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This is Mr. Lim's fifth year as the music teacher at Tassajara Hills. Mr. Lim has a BME from San Francisco State University, and obtained his teaching credential from Cal State East Bay. He has completed Level 1 training in both the Kodaly Summer Certificate Program (Holy Names University), and the San Francisco Orff Course.

Mr. Lim enjoys having the opportunity to plan and oversee the complete musical development of all the students at Tassajara Hills. In grades K-3 he teaches general music classes that incorporate singing, dancing, and playing games and instruments. Mr. Lim also began teaching violin classes in 2006, and hopes to expand these classes into a full-fledged strings program, with instruction on both viola and cello. The instrumental music program in fourth and fifth grade is large, and it continues to blossom into one of the most exciting programs at TH. and with the help from parent volunteers and fellow teachers at Tassajara Hills, Mr. Lim produces and directs four fully-staged musical productions each year.

When he's not in the classroom, Mr. Lim can be found playing piano and directing at the Pacific Boy choir Academy in Oakland, where he has recently been hired as an assistant conductor and accompanist. He is also currently the Choirmaster and Organist of Grace Episcopal Church in Martinez, and has worked as an accompanist (pianist) for the Danville Girls Chorus, Contra Costa Children's Chorus, and many other choral groups. He has also enjoyed singing in the chamber choir at Holy Names University and Voices of Musica Sacra in Walnut Creek, playing euphonium in the Walnut Creek Concert Band, salsa dancing on the weekends with his fiance, and playing with his dog,
Sonny.

Mission For The students

"The mission of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators is to enrich the quality of life of the people of the U.S.A. through music education by promoting the philosophy of Zoltan Kodaly." -OAKE
Organization of American Kodaly Educators

"A music exclusively for children that could be played, sung and danced by them, but that could also in a similar way be invented by them - a world of their own." -Carl Orff