Instructors

Meet Our Team
Mrs. Boggs was born in France and spent the first 30 years of her life there. Since then, she has lived on three different continents: Europe, South America and North America and traveled all over the world. Her traveling taught her so much about other cultural groups and has given her a strong background to teach many different ethnic groups. She has been teaching private instrumental music as well as group classes to children and adults through her private studio, as well as teaching music courses, private lessons and group classes in strings at Holyoke Community College and at Westfield State University. She holds a B.A. degree in Musicology from the Sorbonne, in Paris France, a M.A. in music performance from the University of Montreal in Canada, and a MA State Teaching Certificate. She is also a trained Suzuki strings instructor from the Hartt School, University of Hartford, CT. Her philosophy is that anyone can be trained to play an instrument, not just children, like most people believe, and the benefits are numerous at any age. Isabelle likes to play different style of music such as Classical/Suzuki/Traditional/fiddle/Pop/Rock/Hip Pop/Modern/World and more to avoid boredom and have fun! She also tailors her lessons to benefit students requests. Playing music promotes relaxation and pleasure, increases mental alertness and concentration, improves and maintains motor skills, and promotes social relationships. You also get tremendous satisfaction performing with a group. She believes that performing arts enrich education, and certainly make a positive impact in the lives of students and their families. She shares Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's principles such as: “When love is deep, much can be accomplished,” and “Musical ability is not an inborn talent, but an ability which can be developed. The potential of every one is unlimited,” as well as “Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.”

Isabelle Boggs

Director & Instructor

Violin, viola, cello, Flute and Tin Whistle. Classical/Suzuki/Traditional/fiddle/Pop/Rock/Hip Pop/Modern/World Style

Emma Kales

Instructor

Piano, Voice, Violin, Wedding Strings Quartet/trio coordinator

Tyler Cook

Instructor

Piano, Musicals conductor and coordinator

Hannah Yeasley

Instructor

Cello, Saxophone, Clarinet, Ukulele, Voice and Piano Instructor

Arianna Lynch

Instructor

Voice And Piano

Tessa Capioppo

Instructor

Trumpet, Trombone and French Horn Instructor

Chris Phoenix

Instructor

Acoustic and Electric Guitar

Nico Stathis

Instructor

Acoustic and Electric Guitar

Luidmilia Emciuc

Instructor

Violin

Alvina Sychev

Instructor

Violin

Elizabeth Blais-Bennet

Instructor

Clarinet & Saxophone