Teacher Spotlight

Aaron Carney earned his BA in music from University of Portland, he moved to Flagstaff, Arizona where he got a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance and a Performance Certificate both from Northern Arizona University.

Deanna Maio (she/her) is a voice, piano and ukulele teacher and acting coach, specializing in providing voice functions for singers, speakers, and actors. She teaches in private voice coaching, workshops, courses, and lectures for children and adults with remote students around the world in Portland, Oregon. She is the founder of Confidence Voice Studio.

Christie Quinn is a Portland local actress, singer, teacher and paralegal. She graduated from Presbyterian University with a bachelor’s degree. And has a secondary education teaching certificate as well. She has taught English to students of all ages in the United States and adults in Prague.

Melissa Sondergeld-Hood is music/theater teacher and professional theatre artist in the Portland area. She taught at Mayer Christian School for 4 years and is active and working in local theater. She graduated from Warner Pacific University in 2015 in Music and Theatre Education. She learned to play the clarinet at the age of 10, started in theater at the age of 15, and then sang from the age of 19.

Jackson Peters (Guitar, Piano, Voice) has always loved teaching, and when he fell in love with classical music in high school it felt like the next natural step was to become a music teacher.