
it. These are exciting goals for me as a teacher and a mom.
I
love working with children and helping them find ways to express their own ideas
and creativity through musical expression. I look forward to beginning work in
this area at FUMC Hurst, through the Fine Arts Academy.”
Sessalie is the wife of Greg Shapley, Director of Music & Worship at FUMC Hurst, and is the mother of Savannah, Abby, and Ben.
I
graduated from a Music and Art High School in New York City and then from the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, and
daughter, and lover of Kindermusik. I am constantly learning more each
day.
I
have taken music, dance and drama classes nearly all of my 59 years. I am a
certified Kindermusik teacher, and believe that Kindermusik is one
more way I can enjoy music and share my love of it.
I
have been married for 39 years to a wonderful man, Thomas. We had a family of
six children, but lost one child to cancer. Our remaining three sons, Sean,
Patrick and Liam, and two daughters Kirstin and Kelly, have made us grandparents
eight times with two on the way! My mother moved into our home this year and it
has been a wonderful experience to spend time together that we haven’t shared
in the many years we’ve lived apart. As you can see we have a large, busy,
energetic and loving family!
Music has always been in my life in some form and I am now even more excited to be teaching Kindermusik. What a wonderful program for children and parents
Come to Kindermusik class and meet me!
Angela Favazza received her Master of Music and Artist Diploma in piano performance from Texas Christian University, where she studied with John Owings. She has more than 15 years teaching experience and has had faculty appointments in Alabama, Michigan, New York, and Texas. Ms. Favazza is an active soloist and accompanist, and has given numerous performances throughout the DFW area, as well as Mississippi, New York, Louisiana, Alabama, and Europe. "The Daily Leader" praised her playing for its “keen intellect” and “tender feeling.” In addition to her pianistic abilities, Ms. Favazza plays the flute and speaks French and Italian. She enjoys helping students of all ages and levels realize their God-given gifts.
Jung-Won Kim is a current DMA candidate at UNT and has taught piano for 14 years. Her career as a pianist started through Busan Art of High School (Piano Major). She earned BM and MM Organ Performance Degrees from YonSei University, Seoul, Korea. While pursuing her degrees, she has performed solo recitals, joint recitals and participated in Master Classes in Korea, Europe, and America. She also has extensive experiences as an accompanist. Currently, she is working at First United Methodist, Colleyville, as an organist and Pianist.
Missy Matthews has a BS from Texas Tech with an advertising major and art minor. She joined the staff of FUMC Hurst in August 2006 as Children's Handbell Director.
In February 2007, she became the church's Communications Director. Previously she worked at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in the Exhibitions and Marketing departments. She performed a variety of duties at the museum, from graphic design to exhibit design and fabrication.
She currently lives in Grapevine with her husband Curtis, son Jack (9, third grade) and daughter Eleanor (one and a half), and their Border Collie, Susie. In her "spare" time, she enjoys photography, jewelry making, and working on art projects with Jack.
Stan graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BME K–12 vocal music. He has an MM in Vocal Performance with a concentration in Choral Conducting.
Stan studied voice with Elizabeth Volkman and Virgil Hale, choral conducting with Dr. Kenneth Davis, and piano with Ms. Sylvia Kersenbaum and Ruth Morris.
After graduating from Western Kentucky University, he became a member of the faculty where he taught both private and group voice, conducted the Choral Union—an 80-voice, non-auditioned choral group—and was responsible for the choral preparation for the operas and musicals. Stan was also a staff accompanist.
Stan joined the church in April 2004 and has sung with the choir since about a year before that.Jessica
is an oboe performance major at Southern Methodist University. She performs in
the Meadows Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Paul Phillips, and also in the Meadows
Wind Ensemble under Dr. Jack Delany. Jessica currently studies with Erin
Hannigan, Principal Oboist of The Dallas Symphony.
In
high school, Jessica was Principal Oboist in the Dallas Youth Orchestra for two
years. She traveled to Europe with the orchestra, playing in seven concerts in
Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. She won the All-State Band award in
three consecutive years.
