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Mrs. Alyssa Haffner Sonnier holds a Master of Science in Performance Science from the Royal College of Music in London and a Bachelor of Music in dual degrees of Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from Oklahoma City University.
While living in London, Mrs. Sonnier collaborated with many musicians in both performance and research settings. Her favorites include a music recording session at Abbey Road Studios, numerous interviews held with professional musicians for her research, leading sessions in a groundbreaking Performance Simulator, and the completion of her first, individual research project and thesis investigating how instrumental teachers foster practice strategies in one-on-one lessons.
Mrs. Sonnier graduated magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University in 2013. While attending OCU, she was placed on the President’s Honor Roll and selected for the 2012 “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” She was also a member of the Delta Epsilon Iota, Phi Theta Kappa, and Blue Key Honor Societies, as well as being an officer in Sigma Alpha Iota. She was later selected as a member of OCU’s 30 under 30 which honors young, successful alumni.
Alyssa Sonnier is an experienced performer and accompanist, having performed both locally and abroad as a soloist and collaborative pianist. She has performed in Austria at the Classical Music Festival in 2012 and in London in 2017-2018. Ms. Haffner has also performed with a wind philharmonic, many choirs, and numerous instrumental and vocal soloists in both an education setting and at competitions. Mrs. Sonnier's major teachers included Sergio Monteiro and Sandra Meyer.
Isabella Mullaney has been a musician for most of her life. She graduated from The Catholic University of America with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, with Vocal Performance emphasis, but she began her musical studies with piano lessons at the age of six and continued throughout college.
She is passionate about helping students develop a lifelong relaionship with music and the arts. Outside of music, Isabella enjoys acting, practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and watching the latest period dramas on TV.
Audrey Oden began playing guitar at the age of 11 in her hometown of Oklahoma City. Her first formal training came from Classen School of Advanced Studies, where she graduated with a performing arts diploma. She continued studying guitar at the collegiate level at Oklahoma City University.
After receiving her Bachelor of Music in guitar performance in 2018, she was awarded a graduate teaching assistantship to study at University of Denver. She graduated with her Master of Music in 2020 and a certificate in performance in 2021 from DU.
She currently lives in Oklahoma City, where she performs and teaches guitar lessons.
Melinda attended Longview College and studied Early Childhood Education, music and art. She started playing piano at a very young age.
She was the director of Walking In Wisdom Homeschool Co-op, taught Kindermusik, served as a Children’s Choir director for three organizations in the Oklahoma City area. She founded, directed and wrote curriculum for the Primary Music department of OHB & Strings.
She plays piano, flute, guitar & ukulele. When she’s not teaching she’s hanging out on her farm with her husband, three sons, a daughter in law and two granddaughters.