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Jessye Whitis
Piano

254/295-5076
jwhitis@umhb.edu



Ms. Whitis holds both the Bachelor's and Master's of Music Education from Delta State University.  She also has a Music Specialist Certification from the University of Mississippi.  Additional doctoral study was done at Texas Tech University and Sam Houston State University.

A wide range of experience fills Ms. Whitis' résumé.   She has taught on every level from pre-school to university.  Besides her college-level teaching at Wayland Baptist University and UMHB,  she has maintained a private piano studio, served as organist and choir director for numerous churches, and accompanied numerous soloists, musical and opera productions, and choral ensembles.  Ms. Whitis  is  also   a published composer (The Piano Teachers' Press) and a certified Kindermusik instructor.  

She  is a member of several professional organizations including TMTA, TMEA, MTNA, the National and Texas Federation of Music Clubs, and a faculty member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers.  Mrs. Whitis is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, holding the professional certificate in piano and theory.

Mrs. Whitis is an associate professor of music in piano and theory at UMHB, a position she has held since 2001.   She also teaches piano in the UMHB conservatory, is accompanist for Schola Cantorum, a community glee club, and is  the pianist at First Methodist Church in Belton, TX.


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