Hello! My name is Michelle McGee, and I am very excited to continue with Deer Creek Schools as music teacher.

After graduating from Baylor University in 1986, I taught elementary music in South Bend, Indiana for one year followed by nine years in Arlington, Texas. In 1991, I graduated from the University of North Texas in Denton with a Master of Music Education degree.

From 1997-2001, I taught music major courses and voice instruction at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri and Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, Missouri.

Since my move to Oklahoma in 2001, I have taught at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Mid-Del Public Schools, and most recently, Yukon Public Schools. I spent the last 4 years at Deer Creek Elementary before opening Grove Valley in 2009.

Curriculum:

Students at Grove Valley experience a wide range of musical studies. Lessons include the study of pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, harmony, melody, form and tempo. These concepts are experienced through singing, listening, movement and composing. The students are also taught musical history and the lives of composers. Every grade level performs a musical production during the year with costuming, scenery and choreography.

The Grove Valley chorus is made of 4th and 5th graders who rehearse twice a week. The chorus performs for nursing homes, shopping malls, and schools.