Instructorsat The Music AcademyMrs. Jacquie Mitchell, Executive Director and Principal Instructor of Voice and Kindermusik EducatorFounder of the Music Academy August 1998. She is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Vocal Performance. She studied with Richard Anderson, Richard Miller, Carol Webber. Certified Piano Teacher of the Mayron Cole Group Piano Method. Certified Kindermusik® Educator since 1998. She has sung with the Knoxville Opera Chorus and is an accomplished pianist specializing in accompanying. She has often been the guest pianist, vocalist and organist for area churches. She has been teaching privately for the past sixteen years and is a member of Music Teachers National Association, American Guild of Organists, The Choristers' Guild, The National Piano Guild, and Music Educators' National Association. Her vision is to expand The Music Academy into a leading Community School of the Arts. She completed the AMICI (Arts Management in Community Institutions) training with the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts in June 2005. She is presently the music educator at the Crossville Christian School and the organist and Children's Choir Coordinator at Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Mitchell's vocal students have been awarded vocal scholarships to private high schools, colleges and the Tennessee Governor's School of the Arts.
Mrs. Diedre Davis, Principal Instructor of Piano
Joined the Faculty in February 2002 as
Instructor of intermediate to advanced piano. She earned her B.A.
in Music Commerce at Blue Mountain College, MS and her M.A. in Piano
Performance at The University of Iowa. Her studies also include the Music
Institute in Piano Pedagogy with Dr. Robert Pace on a Baldwin Scholarship. She
was the Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Virginia College at
Wise, VA, and Piano Associate at Emory & Henry College 1978-1997. She was the
accompanist for the Bristol TN-VA Concert Choir 1975-1997, and Emory & Henry
Concert Choir 1975-1996. She is the recipient of the Rosa Mae Kennedy Piano
Award, the Linda Berry Music Award, and included in the Who's Who Among
America's Teachers.
Mr. Francis Elliott, Principal Instructor of Violin
Mr.
Francis Elliott is instructor of violin and viola at the Academy. He holds
a Master's Degree from
Colorado University and has been active for
over four decades as a performer and teacher. He retired as the violin
professor from Tennessee Tech University and was given the title of
Professor Emeritus from the state of Tennessee for that institution. Before
coming to Tennessee Tech in 1971, he was teaching at New Mexico Highlands
University. He has been active as a performer and string educator
throughout his career. He served on the administrative staff at the Aspen
Music Festival 1971-1978. Besides teaching at the Academy, Mr. Elliott
conducts string clinics in the schools of Tennessee and is scheduled to do a
clinic and performance in Montreal, Canada and Boston in June of this year.
His work has taken him to Canada, Mexico, and throughout the United States
from North Dakota and throughout Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. He has
given presentations in New York, Indiana and Michigan. Mr. Elliott has
served two terms as President of the Tennessee Chapter of the American
String Teacher Association where he received a Certificate for Outstanding
Service for the State of Tennessee for 50 years of string education. He has
been elected for a third term which begins in 2008.
Mr. Elliott often
adjudicates orchestra competitions and festivals in Tennessee and
surrounding states and is a frequent clinician at String workshops for both
students and faculty.
The Music Academy
is very fortunate to have Mr. Elliott on faculty with his vast teaching
background, experience and a lifelong dedication to young people.
Mrs. Annetta Brewster-Deck, Instructor of Piano A graduate of University of New Mexico where she received her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance/Pedagogy, studied under Arlette Felberg, Rita Angel and Falko Steinbach. Annetta received her Bachelor’s Degree from Eastern New Mexico University where she studied with John Olsen and Paul Murphy. She served as secretary for the Albuquerque Music Teacher’s Association from 2002-2005 as well as help judge several piano performance competitions. She has served as an accompanist for various programs and events and enjoys teaching piano to people of all ages who are eager to learn and appreciate the art of piano performance.
Mr. Scott York, Principal Instructor of Trumpet Joined the Academy in 2002 as instructor of trumpet. His education includes a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in 1986. He also has a Master of Music with trumpet emphasis from the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas in 1989. He has served as the Music Minister at First Baptist Church in Lindale, Georgia, 1990-1999. While in Georgia - taught private lessons for 6 years. Have also taught privately in Tennessee, prior to moving to Georgia. He was a member of the Rome (GA) symphony for 5 years. Co-Principal Trumpet with the Northwest GA Winds for 7 years, a regional community band with 50+ members, many of which were professional musicians. Has also performed with the Clock Tower Jazz Band in Rome, Georgia. An 18 piece big band, consisting mainly of professional musicians in the Northwest Georgia region. Served as Minister of Music, Belmont Baptist Church, Tampa, Florida, 1999-2001. Currently Minister of Music at Central Baptist Church, Crossville, Tennessee.Mrs. Florence Knapp, Principal Instructor of OrganJoined the Faculty in August 2000 as instructor of organ studies. Graduate of Northeastern Bible College in Essex Fells, N.J. Sacred Music Curriculum. Studied for two years with Margery (Davis) Gumpy who was the head recitalist for the Allen Organ Company in Macungie, Pa. Organist for 17 years at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Was guest organist for Handel's Messiah with 150 voice community choir with soloists from the N.Y. Oratorio Society.
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