06/01/2026
🎼🎹As we enter into the month of June we want to put a spotlight on our teacher of the month:
Elise Ware!!!🎼🎹
Elise ware is an educator and performer in the greater St. Louis area. Before moving to the area, she completed a Master of Music degree in Music Performance and Music Theory Pedagogy, and a Master of Education degree, both at North Dakota State University. She is a native of Ohio where she completed a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance at Miami University. While at Miami, Ware also studied vocal performance under Mari Opatz-Muni. Her past instructors include Jeremy Brekke, Cassie Keogh, Douglas Lindsay, and James Olcott. Ware has performed with the St. Louis Brass Band, and as a substitute for the Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Fargo-Moorhead Kicks Band, and others. She also played the role of Harry in the 2014 MU Opera Production of Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring. Ware has performed at Carnegie Hall, and in masterclasses with Rex Richardson and John Rommel. Ware served as music teacher at various Montessori schools in Chesterfield, MO, where she worked with students ages 1 through 5. She has been teaching privately for 6 years and enjoys working with students of all ages.
