Our Instructors

  • Christian Giddings

    Voice, Guitar and Beginner Piano

    Accepts all ages. Specializes in vocal coaching and introductory piano.

    SACO

    Thursday Availability

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    Delaney Clifford

    Preschool Piano and Beginner Piano and Voice

    Specializes in young kids, preschool pianists, music and movement/musical playground private lessons

    CUMBERLAND

    Limited Availability

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    Will Sawyer

    Piano and Voice Lessons: Ages 8 and up. Teaches All Levels.

    Specializes with experienced, advanced, and adults

    CUMBERLAND:

    Friday & Sunday availability

    SACO

    Monday and Tuesday availability (Limited)

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    Sharon Trace

    Beginner Piano & Musical Playground

    Accepts all ages. Specializes in early learners, beginning piano students and introductory guitar/ukulele.

    SACO

    Thursday availability only (limited)

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    Miranda McDonald

    Preschool Piano/Beginner Piano/Music and Movement

    Specializes in Beginner Piano & Voice.

    CUMBERLAND

    Wednesday availability

  • Jacqueline Savage

    Founder/Teacher

    Experienced in beginner students through advanced and adults. Availability on Sundays and Thursdays at Brunswick Location

    CUMBERLAND & BRUNSWICK

    Limited Availability

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Jacqueline Savage

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Teacher/Owner

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Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Maine and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern Maine. She is the Music Director at First Parish Church in Saco, where she leads multiple choirs, organizes worship music, and performs regularly on piano and organ. Jacqui also teaches Piano I and Piano II at Southern Maine Community College and maintains a private teaching studio in Cumberland and Saco, offering lessons, group classes, recitals, and student performance opportunities. She currently serves as President Elect for the Maine Music Teachers Association (MaineMTA), is President of the Southern MaineMTA is Nationally Certified through the Music Teacher National Assoctiation (MTNA).

Her background includes over two decades of church music leadership and private teaching experience, along with studies in piano pedagogy and organ performance. Music has been a lifelong passion, nurtured from early childhood through collaborative music-making with family and mentorship from respected teachers across Maine and New England.

William Sawyer

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Operations Director/Piano/Voice/Percussion

Saco & Cumberland Availability

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William Sawyer has been playing music for over 25 years. He is a Thornton Academy alumni and earned his Bachelor's in Music Education and Bachelor's in Music Performance from the University of Maine in Orono in 2013. Since graduating, he has been teaching general music and piano at all levels. While in Arizona, he built Empower College Prep's Music and ElectivesProgram from the ground-up for grade 3 through 12. While teaching, he was accompanying multiple choirs, theaters, touring groups and more. He was the lead Music Director at Phoenix Theatre's Summer Camp Program for 6 years and enjoyed Music Directing with professional theaters in All Shook up, American Psycho and many other productions. When he moved back to Maine, he became the music director at Cape Elizabeth Middle School directing their choirs, teaching general music alongside performance in Cape Elizabeth High School musical performances. Now he accompanies many choirs throughout Maine and continues to play live music with his band, The Philonian amongst playing solo performances and playing with other genres of musicians in the area.

When Will is not teaching and directing he enjoys video games, recreational soccer and basketball, composing and producing music, and collaborating with other musicians.

Christian Giddings

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All Ages Voice and Guitar

Saco & Cumberland Availability

Christian Giddings is a conductor, composer, and passionate music educator from Unity, Maine. Christian holds a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the University of Arizona and M.M. and B.M. degrees in Music Education from the University of Maine. He has taught and led ensembles of all ages and experience levels in Maine, Arizona, and North Dakota. 

A firm believer in lifelong music-making, Christian has devoted his career to creating inclusive, welcoming musical spaces, especially in non-auditioned choirs. His work has taken him to conferences across the U.S. and abroad, and he currently serves as Music Director for the Tri-City Community Chorus in Biddeford, is a Co-Founder and Music Director of the Maine Music Collective, and Choral Director at Noble Middle & High School in North Berwick, Maine.

