“Among her greatest joys was her 33 years of involvement with Young Audiences of Virginia! She served on the Board of Directors for numerous years and as President. She loved Young Audiences’ creative offerings annually to involve children in the arts.” Obituary for Jean Hogge Shackelford Arts for Learning mourns the loss while celebrating the […]

About Me
Tina Culver is a fulltime music educator with Churchland Elementary School in Portsmouth. As a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she received three degrees in violin performance. Tina plays the viola with Symphonicity in Virginia Beach and is accomplished in playing other instruments as well, including the piano and the harp. A certified Suzuki instructor, Tina is a teaching artist for Arts for Learning’s Strings Impact program. Read more about the program and why Tina believes music is so important to a student’s development here: Tina Culver-Strings Impact