Arkansas Musicworks - Vocal Lessons - Bentonville, AR

Voice Teachers
	Kay Fish - Piano / Voice / Guitar / Mandolin / Banjo / Dulcimer Kay Fish comes to Musicworks with 35 years of teaching experience. Ms. Fish began teaching private music lessons while attending graduate school at the University of Missouri in Columbia, after receiving her Bachelor's degree from Stephens College with a Major in Vocal Performance and a Minor in Piano. She was awarded a position with the Houston Grand Opera Studio program and moved to Houston, Texas after completing graduate school, where she began teaching music at The Awty International School. After twenty years teaching in the private school sector, Ms. Fish opened up The Kay Fish Music Studio in the Houston area, offering private music study in voice, piano, guitar, recorder, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer and percussion. Recently, Kay relocated to Northwest Arkansas to be near family, where she teaches private music lessons in Fayetteville and now, proudly, at Musicworks in Bentonville.
	Brandon Hollis - Piano / Voice Brandon Hollis was forced to begin playing piano by his father when he was 10 years old. It is now one of the moments he is most grateful for, as it led him to discover a musical passion within, and what began his journey as a pianist, trumpet player, singer-songwriter, and worship pastor. Born and raised in Kansas, Brandon graduated Summa Cum Laude from Washburn University in 2000 with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and a minor in Business. He began teaching privately while attending college and brings over 20 years of experience teaching students from ages four to 67. Brandon worked as a general music teacher at Royal Valley Schools for two years after college and later as an adjunct instructor at Cowley County Community College for seven semesters. He has served as a worship pastor for churches in Topeka, Kansas City, and most recently, Ark City, recruiting and training singers and instrumentalists to be a part of his teams. While living in Kansas City, Brandon was also involved with two different bands, writing and performing original songs locally and recording in studio. His approach to teaching is personalized to the learning style and personal tastes of his students. While learning essential musical concepts and techniques, Brandon believes in having fun and laughing as much as possible. He recently relocated to NW Arkansas with his wife and three children and is proud to be a part of the Musicworks community.
	Kayla Malczycki - Piano / Voice Hello! I have been a music teacher forever. And I mean forever. I began taking piano lessons when I was 4 years old and teaching piano when I was 14. I have a master's degree in music education from the University of Arkansas, where I was a member of the Uarkettes and, later, taught group piano. I love teaching piano, voice and Kindermusik.
	Curtis Minor - voice Curtis Minor is in his eighth year as a Choral Music Educator for the Bentonville School District. In his first five years in Bentonville, his choirs at Washington Junior High School grew from 300 singers to 430 singers in seven choirs. Currently, Curtis is in his third year at Fulbright Junior High in Bentonville where the choirs have grown from 200 singers to almost 400 singers in the last two years. His choirs consistently receive superior ratings at region festivals and national competitions. Curtis holds a Bachelor of Vocal Music Education from Arkansas Tech University where he studied under Gary Morris, Holly Ruth Gale, and Louis Welcher. Professionally, Curtis is an active member of the Arkansas Choral Directors Association and serves as Chair of the Northwest Region. He is an active adjudicator, speaker, and clinician in Arkansas and surrounding states. For the last ten years, Curtis has been chosen to be a faculty member of the Arkansas Choral Connection Choir Camp at the University of Central Arkansas.
	Kelly Musick – Piano/Voice Kelly Musick earned her Bachelor's Degree in Music Ministry from Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO in 1991. There she discovered a passion for teaching private vocal lessons and later piano. Her career in music was destined long before college. Young Kelly always participated in church music, began piano lessons at the age of five, enjoyed choir, band, show choir and musicals in high school. While vocal performance is her passion, she has also conducted choirs, bands and orchestras. Ms. Musick educates her students in basic vocal and piano techniques that carry them on to advanced learning. Every student is encouraged to apply their skills through performance opportunities including theatre and recitals. Many of her students have gone on to professional, semi-professional and related fine arts careers. Kelly recently moved from her home of 30 years in Joplin, MO where she could often be seen performing on the Joplin Little Theatre stage. Other experiences include conducting musicals, stage managing THE NUTCRACKER and other ballets, performing with the "world renowned" THREE DIVAS, traveling to Europe with The American Opera Studio (Kansas City), managing her dance wear store, singing jazz at several downtown dining establishments and keeping up with her two daughters busy performance schedules. She now resides in the Rogers area and is very pleased to be an integral part of the Arkansas Music Conservatory.
	Ismaelena Serrano – Piano / Voice Ismaelena has a great passion for teaching and has been giving voice and piano lessons for 10 years. Upon completion of her B.A. in Music, she opened and managed her own studio in Dallas, Texas of 50 students in 2013. In 2016, she moved to Fayetteville to pursue a double Master's Degree in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting from the University of Arkansas that she will complete this year. She is currently a Graduate Assistant in the University's Voice Department, teaching undergraduate classes and private lessons. Ismaelena is passionate about solo performing as well as choral singing. She has placed at all eight National Association of Teachers and Singers' competitions she has competed in at both the state and region levels. Her most recent choral performance was with Eric Whitacre and the Eric Whitacre Singers at Lincoln Center in New York City. Ismaelena has been classically trained since the age 13, but also has an extensive background in musical theater, jazz, and contemporary and Christian music. Ismaelena loves children and finds no greater joy than sharing with them the gift of music!
	Katrina Twitty - piano / voice Originally from Northwest Arkansas, Katrina Twitty has been a teacher in the music education industry for over fifteen years, from the private home studio to the performance stage and college classroom, as a voice and piano instructor, choir director, vocal/instrumental ensemble conductor, musical director, opera scenes director, composer, arranger, vocal/instrumental performance coach, choreographer and piano accompanist. As a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), she has served on the music faculties of the renowned University of Denver Lamont School of Music, Red Rocks Community College and Arapahoe Community College Department of Music of Denver, Colorado. As a soprano, her singing and stage performance experience spans over 25 years, performing both regionally and internationally in a variety of genres, including Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Cunegonde in Candide, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Mrs. Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Marsinah in Kismet, Musetta in La Boheme and Lucy in The Telephone. Katrina has performed with the Passaggio Opera Company of Denver, Opera of the Ozarks, Utah Festival Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Mountain Chamber Music Society of Denver and the International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy and has placed as a Finalist in both the 2004 and 2007 Rocky Mountain Region Metropolitan Opera Auditions and Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition. She holds a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. Katrina brings a Classical technique to private instruction, promoting healthy development and function of the instrument, that can be applied to any style and musical interest of the individual student, including Classical, Musical Theater, Folk, Pop/R&B, Jazz, Country, Gospel/Contemporary Christian and Disney. Her heart's deepest passion is in guiding and inspiring students of music to discover and develop his/her own unique "voice" and performance toward becoming both leaders and teachers in the music and arts community.