Tina Rippe

Teaching Artist Woodwinds, Ensemble | 6th year

tinarippe@kidznotes.org

Tina Rippe teaches various Band-related classes and levels with Kidznotes (Brass, Woodwinds, Band). graduated from William Paterson University of New Jersey with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and Classical Performance. After graduation, she taught in public schools for six years. When Tina relocated to NC she continued working in education for another five years in Vance and Wake county respectively. She also worked for 8 years with a local music company Music & Arts as an educational representative, where she served all band and orchestra programs for the public and private schools in North and Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia. Currently, she is back in the classroom at a charter school in Creedmoor NC where she is teaching 2 guitar ensembles, History of Rock & Roll and Music Appreciation. This year will be her 6th year working with Kidznotes as a Band Teaching Artist.