Hi! My name is Anita, and I have operated a flute studio in the Valley since 2010. I also teach beginning-intermediate piano. I am a full-time Band Director for the Glendale Elementary School District. I also serve as lead band teacher for the district, coordinating the band program for all of our schools. When I am not teaching at school or privately, I am studying Music Education as a Master's degree student at Arizona State. I hope to graduate with that degree in December 2013. I also travel to conducting workshops, and have performed with the ProMusic Arizona orchestra in Anthem.  

I am a classically trained musician and composer with almost a decade of experience as a private piano instructor. I have taught students from ages 4 to 70. While I welcome all skill levels, I particularly enjoy teaching at the beginning and intermediate levels of study.  

Nijole M. is a classically trained piano and voice instructor with more than 25 years of international teaching and performing experience. She has a degree from the Lithuanian State Conservatory and utilizes both classical European and contemporary American styles in her teaching practice. Nijole believes that to teach is to touch a student's life forever. For many years Nijole and her husband were volunteers for PBS, the Orpheum Theater, and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Nijole has been a member of the esteemed Arizona State University chorus and currently plays bells for a church choir in Paradise Valley. She continues to volunteer for the Phoenix symphony and Arizona Ballet. Nijole loves to perform solo as well as with her students for the local retirement communities, private venues, and is an active member of Phoenix piano and Chamber clubs. Nijole’s teaching practice includes piano and voice lessons for ages 6 and up. She also works with after school programs, as an accompanist at the church and an entertainer at the parties and social events.

Stefanie completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Clarinet Performance at Arizona State University in May 2011. She has studied with and performed in master classes for Robert Spring, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Jorge Montilla, William O. Smith, Larry Combs, Robert Riseling, Ronald Van Spaendonck, Maurita Mead, Nathan Williams, and Marie Picard. She has performed in a wide variety of ensembles including ASU’s Chamber Players, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Clarinet Choir, and several chamber ensembles. She won the 2007 Concerto Competition at ASU and was a finalist in 2006, and has been featured as soloist with many community bands in the Southern United States. She is a member of Trio de Café and has performed with several Phoenix area organizations including Arizona Opera, Symphony of the Southwest, Paradise Winds, the Mill Avenue Chamber Players, and the Fountain Hills Chamber Players. Stefanie is on the faculty at Mesa and Glendale Community Colleges and maintains a large private studio in the Phoenix area. Many of her students have participated in Regional and All-State honor ensembles, won chamber and concerto competitions, and received music scholarships at prestigious music schools. She was awarded a teaching assistantship by the Music History and Literature area in the ASU School of Music during the academic years 2008-2010 and also was Manager of lnstrumental Ensembles. In addition to performing and teaching, she has a strong interest in woodwind pedagogy. Her doctoral dissertation, “An Investigation of Finger Motion and Hand Posture during Clarinet Performance,” applies scientific research to pedagogy in an effort to improve performance. She has guest lectured for Hadassah (the Women's Zionist Organization of America) and ASU’s CUbiC department. Recently, she won first place in the 2012 International Clarinet Association Research Competition. Stefanie currently resides in Ahwatukee, AZ, with her husband, Josh, who is also an accomplished clarinetist.    

Shirley has an extensive performance record with various churches in the valley as well as back east. She accompanied the Marshallette Trio on Doyle Blackwood's weekly TV show on channel 3 for several years and also accompanied singers on TBN. She has done studio work with various artists. She has been into many different genres of music and have played in many different kinds of settings as accompanist, and soloist for weddings, lounge music, classical, church etc.