Our Teachers

Katie has worked in education for 14 years, having earned her education degree with a focus on science and math from GCU.

Taylor Simpson grew up dancing in Southern California and began teaching dance at age 16.

Alicia Roach is a certified teacher with the Arizona Department of Education and brings almost 15 years of experience teaching grades K-12.

Micah Murlatt is a student at ACU studying Music Composition and Theory.

Adelayde is graduate from Grand Canyon University with a degree in elementary education.

Isabel Abril is a student at Arizona Christian University pursuing a degree in Biblical & Theological Studies

After several years of asking her parents to learn the piano, Kimber finally started lessons at 9 years old. Kimber has loved making music & playing piano ever since.

Growing up in Pinetop, AZ, Andre pursued his education at Arizona State University right here in the Valley of the Sun, graduating in 2008.

MeiLing graduated from Arizona Christian University with a Bachelors of Science in Music.

Jessie is a former middle school science teacher and currently works at Arizona Christian University in the Academic Department.

Desiree Kleppe is a graduate of ACU and has a degree in Music with an emphasis in vocal performance.

Cassie is a student in Barrett, the Honors College at ASU!

Patrick has a variety of teaching experiences both in the US and abroad. He began teaching ESL (English as a second language) after college and lived for several years in Ankara, Turkey.

Scot is a piano teacher here at Arise AZ. She has been teaching for about 3 years and has her Bachelors in Science for Business Management.

Naomi Rupert enjoys all things math and music! Naomi began taking classical piano lessons at the age of 9, and was in her school’s Chamber orchestra as a violinist from grades 7-12

Ethan MacTough is a student at ASU studying Computer Science with a minor in Music Performance.

Jaeden Nagai is currently a student at GCU, studying nutritional sciences and hoping to go off to culinary school afterwards!

Ingrid Corbin is a retired teacher, having taught for 35 years in the lower grades

Nicolao is a piano and keyboard teacher with a love for helping students discover the joy of making music.