Veronica here! The person behind Living with the Muses and Magical Music Method. Hello and thank you for visiting my website.

I’m a musician (harpist/pianist), music educator of over 25 years, and a homeschooling mom of four children living in New York with my husband Shawn, the most amazing cook in all the world. I received my Bachelors in Music Education and was pursuing my Masters in Music Performance when life took me down a different path. Working full time in NYC, with my music studio and gig work, I decided to forego pursuing a music teacher position in the school system, something I originally thought I would do, and take a chance on being self employed and living the freelance life. Ever since this decision, my life has been a series of continually taking chances on myself and doing what I love. I’ve always loved teaching music and seeing the joy it brings to families and it’s been the honor of a lifetime teaching children music and playing a small part in their life.

Then when motherhood came it changed me in every way possible, and has led me down this very wonderful path that I am beginning to feel is where I was always destined to go.

I never thought I would write a full fledge homeschool music curriculum, but when I soon realized that the music curriculum I wanted to use with my children did not exist I knew I had to write it. My best and worst quality simultaneously is that I think if I want the job done properly, I have to do it myself. This characteristic has brought me much stress and joy in different periods of my life, but I am happy to say has served me well in this endeavor. When I was finishing writing Volume I of my curriculum, I had this distinct feeling that I was always meant to have done this. And that perhaps at the age of 38, slightly sleep deprived, less free time than ever, I had figured out God’s biggest plan for my particular talents.

With that said, Living with the Muses is not just the title of my curriculum, but symbolic of my entire philosophy on life: to be inspired, to be uplifted, to know beauty, to be formed.

If you have found me through my music curriculum, clapping games on social media, or even through my sharing a bit about my love of Gaeilge, Ireland and our personal story on fixing our stone cottage there, thank you for visiting and being here in this part of the internet.

I write occasionally on my blog, Musings, in my email newsletter and share longer form videos on my YouTube channel.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.