"Do students need to learn to read music in order
to become successful musicians?"
Deborah Leeson Teacher's Lounge Editor
Renaissance woman and content guru
Deborah Leeson is a major working force behind the Teacher's Lounge. As the
Lounge Editor, she continually provides the teachers and visitors of
MusicStaff.com with provocatively written and reported articles and useful
guides that target the needs and interests of the modern music teacher.
Deborah is a graduate of the University of North Texas State
with a degree in Music Education. She has taught elementary music for
twenty five years and has recently completed on her Masters of Science,
in Instructional Technology and Distance Education. Deborah has
performed with the Houston Grand Opera, and under the direction of the
late Anton Dorati, former conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra.
She has also sung on several children's albums and has performed in
Europe in five different countries. Some of Deborah's stage work
includes, Rizzo, in Grease, Martha, in The Secret Garden
and Nancy, in Oliver. She is the co-producer of two international
blues albums. Currently, Deborah is pursuing her Doctorate at Nova
Southeastern University in Instructional Technology and Distance
Education. Deborah's hope is to bring to this new millennium, innovative
ideas and programs for teaching in the field of education through the
use of technology and multimedia.
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