Karen Belisle-Foreman
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music
Piano

CAREER SUMMARY

Director, Lompoc School of Music – Lompoc, CA
Hall of Fame Award – American College of Musicians
Piano Adjudicator for the National Fraternity of Student Musicians
Piano Adjudicator for MTAC Certificate of Merit Music Evaluation Programs
Piano Adjudicator for the National Federation of Music Clubs
State and District Music Judge for the National PTA Reflections Program
Chairperson for the National Guild of Piano Teachers' Lompoc Center
Founder - Past Chair for the National Guild of Piano Teachers' Santa Maria & Arroyo Grande Centers
Piano Performance Judge for the Arts Outreach APPLAUSE – Young Artists Program in Santa Ynez
Piano Performance Judge for MTAC Bernice Bernard Memorial Scholarship Award
Honor Roll – National Guild of Piano Teachers
Guild Certified and State College Credentialed Teacher of Private and Class Piano
Music teacher for City Parks and Recreations programs - Preschool and keyboards
Government Contracted Music Instructor for Youth Center – VAFB and Moffett Field AFB
Recitalist. Solo piano literature: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary Music

EDUCATION

B.A. With Distinction in Music, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
· Emphasis in Piano Performance, Pedagogy, Music History and Theory
  A.A. in Music, Dean's Scholar, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA 1977

FACULTY

Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA - Associate Professor of Music
     1994 – present
Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, CA - Associate Professor of Music
     1989 - 90
American College of Musicians, Austin TX - Board of Judges
     1996 – present

MEMBERSHIPS

National Guild of Piano Teachers (NGPT) Faculty Member
Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC)
Music Teachers' National Association (MTNA)
California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT)
Central Coast Music Teachers' Association (CCMTA)

ACCOMPANIST POSITIONS

Lompoc Unified School District, Lompoc, CA – Lompoc Middle School 1986 - 87
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1979 - 81
La Purisima Catholic Church, Lompoc, CA 1972 - 73, 1976 – 79
Various weddings, Lompoc 1976 - present
Academy of Our Lady of Guam Girls Choir, 1974 - 75
Lompoc Senior High School Freshman and Concert Choir, 1972 - 73

Music, Novel Reading, Writing, Sketching