Valerie Blair
Piano
Valerie Blair holds a Bachelor’s in Music Education and a Master’s in piano from Northern Illinois University. She has played for local opera and musical theater productions, and voice studios in Chicago and suburbs, and in Buffalo, NY. For four years she taught general music for pre-K through middle school at Spectrum School here in Rockford, where she started the area’s first Music Together© Licensed Preschool Program. At the Music Academy of Rockford College she teaches early childhood music and recently launched a music program at the Rosecrance adolescent treatment center. At Rock Valley College she is the accompanist for Chamber Singers and Women’s Choir, as well as for voice students.