Emerald Polyphony Studios
				Missy loves sound, and loves recording and composing music.   She will usually perform each instrument herself in the studio while recording, but welcomes other musicians to come and add their ideas and musicianship to her projects.  The 'cello is featured frequently in her music, and it adds a unique and powerful edge to the intensity.  In the worship setting, Missy has many years' experience in assisting leading worship and directing children, youth and adult choirs, and playing in and leading contemporary and traditional worship groups.		Missy currently lives in Adairsville, Georgia, in the northwest region of the state, and is a wife and mother of two.  She has her degree of Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Ramsaur.  Her musical experience ranges from classical training and performing on the piano and the 'cello as a soloist and in orchestras to being a professional keyboardist in garage, alternative and progressive rock, blues, Gospel, country and pop bands.
	BIOGRAPHY As a teacher, Missy brings her love for music and her passion for education to the studio.  Her expectations are high and she believes that everyone who wants to learn music can do so.  Since 1984 she has been teaching piano and music to students of all ages.  Her students have had a wide range of successes - from those becoming professional musicians with solid careers in the music field to those who simply wish to satisfy a personal dream to be able to create and play the music that comes from their heart.

Missy Thomas-Schmit

Missy Thomas-Schmit is a
classically trained  pianist
and 'cellist who began her
career in music at the age of
5. Studying in Boston, she
was encouraged by her
parents to practice and to
develop the gift she had into
something wonderful. At age
14, she and her family moved
to Claremont, California,
where she continued her
studies under the
supervision of Gary
Davenport.  After a brief
break from music to study
chemistry, get married and
start a family,  she returned
to the piano and continued
her musical studies at
Scripps College and Pitzer
College in Claremont,
California.  

              

Missy is a member of the American College of Musicians, the National Guild
of Piano Teachers, the Music Teachers National Assocation, the Georgia
Music Teachers Association,  the National Federation of Music Clubs, the
Floyd Fine Arts Club, Mu Phi Epsilon Professional International Honors
Music Fraternity, and is serving as 2nd Vice President of the Rome Music
Teachers Assocation. She is also a graduate of Shorter College in Rome,
Georgia, with her degree of Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance.