Our Instructors

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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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    Kelly Caufield

    Voice and Theatre

    Accepts all ages. Specializes in musical theatre, middle school age, and high school age.

    CUMBERLAND

    Thursday availability only (limited)

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    Sabrina Gallego

    Beginner piano

    Specializes in beginner piano, music and movement, musical playground private lessons.

    SACO

    Sunday & Friday availability

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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

    Specializes with experienced students and adults. No Availability

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Jacqueline Savage

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Teacher/Owner

No current availability.

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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/Teacher

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 Electives Program 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. 

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

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.

Sabrina Gallego

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Specializes with Beginners & Kids

Saco Availability

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Sabrina Gallego is beyond excited to begin teaching at Jacqui's Piano Studio! An arts educator specializing in Music Education and Theatre who will graduate from the University of Southern Maine this May, Sabrina has a special relationship with the piano. From age 7, Sabrina self-taught herself, using only her musical ear and a lot of encouragement from her parents to play the music she heard all around her. One comprehensive musical education in high school later, she took lessons with Dr. Audrey Kaiser at the Community College of Rhode Island for a year, followed by 5 productive years with Dr. Laura Kargul at the University of Southern Maine. Sabrina knows just how important informal piano learning is as any formal learning, and is excited to find what balance is just right for any student!

She primarily works as a music director- having recently worked with Lyric Music Theater, Maddy's Theatre at CMTM, STAGES Youth Theatre, and South Portland HS. She performs onstage when the opportunity arises, as well, but will be starting life as a full-time classroom music teacher this fall! Sabrina believes a more accessible, inclusive, and diverse landscape in the arts is necessary to keep it alive and thriving, and is committed to that mission at every opportunity. 

Miranda McDonald

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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.

Sarah Heath

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Administrative Assistant/Graphic Design Collaborator

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Sarah H. Heath graduated from Maine College of Art (Now Maine College of Art and Design) in 2020 with a BFA in Animation and Game Art (Digital Media) and a minor in Music. Sarah has been a student of Jacqui’s since they were 11 years old, first meeting Jacqui at Standish Congregational Church. They currently work as an administrative assistant and graphic design collaborator for the studio, designing and creating logos, flyers, and posters for all events, communicating with parents and students about scheduling and billing, and generally doing whatever Jacqui needs them to do. Sarah also works as Jacqui’s assistant at First Parish Congregational Church in Saco, singing in the senior choir and sometimes adding percussion.

When not working, Sarah is a freelance singer/songwriter, musician, and artist. They are a big-time music lover with some of their favorite artists including The Beatles, Janelle Monáe, Green Day, Fleet Foxes, Beastie Boys, Barenaked Ladies, Radiohead, U2, Gorillaz, and Todd Rundgren among countless others. Lots of their work can be found on their website Heathen Music and Art!