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Alena Compton, Music Teacher
On a lovely evening in October, I was born in Emporia, Kansas, the first girl after 5 energetic boys. I was born and raised in Kansas but my parents both grew up in Utah. Music has been an important part of my family's development and unity. All 10 of us play the violin among other instruments and we're known back home for our family concerts and our family quartet that plays for weddings. I graduated from BYU in December of 2006 with a Music Specialist degree, in truth, a dual major that certifies me to teach Music 1-8 and in the elementary school classroom 1-6. I learned endurance and patience through this long major that I hope to apply in my first year of teaching here at Odyssey. Since graduating, I taught orchestra last winter in the Provo District at three of the elementary schools working with 5th and 6th graders. During my student teaching, I worked at Wasatch Elementary in Provo having the chance to conduct their 100 voice children's choir and teach in their K-6 Kodaly Music Program that has now been going for about 8 years. While at BYU, I toured with BYU Singers in the Northeastern United States and Canada giving 26 concerts in about 4 weeks! My instrument of focus was voice, high soprano, and I love to perform in choirs and as a soloist. I have a special love for musical theater. I especially relate with Millie from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, because I'm 5 ft 1 inch, but spunky and full of energy. I truly love all subjects in school, but language arts, history, and music are at the top of that list. I love to cook, especially breads of all sorts. Desserts are divine, especially chocolate mint ice cream! Going to Europe this summer to see Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany was the most exciting traveling I've done. To write poetry or a symphony, I would spend a week in Halstatt, Austria with its glacial lakes tucked within cloud laced mountains. The books I love could fill this entire page! Most of all I love Jane Eyre, Harry Potter, The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Education is where I've decided to nest my life's work. Performing is sparkling and enlivening, but in teaching I find a softer glow that is lasting and constantly challenging to maintain. I love working with people, trying to know them for the best that they are, and encouraging that in them. Music has been a way of transcending the dust of every day life for me and it has so many facets and flavors in its ability to connect with people. Put the two together, and I want to be a teacher who knows her students personally and helps them to discover how music can enhance their joy in life.
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