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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​The school mascot is her dog Luther, a 1 year old Golden Doodle who greets students and then naps all day.  When she isn't teaching, managing the academy or creating lesson plans,  Michele most enjoys spending time with her 5 year old granddaughter and her  3 year old and 3 month old grandsons.