Delaney Clifford

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Preschool Piano/Early Level Music/Baby Classes

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Delaney Clifford is a Teacher and Musician with a love for music. She has studied the piano with Jacqui Savage since 2012 and studied voice with Janelle Loscuito for two years. Delaney participated in the music program at Portland Arts & Technology High School where she learned the fundamentals of music performance and expanded her knowledge on music theory and audio engineering in their state of the art recording studio. Along with having many performance opportunities while at Portland Arts & Technology High School, Delaney has since performed gigs at Cadenza in Freeport Maine alongside other professional musicians, gone through all the Technique and Artistry training for the Faber method books and is looking to study in a music theory professional development course. 

While participating in church choir since she was nine, Delaney also ended up auditioning and getting a spot in her high school’s competition choir and won four Festival Disney Awards. With this choir, she performed at The State House, Portland JetPort, Festival Disney, Bonny Eagle High School, Tree Lighting Ceremonies, Football games and many fundraising events.

Currently, Delaney teaches preschool piano through intermediate studies at Jacqui’s Piano Studio, conducts a cherub choir and accompanies for the youth choir at Saco First Parish Church, and is working as a Shift Leader at Mexicali Blues. She has a passion for music and sharing the joy it brings. She is very excited to give her all in performance and teaching.

Miranda McDonald

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Preschool Piano/Early Level Music/Baby Classes/Voice

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Miranda MacDonald has a Bachelors Degree in Music education from Rhode Island College where she sang with the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Early Music Ensemble, and played flute in the Wind Ensemble. As a soprano, her specialty is in singing Renaissance and Baroque soprano music. 

After moving to Maine in 2018, Miranda worked as a music teacher in elementary schools in Westbrook and Gorham, and now is a teachingartist at 317 Main Community Music Center, mostly working with preschool age students.

Miranda has been musical her whole life, first singing Canadian maritime folk music with her family, then singing with the Rhode Island Children's Choir for eight years. She now sings with ChoralArt Singers and Masterworks choirs.

When Miranda is not working she can be found exploring with her two puppies, baking, or crocheting.

Sharon Trace

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Preschool Piano/Early Level Music/Baby Classes

Sharon has been playing music since she was in elementary school. She learned to play guitar with a church folk group and went on to teach guitar lessons at the local YMCA at the age of 16. She has a BA Degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where she sang with the University Chorale for 4 years and then with the Chamber Singers during her senior year. She then attended Springfield College where she earned her MA degree and sang with the Springfield College Singers and the Springfield Symphony Chorus. She was a member of Prides Corner Church choir for 20 years while teaching piano and guitar lessons at the church for more than 8 years. Sharon also taught music at Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish for more than 6 years and the Cumberland School District (MSAD 51) for 3 years. 

Sharon was the founding member of Tangletoons, a duo which performed numerous children’s concerts throughout Maine and New Hampshire for over 20 years. 

Currently, Sharon teaches general music at both School Around Us in Arundel, Maine and the Chebeague Island School. The classes range in age from preschool to 8th grade. She also sings with the First Parish Church Choir in Saco, Maine. 

Sharon teaches beginner through early intermediate piano using the Alfred Method. She teaches folk guitar using songs to teach chords, finger picking and strumming.

Sarah Heath

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Office Administrator / Social Presence

Sarah is a proudly autistic, agender, and queer musician and artist. They began piano lessons with Jacqui Savage at Standish Congregational Church at around the age of 11, continuing lessons with her for over 14 years. They now take lessons in the studio with Will Sawyer (piano), and Kelly Caufield (voice).

Sarah is a multifaceted creative mind with a rich background in music, art, and theater. Their vocal talent led them to be a singer in Jaye Churchill’s Musica de Filia throughout middle and high school. They have also been heavily involved with theater at their school and beyond, performing in two productions at Lyric Music Theater: Catch Me if You Can and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Sarah can currently be heard singing every Sunday with the senior choir at First Parish Congregational Church in Saco, Maine, as well as playing the timpani and occasionally providing percussion. Sarah is also part of the singing trio Sublimis Tres, alongside Jacqui Savage and Delaney Clifford.

Sarah received their BFA from Maine College of Art and Design in 2020, majoring in Digital Media (Animation and Game Art) and minoring in Music. They had one of their artworks displayed at the Portland Museum of Art in 2014, and have designed several logos and ads for various groups in their local community. Lately, they have been creating handmade earrings with plans to sell them and take commissions for custom-made pairs. They also have a series of acrylic paintings that show secret images when light is shone through the backs of the canvases. All of their work can be viewed or purchased on their website.