A student of The Suzuki Method since the age of 2½ years old, Shannon carries a unique perspective of the method from her personal experience as well as from training alongside her primary violin teachers in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Oral Roberts University Suzuki School.

Shannon relocated to Texas in 2001 to attend Baylor University while she continued teaching violin, viola and Suzuki Strings group classes. She continued to study the Suzuki Method with Dr. Julia Hardie in Waco, Texas at Central Texas Suzuki Academy. Shannon has taught private music lessons for Lifesong Studio, HEB-ISD Suzuki Strings, and is a frequently requested substitute teacher at Dallas Academy of Music & Fine Arts.

Shannon’s unique teaching style and rapport with children allow her to maintain a private lesson music studio of her own; year-round she is committed to 25-30 private violin and piano students each week. Shannon is a member of The Suzuki Association of the Americas and North Texas Suzuki Association.

Through the years, many of Shannon’s students have become successful members and leaders of student orchestras including all five levels of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestras as well as all four of the Fort Worth Youth Orchestras, the Central Junior High Orchestra, L.D. Bell High School Orchestra and Austin College Chamber Orchestra.