My name is Evan Shelton and I am currently teaching as a full time Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver as well as maintaining a 25 student private cello studio. I am writing to share with you how valuable the three semester pedagogy program at CSU was to me as a student as well as in my career as a professional musician. Not only was my experience with Barbara, both in knowledge and hands on teaching skills excellent, these classes provided me with the versatility I needed to begin building a successful career in music. As a cello performance major it became clear that I was going to have to find a way to supplement an income aside from playing and upon completing the pedagogy program I not only created a new stream for possible income, I ended up finding a passion for teaching. It was because of this passion that I decided to pursue and complete a masters degree in Suzuki Pedagogy which led to my current teaching career. Had the pedagogy classes at CSU not been available I would never have considered that path and truly do not think I would be as successful professionally as I am today. Teaching one's instrument has become essential for professional musicians and it is because of this that I feel my pedagogy education at CSU set me up for success.
Evan SheltonBM student