Maya Parekh
Maya’s upbringing in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, laid the foundation for her remarkable journey as an aspiring medical doctor and multi-instrumentalist. Despite her youth, Maya’s early graduation from high school showcases her determination and academic excellence. Her musical talents, nurtured over a decade of piano lessons with Michelle Cowen, extend beyond the keys to include the […]
Linda Hudson
Linda grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and began playing the violin at the age of 10. She was a member of the Tulsa Youth Symphony for two seasons, participated in All-City Orchestra, the Messiah Orchestra, and All-State Orchestra for two years. Linda received a music scholarship to the University of Oklahoma and studied Violin, Viola, […]
Dave Mooney
Dave Mooney started playing the piano as early as he was able to crawl up to one. He started taking piano lessons at the age of 5, began playing guitar at the age of 7, string bass at the age of 10, trombone at the age of 11, tuba at the age of 13, and […]
Andrew Bruce
Andrew Michael Bruce is a musician and music instructor. He began playing guitar around the age of 8. He is mostly self-taught but he did take an occasional lesson over the years. Andrew was a member of the jazz band at East Central High School. After graduating, he went on to Tulsa Community College where […]
Katie Gatwood
Katie grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma City University in Instrumental Music Performance in 2004 and she did some graduate work at the University of Missouri-Kansas City at the Kansas City Conservatory. While she was in school, she was a member of the Oklahoma City University Wind […]
Melanie Robinson
Melanie is a classically trained pianist whose college career spanned three years at Virginia Wesleyan College culminating with her senior year at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. Following this, she entered Rhema Bible Training College in Broken Arrow and graduated in 1984. During Melanie’s time at Rhema, she began a career in private piano instruction […]
David Weldy
David has been teaching private piano since 1982 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Music from Southwest Baptist University, and a Master of Church Music from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Kansas City. He has been a full-time Minister of Music for churches in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and South Carolina since 1985. He is […]
Darren Armentrout
Years before Darren became a teacher professionally or even earned a music degree in college, he enjoyed sharing with people things they wanted to learn. Back then, maybe it was a math problem or video game, but he always found it exciting to see a friend able to do something new that they couldn’t before. […]
Brenda McGuire
Brenda McGuire started playing the piano at age 8. She has a Bachelor’s of Music degree in Vocal / Piano performance from Oklahoma Baptist University. Brenda taught many years of private lessons from her home prior to joining the Saied Music family in 2006. She has also always been an active member in the musical […]