Jeanine has been with the Music Institute since arriving in Lexington in August 2006 to pursue her graduate studies at the University of Kentucky.  She had previously studied at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, the home of the International Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev competition, in which she was a two-time award-winner.  After earning her degrees in music education and music therapy, Jeanine taught piano privately, music and other subjects in parochial schools, and worked as a music therapist in Galveston, TX, and Lansing, MI.  In both places, as in Virginia, she performed extensively, as both a soloist and a chamber musician.  Since coming to Kentucky, she has taught piano, trumpet, and early childhood music with the Institute, as well as building a music therapy program here. 

Jeanine brings to each lesson the expertise developed over nine years of teaching and a lifetime of piano study.  She believes that playing an instrument should serve as a gateway to a musical future, and that each student should have the opportunity to explore the emotional outlet that music provides, in addition to the mental and physical benefits.  Improvisation, composition, and the integration of various styles are an important part of piano study in Jeanine's studio.  Her piano teachers have included Dr. Irina Vorobieva and Professor Cliff Jackson at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Silvia Roederer at Western Michigan University, Dr. David Phillips and Professor Caryl Conger at Radford University, and Carolyn Hoover of Lansing, Michigan. 

While at Radford, Jeanine funded her studies in part through scholarships in the trumpet program.  Her studies there included jazz and improvisation with Dr. Allen Wojtera and Dr. Joseph Blaha as well as classical trumpet work with Profs. Mark Camphouse, Chris Magee, and Steven Dube.  When not performing and touring extensively as part of the RU band program, she performed as a soloist for regional events and local recitals.  She also had the honor of directing the RU bands, as well as the Radford High School concert and marching bands, in performance, as she completed her degree in instrumental music education.  While teaching in Lansing, she performed by invitiation with local community ensembles such as the Kiwanis Community Band.

Jeanine received her music therapy education at Radford University  under the supervision of James Borling, MM, MT-BC, FAMI, and Dr. Joseph Scartelli, PhD.  In addition to piano and trumpet, she uses guitar, harmonica, drums, voice, and anything else handy when in a music therapy session.  She was first drawn to the field of music therapy by the story of Deforia Lane,PhD., whose book, Music and Medicine, has provided inspiration to many aspiring music therapists.  While completing her music therapy internship in at Shriners Burns Hospital in Galveston, Texas, under Christine Tuden-Neugebauer, MS, MT-BC, Jeanine discovered the joy of co-treatment.  Her favorite role as a music therapist is that of collaborator, particularly when working with physical and rehabilitation therapists.  Over the course of her music therapy career, she has worked with hospitalized children, hospitalized geriatrics, Alzheimer’s patients, moderately-severely handicapped adults, autistic children and adolescents, children who spoke only Spanish, and children and adolescents with moderate retardation and/or neurological dysfunction.  She also has extensive experience with Dr. John Feierabend’s child development program, Orff, Dalcroze, and Kodaly methods, and Musikgarten®.  Since beginning work for the Music Institute, Jeanine has helped begin and implement a twice-weekly music therapy program at the Lexington Center for Hearing and Speech, a weekly group for adults with mental and physical challenges through Community Alternatives, Kentucky, and is in the process of bringing music therapy back to the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital.  She also provides individual music therapy services to students in the Fleming County school system. 

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