The founder, Michele Kennedy, is a pianist and piano teacher who opened her studio in 2019.  She moved to Denver from St. Louis, Missouri in 2017.  She studied Piano Performance, Music Theory and Pedagogy at Missouri State University.  While raising her twin sons, she taught, accompanied theater productions,  composed music and performed in a seven-piece band for ten years.

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Michele is the author of "Name the Note Workbook",  a tool to help students remember where notes are located on the grand staff.  By writing in the names  of over 7000 notes in  random, but sequential order. The workbook has proven to speed up the process of learning to read music. 

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Michele is a member of the National Music Teachers' Association and the Colorado Music Teachers' Association. She creates much of her students' curriculum and arrangements of music for her students and she is also in the process of developing a program for teaching piano to 4-6 year old students. 

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Michele decided to expand her studio into a musical arts school because she realized that there are very limited opportunities for kids to be musically creative, collaborate in a group setting and perform on a regular basis.  Since music is a gift that is meant to be shared, it is important to offer the opportunity for students to set goals, set timeframes and perform ...often.  That's why Denver Academy of Musical Arts schedules regular recitals, competitions, theater productions, talent shows and performance workshops.

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She has brought together some of the best teachers in Denver who specialize in piano, guitar,  voice, and musical theater to teach individual private lessons and ensembles, choir, preschool/toddler music and  acting classes.

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The school mascot is her dog Lola, an 9 year old Golden Doodle who greets students and then naps all day.  When she isn't teaching her 46 students, managing the academy or creating lesson plans,  Michele most enjoys spending time with her 4 year old granddaughter and 2 year old grandson.