Meet The Owners
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Jason Rhodes: Homeschool Core Class, Musical Wellness, and Percussion Instructor
Cristine Rhodes: Early Learning, Homeschool Core Class, and AMT Instructor Inspire Studios was created by musical wellness educators Jason and Cristine Rhodes. "There are three elements to Inspire Studios; private music lessons, homeschool enrichment programs, and our performing arts programs. Each element was inspired by our own children. Combining our experience in music and arts, along with homeschooling our children, including a son with autism, is why we created a place where all children, no matter age or ability, can go to find, explore, and further their interest and love in the arts. Whether you come to learn an instrument, take our homeschool classes, or perform on stage, Inspire is the place to suit your needs." Jason and Cristine also founded The Inspire Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money for music and art programs for children with special needs. Some of their accomplishments are:
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Meet Our Staff
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Brenda Frank: Chorus, Voice, & Piano Teacher
Brenda Frank went to Northwest University in Seattle, WA on a vocal and piano performance scholarship. After college, she started her own business teaching private music lessons, and was soon hired as the Music Director of Overcomer Church, and worked there for 15yrs directing several bands, choirs, and smaller singing ensembles. She also taught preschool and elementary music at the private school. Today, as a stay-at-home mom of two, she still loves to sing, teach, write, and direct music for both kids and adults. |
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Sage Rhodes: Ukulele Teacher
From the early age of two, Sage started in music classes. She took violin lessons when she was just five, and later added piano, ukulele, guitar, drums, and more to her musical repertoire. She has also been in numerous musical theater shows. Sage has a knack for working with younger students and always makes lessons fun and engaging. |
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Emily Hammond: Piano, Guitar, and Violin Teacher
From a young age, Emily has been an avid and capable learner in any area to which she sets her mind. At age 4, she began taking piano lessons, and at age 8, she taught herself to play the ukulele. This was the catalyst for her interest and dedication to many other instruments, including the violin, the guitar, and the mandolin. Emily shows equal prowess and has teaching experience in the more traditional "left brain" areas such as math, english, and science. |
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Joshua Hammond: Tech Teacher
Joshua Hammond has been tinkering with computers for as long as he can remember. His father teaches high-level computer classes, and for many of his early years, Joshua sat in the room playing games and absorbing technology information. Like any other (sane) person, lol, Joshua takes some free time and spends it gaming and coding. He is self taught in several programming languages. While he is always ready to try a new one, he is proficient in many, including Scratch, and the website language, JavaScript. He's been playing games like Minecraft for quite a while and has a wealth of information to share. |
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Summer Hayes: Theater Director and Voice
Summer Hayes has over 20 year of experience in theatre both on and off the stage. Over the years Summer has performed in numerous musical productions playing characters from Maria in The Sound of Music and Sandy in Grease, to Sally in YAGMCB, and Eve in Children of Eden. As a member of Indiana University's premiere show choir, The Singing Hoosiers, Summer toured the country. As a theatre and vocal instructor, Summer has coached students for regional and state competitions, established the Garden City Musical Theater Club, and directed and choreographed multiple performances for youth from the elementary to the high school level. |
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Theresa Smith: Theater Director and Voice
Theresa has an amazing voice that is mature beyond her years. She has an exceptional ability to sing Opera and Broadway and began her classical training at age 8. With a naturally high soprano voice, Theresa has worked to stretch her range to lower registers giving her nearly 4 octaves. She enjoys sharing her talent and has been singing publicly since 2014. She has performed many musical reviews, including shows such as Les Miserables, Hairspray, Wicked, Guys and Dolls, and Oliver. |
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Jase Rhodes: Studio Engineer, Studio Musician, Songwriter
Jase has been surrounded by music his whole life. He showed a natural talent at the young age of three by picking out tunes by ear on his toy xylophone. At age nine he began playing guitar and performing on stage. A year later he added drums and bass to his repertoire. In middle school, Jase began writing music (lyrics/instrument arrangements), and began dabbling in recording. That is when he discovered his passion for music production. At age fifteen he immersed himself in to the recording arts and now works with bands nationally recording, mixing, mastering, and producing. |
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Jacob Rhodes: Computer Science Instructor
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