Each member of our faculty and staff has a minimum 4- year college completion in a music discipline.  We use a “team” teaching approach.  Each student will have an assigned teacher for private lessons.  However, it is not uncommon for us to team teach within a lesson or step in for each other.  We do this to help keep schedules flexible (as most of our staff have children of their own).  Also, we all  have varying backgrounds and therefore different styles/approaches.  For example, if a student begins to enjoy a specific genre, we often pull in the teacher on staff with the most experience within that genre.

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Heather Van Wieren

Owner/Instructor

  • Head of Keyboarding/Piano
  • Offering lessons in Intermediate piano, hymn playing, rock/contemporary improvisation.
  • Offering private voice instruction
  • Western Carolina University, BA Music Industry 1995, Voice Major with piano proficiency
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Craig Cameron

Associate  Studio Director

  • Lead Teacher Strings and Keyboards
  • Offering beginning, intermediate and advanced guitar
  • Our guitar curriculum is written and developed by Craig with over 20 years of proven success.
  • Offering beginner piano and Jazz improvisation
  • Offering Bass Guitar
  • Offering Ukulele class and private/semi-private lessons
  • Director of Sing & Play Ensemble (by invitation only per semester)
  • BA, Classical Guitar, Lander University 98, BS Elementary Education, Anderson University, 2012, BME Music Ed 94, Graduate Program, Theory and Composition
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Sally Walsh

Director of Vocal Arts

  • Offering private voice instruction
  • Director, Junior Singers
  • Western Carolina University, BA Vocal Performance, 1995  
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Heather Hiley

Instructor and Studio Assistant

  • Offering Beginner piano
  • Instructor for our mentoring and guided practice program (Friday Fun-days)
  • Music Theory coach
  • Converse College 2017 Music Therapy/Vocal Arts Major with piano and guitar proficiency
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Polly Ludena

Studio Mentor

  • Broadway Class/Theater Instructor
  • Private Interview Coaching
  • Private Audition Preparation
  • Aurora University & Bradley University , BA '94 Radio and Television Broadcasting,
  • Masters in Education '98 , SC Certified Art, Drama and Speech