Deborah started piano lessons at a young age, when the family didn’t even own a piano. She had to go to the neighbor’s to practice and never once had to be reminded to go! It was a natural love and appreciation. She studied piano well into high school, a good ten years of lessons.

In junior high and high school, she played French horn in a concert band, and flute and Glockenspiel (you know, bells!) in the marching band. Being part of a concert band was about the music as much as about relationships. It was a great training ground for the future.

On the home front, she taught herself to play mandolin. Soon after, guitar and dulcimer were added to the mix. Much later, hand drums appeared on the scene.

Playing music has always been central to her life. All that musical training combined with the love of Unity has streamlined into being the Music Director for the church.

It is with great love and joy that she does her job, ever with a vision to facilitate a God experience through music.