About our Apprentice Teachers
Our apprentice teachers are our studio's most advanced and experienced student musicians. They go through extensive training in music education and pedagogy.
As exemplary role models for their students, they often operate on a waitlist. The membership for lessons with an apprentice teachers offers an amazing value.
They specialize in teaching beginning students and they truly love working with new students.
Elaina Hamarich
Elaina Hamarich is a passionate musician; she has 11 years experience playing piano and 8 years in violin, along with exploring several other instruments, all while sharing her love for music with others.
Elaina is an active member of the Boyertown High School music program. Since middle school, she has played piano in the school’s auditioned jazz band and violin in the select string ensemble.
Outside of school, Elaina plays in a worship band, adding to the experience with different styles of music and performance.
With a solid background in multiple instruments and years of playing in ensembles, Elaina is excited to help others explore their own musical talents and discover the joy that music can bring. She is available to teach beginner violin and piano!
Sadie Hanish
Sadie Hanish has had a passion for music from a young age. She has studied the cello since she was in third grade. Sadie is a member of the Boyertown Area Senior High Orchestra and Select Strings, as well as the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra as a cellist. She participates in Berks Senior County Orchestra and has been involved in the program since middle school. In 2022, Sadie received the Esprit D’Corps Award through the Reading Music Foundation.
In addition to the orchestras she is involved in, Sadie is a member of her school’s band, playing the French horn. She is also involved in her school’s Show Choir and has been involved in several of Boyertown’s musicals.
Sadie plans on continuing her music studies throughout the rest of high school and beyond. Sadie is thankful for this opportunity to share her passion of music with her students and is available to teach beginner cello lessons.
Mackenzie Keith
Mackenzie Keith (private piano instructor) has played piano since birth and has been teaching private piano lessons since she was 12 years old. Kenzie can be found as an accompanist for the Music Studio of Patricia Keith, accompanying churches around the area, and can also be found playing keys in OJR’s marching band, indoor drumline, and concert choir accompanist. She loves trying new things and has played over six different instruments throughout her life! She has previously danced with Visions Dance Company and performed in community theater. Mackenzie has experience playing in Steel River’s pit orchestra, singing with some of the music studio’s many choirs, and can be found playing drums with her band the moonwatered. Music is the most important thing in her life, and she strives to share her passion with her students and peers!
Verity Thompson
Verity Thompson has been engaged in music her entire life. She has studied piano for ten years and voice for five years. Verity is a longtime performer in Collective Harmony, where she can be found currently performing in the studio's lead ensemble, Berks Vocal Arts.
Verity offers private instruction in beginning piano and also assists in teaching our studio's Premier Piano and Music for Little Mozarts Piano Classes. She especially enjoys teaching students in programs such as Singing Time and Little Mozarts as she has an expertise in working with and motivating younger students.
Verity also pursues a rigorous academic schedule at school where her favorite courses are Spanish and AP Music Theory. In her free time, Verity loves to be outside, hang out with friends, play video games, and watch cartoons. She is also a quite talented ukulele player!