Penny Harris

Ms.  Harris is excited to be continuing with the PEIM program as band teacher at Franktown and Northeast Elementary Schools.  She started  playing the clarinet in fifth grade, and began teaching a few private  clarinet and saxophone students while still in high school.  She continues to find joy and satisfaction in working with her students.  She grew up in Cheyenne, WY, and then attended the University of  Kansas, where she earned a Bachelor of Music Degree.  Ms. Harris began teaching beginning band classes in 2012 and has enjoyed doing so since  then.  She has been playing Principal Clarinet with the Lakewood  Symphony since 2010, has been playing with the Donald Ambler Clarinet  Choir since 2006, and is active in music ministry at St. Luke's United  Methodist Church.  She also performs regularly as a freelance musician.  Outside of playing and teaching music, Ms. Harris is a mother of four, enjoys her 2 dachshunds, and learning to cook new things.