Jessica Peresta

Contributor

About Jessica

Jessica Peresta graduated with her Bachelor's of Music Education in 2004 and earned the top music educator award. She went on to build a music program at a low-income school in Tulsa, OK, earning the Teacher of the Year and Teacher of Today awards during her second year of teaching. Jessica founded The Domestic Musician, LLC where she mentors and supports teachers through The Elementary Music Teacher podcast, and her blog. Jessica is also the author of Make A Note: What You Really Need To Know About Teaching Elementary Music. Jessica also does curriculum and education contract work for various states and companies and coaches music teachers and edupreneurs.

Education and qualifications 

  • M.A. in Educational Technology, University of Arkansas
  • B.A. in Music Education, Oral Roberts University 

Location

Jessica lives in Arkansas.

Certificates and awards

  • Top Music Education Major Award from Oral Roberts University 
  • Teacher of the Year Award
  • Teacher of Today Award

TeacherVision areas of expertise 

Jessica is an expert adviser and writer for music education, with a specific focus on ed tech and music education in the elementary classroom.

Jessica Peresta, TeacherVision Contributor

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