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About Angeline
Angeline LeLeux grew up in Tulsa, OK, where she began piano studies at age 5 and violin lessons at age 10. She received local and state recognition in piano auditions through high school and was a member of the Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra violin section for two years. After receiving her Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from Millikin University in Decatur, IL in 1995, with violin as her secondary instrument and a minor in Psychology, Angeline spent a year as a dormitory counselor at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan; following this, she relocated to Seattle. Here, she maintained a private piano studio while also teaching group lessons with the Move Over Mozart program. She also began to pursue her interest in folk music and played fiddle in several folk and Irish bands.
After 2 years in Seattle, she moved to the Bay Area in 1998 to start her training as a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. Angeline continued her piano teaching career in California as a faculty member of the Monterey Street Music Academy in Gilroy, teaching both private and group lessons. Having graduated from The Center for the Alexander Technique in Menlo Park in 2001 as a certified teacher, she began graduate work in Piano Pedagogy at Notre Dame de Namur University, where she studied with Thomas LaRatta. She also spent several years on the faculty of the Peery Music Center in Mountain View.
Angeline became a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through MTNA in March, 2002 and graduated with a Masters degree in Music from NDNU in May of 2003. Angeline's graduate lecture recital was given in October of 2002 and focused on the music of the American impressionistic composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes. In February 2007 she presented Griffes' music as a lecture/recital at the CAPMT State Conference. She is now serving as District Coordinator for CAPMT District 2, which covers the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Previous piano teachers include Gloria N. Johnson, Aldo Mancinelli, Paul Orgel, Tina Kouratachvili, and Hans Boepple. Angeline also studies fiddle with Erin Shrader and has attended Irish fiddle workshops given by Dale Russ, Martin Hayes, Kevin Burke, Gerry O'Conner, Kevin Glackin, Randal Bays, James Kelly, and Patrick Ourceau. Her Irish band Sheltering Sky has performed all over the Bay Area and in Oregon. Angeline currently teaches private lessons in piano, Irish fiddle, and Alexander Technique in her studio in Cupertino near Monta Vista High School.