Linda began her music education at the piano, at the age of 6. She continued piano instruction and also began to sing in choirs and choral groups through high school and college and began to lead music groups in several churches in the Phoenix area for over 10 years. Her teaching experience began in the early 1990’s as a private piano instructor and a General Music Teacher for 1st – 8th grades, at a local private school. During her time at Grand Canyon University, she accumulated over 30 credit hours from music related courses and began teaching in Buckeye, Az, as an extension of the GCU Preparatory Program. In 2007, she began her training and licensing process to become a Licensed Kindermusik* Educator. Later in 2007, she accepted a teaching position at the Arts Academy @ Estrella Mountain (a PLC Charter School) which turned into a full-time General Music teacher in 2008.
Having an extensive prior background in business as a licensed Realtor in the state of Arizona for 20+ years and building her business through strong customer service skills and high ethical business principles, she, along with 2 partners, opened their own Realty Executives branch office in Avondale in the late 1990’s. After having enjoyed a long-standing and successful career as a Realtor, Linda made the decision to make a complete career change and opened the Brio Music Learning Studio in April of 2008. As of May 2010, Brio Music is her only full-time pursuit not only as the owner but also teaching piano/keyboard lessons and Kindermusik* classes.
