Meet Mrs. Chele

Hi, I'm Chele Howell, owner of Dragonfly Laughter Music Studio!

I have always loved music, and am living proof that talent can be learned. As a child, I was tone deaf and could not carry a tune no matter how I tried. I began taking piano lessons in 3rd grade, and as I got older, began joining every non-audition choir and music class I could. Finally, after a year of voice lessons and much coaching from an amazing high school choir director, I finally made it into my first audition group. Since then, I have sung many solos and been in numerous audition groups over the years. I am living proof that talent can be learned!

I absolutely LOVE teaching music to kids! I'm all about nurturing the whole child, not just teaching them how to play the piano. My goal as a teacher is to instill a love of learning and a love of music in the children, and to help them experience the JOY of making music.

In my classes, my students and I explore and experience music through PLAY, with our whole bodies and all of our senses, through listening and moving to music, singing and playing instruments. As they make their own discoveries, guided by the activities we do together, they learn on a deep level that will stick with them for a lifetime!

For me, the most rewarding part of teaching is sharing the sheer joy the children experience in our classes and their sense of wonder and accomplishment as they develop and master new skills. It brings me so much joy to share a knowledge and love of music that will open doors in my students' lives. I love to see the self-confidence they gain as they learn to step out of their comfort zone in a safe and supportive environment and discover that they can do hard things.

I earned a BA in Family Living from BYU with a specialty in Elementary Education and a minor in Elementary Music Education. My hubby and I have been married for 39 years, and we have five awesome kids and five amazing grandkids. I began teaching piano nearly 30 years ago to my own kids, and it just grew naturally from there...and now I get to teach my grandkids, too! It doesn't get much better than that!

In 2021, I had a new student come to me who was a graduate of Let's Play Music, and I was so impressed with her musical knowledge, abilities and confidence at such a young age--like nothing I'd ever seen before--that it led me to investigate the Let's Play Music program. I was so impressed with what I saw, I instantly knew I wanted to teach this program! I LOVE that it utilizes PLAY, all of the senses, and full body involvement to teach music, because that's how children learn best! I love the engaging music, and that it uses songs and games to help kids internalize musical concepts in such a way that it gets into their very bones and becomes a part of the fabric of who they are. Most of all, I love that it not only teaches them musicianship, but instills in them a LOVE of music. I'm absolutely thrilled to be offering these classes, sharing in the joy and excitement of the children and watching their developing brains absorb these experiences and grow like they can in no other way! I teach both the Sound Beginnings and the Let's Play Music curricula, and truly, I have found my calling!

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