New Band Director, Karen Yonkers of Grand Rapids, comes to Innocademy from many years as a pianist, clarinetist, and private music teacher. Ms. Yonkers is excited to contribute to music education for 5-8th graders wanting to be involved in learning a wind instrument. After home schooling her own children for over 25 years, she is currently gaining her teacher’s certification at Calvin College in their Music Education program. She has also been working with EduStaff substitute teaching organization (formally PESG) since 2011. Her music experience includes church pianist, several community bands and orchestras with clarinet, and accompanist for solo and ensemble in Sparta and Greenville, and Greenville MS choirs. She provides music lessons at RIT Music, Marshall Music and in her own home for 20 students. Ms. Yonkers often has coached solo and ensemble students, and provided sectional leadership at Sparta MS, Greenville MS, and most recently as aide at City Middle/High School. Ms. Yonkers lives in NE Grand Rapids with an adult son and three teenage children. Three of her eleven grandchildren attend Innocademy.
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Ms. Karen also provides private lessons in her Grand Rapids home. To see her professtional website, click here
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Karen Yonkers' classes are fun, challenging, and grueling enough so that even the slowest light bulb has a chance to light up. I have been in Hebrew classes for years and I am still learning from her class. She presents the material in various ways so that every learner-type is able to understand. She provides excellent materials, and resources for deeper study. She has a heart for her students and shows it in the classroom, and is willing to dig for answers to our questions. I greatly appreciate her and highly recommend her classes to any level student. BDM
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