Melody Day: Music for Lovers
Melody Day is an adjunct instructor of music at PVCC. She teaches piano and voice. Day also has her own studio at her home. Day didn’t originally choose music as a major when she enrolled in college. She wanted to major in art, but the college didn’t have an art program. Day’s dad said, “Remember what you have been doing all your life.” She had been singing all her life, so she decided to major in music in college. Day took piano lessons from third grade to 12th grade. Day went to Liberty Baptist College, now called Liberty University. Day was in the choir for the first time while attending Liberty Baptist College.
Day had a fabulous director. Due to Day’s director, Day started to love music. Day started teaching at PVCC in January 2012. There were usually two voice instructors and one had retired. Day’s teacher thought she would be a good fit and recommended that she apply for the position.
Day majored in music education with a concentration in voice and minored in piano, education, and the Bible. She earned a seminary degree in church music. Day was laid off from her last public school position. Since she had so much experience in music, she decided to open a private studio called DaySong Studio LLC. in 2010. Day was determined to set herself up differently from other instructors. She said, “It has been a hit with my parents and students, so I am still setting myself apart this way.”
“It is extra work, but it helps my memory the older I get!” she said. What Day loves about the studio and PVCC is meeting so many wonderful people. Day doesn’t like not getting to work with PVCC students for more than one to two semesters.
Being in Day’s classroom, one feels healthy, safe, and comfortable. Day teaches each of her students very differently in her classroom, depending on their needs. Day teaches her students with disabilities slowly and little by little. Day listens to her students, so she can teach her students.
She was hired to be a voice teacher and piano instructor. She has a full-time position at home, though she does enjoy working and teaching at PVCC.
Day says, “You need to fall in love with music and be willing to work hard to develop your skills to performance level, but then the love will help you to teach well and help others to fall in love with music too!”
