Sarah is currently accepting new students on Thursdays from 6-6:30pm. Please inquire through our Contact Form!
Sarah Harrison
Goes by: Miss Sarah or Mrs. Harrison
Sarah Harrison studied Vocal Music Performance and Education at the University of Western Ontario (now Western University) in Canada. She is an accredited Montessori teacher and a licensed Music Together teacher. Her teaching career has taken her from her native Canada to England, to Southern California, and now Washington State. Sarah has taught children ranging from preschool through high school, and her choirs have consistently won awards for both musicality and spirit.​
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Sarah is a lyric soprano who loves singing repertoire from the renaissance through to the classical period. Her performance experience includes roles in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. Presently Sarah sings at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA.
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Private Vocal Lessons:
For students aged 5 and up: Sarah teaches her students to sing in the “bel canto” style, and emphasizes the importance of breath work, language study, and versatility. Sarah uses curriculum from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and students will have the option to take examinations to mark milestones in their vocal development.
Small Group (Preschool/Homeschool groups)
For groups of 4 to 8 students. Sarah is trained in Kodaly and Orff methodologies and uses percussion instruments as well as dance props to promote basic music competence. Elementary grade students can study recorder, learning musical notation that is critical to instrumental music study. Programs and curriculum are individually tailored to engage the children and advance their musical literacy.
Music Theory:
For students aged 8 and up: Rudimentary musical theory - the reading and writing of music, is essential to the development of a professional musician. The study of musical theory will ameliorate a students progress in every other area of music study, especially sight-reading and performance.
Music for Babies:
For groups of 4 to 8 parents with infants: Hearing is a child’s most developed sense at birth, so music is captivating for the youngest of children. Sarah teaches parents to use music and movement to promote bonding, musical play, and brain development with their infants, babies and toddlers.
Jóhannes Finnsson
Goes by: Jóhannes or Mr. Finnsson
Mr. Finnsson, or Jóhannes, is a music teacher, vocal performer and music specialist. He and his family recently relocated to Mill Creek. Jóhannes received his Bachelors of Music Education with voice concentration from John Brown University in 2014.
Jóhannes’ love for music began at an early age. In his home country of Faroe Islands, music is a big part of the culture. He spent his childhood singing in kids choirs and social gatherings, and learning guitar and piano at home. In his young adult life, he attended a one-year music school in Coventry, England. And then attended university in the USA. During his time at college, he sang and traveled with the cathedral choir.
In his career so far, he has been a voice teacher, choir director and school teacher. Jóhannes has been teaching music to people of all ages and in various cultural settings. Before moving to Mill Creek, he directed a church choir and taught private voice lessons in his native country, the Faroe Islands. Mr. Finnsson also taught elementary and middle school music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for four years.
In addition to music, Jóhannes loves hiking and long distance running. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, cooking, traveling and exploring the outdoors.
Johannes is not currently accepting new voice students. Please inquire about a wait list through our Contact Form!