Rebecca Cauthron
Rebecca Cauthron is a Musikgarten International Teacher Trainer known for her enthusiasm for mentoring new instructors and brings over thirty years of experience to training. She holds a Masters Degree in Teaching focused in Early Childhood Music (John Flohr, advisor) and Flute from Texas Woman’s University and a Bachelors degree in Flute Performance (Mary Karen Clardy, professor) with a Music Theory minor and a secondary piano emphasis from the University of North Texas (Magna Cum Laude).
Introduced to early childhood music by Cathy Mathia in 1997, Rebecca trained in all levels of Musikgarten and joined forces at East Dallas Children’s Music to teach with Cathy for the next 28 years where they consistently earned the Musikgarten Excellence Award and created a loyal following throughout the Dallas metroplex. She has written blogs, articles, and posts for Musikgarten, is the author of The Potential Contender – a beginning flute method book bridging the gap between elementary music and instrumental study, and has presented at the Musikgarten Festival, multiple Texas Music Educators Association Conventions, and founded the National Flute Association’s Youth Flute Day bringing her trademark passion to educating young musicians wherever she goes.
Currently, she is the founder and director of Circlesong Music and created the after school a la carte Keyboard Piano program at Meridian World School in Round Rock, Texas which utilizes Music Makers at Home through all levels of Keyboard for grades K-5 and is a guest flute instructor, clinician and performer across Texas.
She emphasizes strong musical foundations, creativity, innovative strategies, and personal growth in her teaching reaching beyond the written music to help students realize their potential and achieve their goals. Other hobbies include studying world cuisine, gardening, music curriculum development, and being a substitute chef. She has the most incredible husband, a daughter in graduate school, a son in primary school, and multiple family pets.