About Alma Bethea

Education: Saint Augustine University - 1972 BA in Voice / Minor in Piano Morgan State University - 1976 Masters in Music Education The Johns Hopkins University - 2001 Masters in School Administration

Performance Experience: Soprano Soloist, North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the Raleigh Oratorio Society Recitalist, Lois J. Wright Concert Series and Eubie Blake Concert Series Chorus Member, Baltimore Symphony Community Choir Chorister, San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera Chorus Soprano Soloist, Douglas Memorial Community Church The Handel Choir of Baltimore and The Bach Chorale Chorus Member, Reid Temple AME Church and the Patrick Lundy & Ministers of Music

Teaching Experience: September 1972 - Current

Teaching Philosophy: Over the years, I have had numerous opportunities to show that I can be the kind of music teacher who promotes the success of all students by advocating, nurturing and sustaining an instructional program conducive to student’s learning. As a music teacher, I make sure that much like a "symphony conductor," all musicians are trained, playing in harmony, and on the same page (sharing the same vision). Only then, will the results be edifying for our students.