With over 15 years of teaching experience, Therese Miller is a music educator specializing in piano, violin, and viola instruction. Throughout her career, she has increasingly focused on working with preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students with curriculum that is developmentally attuned for these formative years. Therese teaches lessons that are engaging, playful, and developmentally appropriate, with an emphasis on kinesthetic learning.

Through this interactive approach, her students develop a strong musical foundation while remaining motivated, curious, and confident. She is committed to preparing young children for long-term success by establishing technical habits that support smooth and sustainable musical growth. Her ability to teach is further strengthened by formal training in the Paul Rolland, Suzuki, and Mimi Zweig pedagogical approaches. These methodologies have shaped her emphasis on healthy technique and beautiful tone.

Therese maintains a 75-student private studio in the Champaign-Urbana IL area, working closely with families and adapting instruction to each child’s individual learning style. Additionally, Therese has close to a decade of experience teaching at Montessori schools, providing both private music classes and group lesson instruction. Therese studied with Masumi Per Rostad, Thomas LeVeck, Victor Cayres, and David Hobbs. Through this mentorship, she developed a refined understanding of tone production and disciplined practice habits at a high artistic level. She translates these complex concepts into developmentally appropriate instruction for young children, laying a technical and musical foundation that supports more advanced learning as they grow.