Bios
Staff
![Tia Adcock Tia Adcock](https://childrensmusicacademy.org/arvada-co/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/06/Arvada-Tia-Adcock.jpg)
Tia Adcock
Teacher/Marketing Coordinator
Fun Facts
- Background: B.A. in Vocal Performance from University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music (Denver, Colorado)
- Years teaching: 11 years (piano, organ, cello and voice)
- Facebook or Instagram? Facebook
- Beach or Mountains? Mountains
- If you were a music note? An eighth note
- If you were an animal? Border Collie
- Favorite hobby: Gymnastics
- Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO
![Eugenia Appelhans Eugenia Appelhans](https://childrensmusicacademy.org/arvada-co/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/07/DSC_0088-cropped-filtered-450x253.jpg)
Eugenia Appelhans
Owner/Teacher
Fun Facts
- Background: B.A. in Elementary Education, emphasis in Linguistically Diverse Education from University of Northern Colorado.
- Studied Piano: 10 years, flute for 8 years
- Everyone should read: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- Beach or mountains? Mountains
- Years teaching: 12 years (8 with CMA)
- Facebook or Instagram? Facebook
- Hobby or interest: crafts
- Family: Married (to Brandon) with 2 kids and 2 dogs (Gretsch & Doc)
- Little known fact: I love office supplies!
- Hometown: Loveland, CO
![Joana Campos Joana Campos](https://childrensmusicacademy.org/arvada-co/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2020/06/J2-cropped-filtered-450x253.jpg)
Joana Campos
Enrollment Officer
Fun Facts
- Background: BA in Elementary Education, Emphasis in Linguistically Diverse Education from University of Northern Colorado.
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Years teaching: 4 years in an elementary school, 10 years of piano study
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Beach or Mountains? Beach
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If you were a music note? Half rest
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If you were an animal? Elephant
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Favorite hobby: Lego
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Favorite movie: About Time
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Hometown: Loveland, CO and Aveiro, Portugal
![Tira VanderVegt Tira VanderVegt](https://childrensmusicacademy.org/arvada-co/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/06/Arvada-Tira-Vandervecht.jpg)
Tira VanderVegt
Teacher
Fun Facts
- Background: B.A. in Music Education with an emphasis in Piano Performance from Colorado University at Boulder
- Studied Piano: 17 years
- CMA teacher since… 2006
- Mountains or Beach? Mountains
- Facebook or Instagram? Facebook
- Favorite Quote: “It is often easier to nurture assumptions than to nurture people’s hearts” -Harvey Friesen, pastor
- Favorite movie: The Bourne Trilogy
- If you were a music note? Dotted-eighth-sixteen (a little jumpy and spastic, but love precision)
- Hobby or interest: 20th Century Russian History
- Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO