Support Staff

Sera Schools support staff provides the highest quality customer service to all of our customers on a daily basis. Our Scheduling Coordinators are on hand to answer all of your questions regarding registration and will work to make sure that class placement is the best possible fit so you get the most from your experience. 

Learn more about our faculty by reading their bios. Here is a full list of Fort Collins Area faculty:

CRAIG BLACKARD -

Fort Collins - Sera Schools Area Director

Craig Blackard recently graduated from CSU with his Master’s degree in voice performance studying under Todd Queen while apprenticing with Opera Fort Collins.  Craig’s roles with OFC include: Ruiz in Il Trovatore, Spoletta in Tosca, and Borsa in Rigoletto. Roles with Colorado State University Opera Theater have included: Don Basilio (Figaro), Eisenstein, Tamino, and Don Ramiro. Craig can be seen as “Ralph” with Loveland Opera Theater’s upcoming production on H.M.S. Pinafore. 

Prior to moving to Fort Collins, Craig graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and is a native of the Denver area. Craig also works as a professional full-time carpenter in Fort Collins and performs and teaches music as much as he can.

Outside of music Craig enjoys kayaking, snowboarding and all the beauty Colorado has to offer. 

YVONNE SCHWARTZ -

Fort Collins - Sera Schools Scheduling Coordinator

Yvonne Schwartz MT-BC, graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with her B.A in Music Therapy. She attended Appalachian State on a music scholarship for the oboe and English Horn. Yvonne played the oboe and English Horn for the Appalachian State Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Baroque Music Ensemble. She also was the Vice President of the ASU student Music Therapy Association. 

Since graduating Yvonne has practiced music therapy in South Carolina, Arizona, and now Colorado. 

While in Arizona, Yvonne was a music therapy supervisor & organized the first ever recitals for children with special needs. Yvonne is the owner & founder of Rocky Mountain Music Therapy located in the Vail Valley which serves adults and children with special needs, as well as various other populations.

Yvonne enjoys working with people and using music to help others. When Yvonne is not practicing music therapy or teaching music, she enjoys teaching and practicing yoga, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Sera Schools is proud to have Yvonne's musical therapy expertise as well as her knowledge in guitar instruction.