Jessica Peresta at The Domestic Musician

My love for music started at the age of 6, when I started taking piano lessons. I then went on to also learn the clarinet, and played both instruments throughout college. After earning my bachelors in music education degree, I started my first teaching position in the middle of the school year at a low income elementary school. Having few resources and teaching materials, I was asked to restart the music program which had been non existent for 7 years. Over the next several years, I created my own curriculum map and developed lesson plans that met my students where they were at. Now, I'm passionate about helping mentor and help other elementary music teachers through my blog, podcast, and free resources at www.thedomesticmusician.com as well as The Elementary Music Teacher Academy for new elementary music teachers and the HARMONY membership site for all elementary music teachers. You can find out more about these programs on my website.

A mix of Orff, Kodaly, and Dalcroze with my own personal style mixed in

+Presenter at the 2018 and 2019 International Music Education Summit +Guest blog posts have been featured in NAfME, Teacher Vision, and Musical U +Guest podcaster on The Music Ed Mentor podcast and Music Matters podcast +Guest presenter in The Intentional Book Club +Blog posts featured weekly on Music Ed Blogs +Guest presenter in Rolling Prairie Readers +Included in the Top 100 Music Education Blogs of 2017 in Feedspot +Earned the top Music Education major award +Won Teacher of the Year after my 2nd year of teaching +One of only five teachers selected at Tulsa Public Schools to shoot a district infomercial +Teacher of Today award recipient +Two time presenter at The International Music Education Summit +Teacher advisory board member for TeacherVision

+Received a bachelors of music education degree in 2004 +Orff level 1 certified

I live in Arkansas and am the proud wife to Grant and momma to 3 little boys- Owen, Brady, and Reece. A few of my favorite things include coffee, Friends reruns, sushi, cheering on the Razorbacks, online shopping, and playing piano on our church worship team.