Lizzie Clapper
Piano, Voice, Piano/Voice Combo, Songwriting
Children (ages 3 & up)
Adults- Piano (beginners-intermediate), Voice (beginners - advanced)
Lizzie Clapper, head of the MMS Children’s Department, has her degree in Music Education from San Jose State University. Her teaching philosophy is grounded in her deep belief that music is for everyone and that all beginning music students should have a well-rounded and nourishing experience with equal focus on learning to read music, listening to music, and understanding music from both the classical and jazz/rock/pop perspectives.
Lizzie began her journey with music at a very young age, starting piano lessons at age 5. She sang in many choirs throughout much of her childhood and well into adulthood, singing with the world renown San Jose State University Concert Choir. With this choir, she had the inspiring experience of performing with Andrea Bocelli as well as multiple performances with The Rolling Stones.
Lizzie met Ciara McAllister in 2006 when the two began working together as music teachers for a performing arts summer camp based out of San Francisco, and they have been working together ever since. Lizzie is also deeply passionate about singer/songwriters and has been writing her own music since 2005, performing throughout the Bay Area.
Eventually, Lizzie joined up with Ciara McAllister (and other close friends) and helped to form the band Hidden in the Sun, an indie-rock band that features Lizzie as the lead singer and one of the contributing writers. As the lead vocalist in that group, her singing prowess has been described as both “striking” and “galvanizing” by Pop Music critic Steve Hochman of The California Report. In 2024, the group released an EP titled Spellbound which features the single Gravity Love.
Lizzie currently lives in Portland, Oregon and enjoys teaching her MMS students on Zoom.
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