TERESA (Pitcher) ALLRED - Piano

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Teresa Allred was born and raised in Cardston, Alberta. In Cardston and Lethbridge, she won various awards and scholarships in music festivals from the time she was 6 years old. She would like to extend a special tribute to Beatrice Foster of Lethbridge who taught her piano from Grade VII through her Western Board Performer/ Teacher Degree. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University (BA – piano / choral). Teresa studied music in Salzburg, Austria for 7 months and student taught one semester in the music department for BYU-Hawaii. She lived in Hinton, Alberta for 10 years teaching private piano, serving as Community Theatre Music Director and teaching in the High School. She has been involved in adjudicating piano at music festivals throughout Alberta for 30 years. Teresa has resided in Red Deer for 34 years where she maintains a 20+ private piano/vocal studio. She co- conducted Red Deer Chamber Singers for 17 years, served as Provincial President for both the Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association and The Alberta Music Education Foundation and served on the Red Deer Performing Arts Festival Board. Teresa taught the Keyboards for Kids Program sponsored by AMEF in Red Deer for 10 years. She has also been music director for several Hunting Hills High School Musical productions and Treehouse Theatre productions. A milestone for Red Deer music teachers was reached when Teresa initiated the ground work for a new city by-law which allows private teachers to have business licenses for $155 a year without student limitations. Her husband Drew, also from Cardston, is a retired French immersion teacher. She is mother of 4 married sons and grandmother to 10 grandchildren....6 of them girls! Justice! Hobbies: Music, tennis, pickle ball and hiking.