Teacher Profile: Melissa Fankhauser
About Melissa Fankhauser
Melissa's teaching methods are designed specifically for your learning style and needs. She encourages her students to be the best they can be. Lessons are individualized to work toward your goals while continuing to strive to give you an excellent quality education.
Some of the qualifications Melissa prepares her students for are as follows: an accompanist, music teacher, professional performer, worship performer, singer-songwriter, theater and/or musical theater performer and open mics. Melissa helps prepare students for auditions, judging panels and recitals.
Melissa teaches an in-depth classical study to all of her students in order to build a strong musical foundation. Her students learn to sight read, play classical, worship, pop, jazz and many other styles they are open to or suggest. She also instills, teaches and offers a love for improvisation to any student open to exploring the freedom of playing outside the lines.
Life with music is a journey but not only that it becomes part of your lifestyle. Being a good dedicated student will bring so many wonderful moments and rewards as you take the journey with your instrument of choice. Melissa has students entering talent shows, performing at assemblies, choir, open mics, musical theatre and locally for the elderly in senior homes.
Melissa attended Cornish College of the Arts from 2005-2007 to earn her music composition degree. She later transferred to Trinity Lutheran College earning her Bachelor of Music degree in Music and Worship. She has been playing music since she was five years old. Melissa has been in touring bands in California, choir throughout college, community bands, open mics, gigs, musical theatre and theatre since 2005. She interned at the 5th Avenue Theatre in downtown Seattle. She was recently seen performing guitar along with one of her students in Cotton Patch Gospel. You may have also seen her as an accompanist and actor in It's A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play, at Warm Beach Camp's dinner theater, 2014. She's played music for residents at a retirement home, is getting ready to record her first full album and teaches music to children at Northshore Christian Academy.
Melissa looks forward to serving you as your music instructor!