BEREAN's FORUM MUSICUM
Berean Academy offers the highest possible level of private music instruction. Our music faculty fosters a strong, well-rounded understanding of music while nurturing the gifts that God has given each student. All our after-school music faculty are highly accomplished musicians and performers on their instruments. Each performs regularly with various groups in the greater west Florida area. Lessons will be provided on campus in the upper school wing of the building. Parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from all lessons.
Berean students may pursue private instruction with these teachers:
EMILY GAIL HOWELL / Voice & Jazz Voice, Musical Theatre
Emily earned a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of South Florida, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Theater minor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has enjoyed teaching private voice and acting lessons for ten years, as well as teaching in schools ranging from preschool to the college level. Emily Gail has directed stage productions and continues to actively perform in the Tampa Bay area. She has been a member of the Master Chorale for seven years and has performed in Opera Tampa productions. She loves singing jazz and swing music with local and visiting musicians. Emily Gail is thankful for the opportunity to share her joy in a God honoring environment. Her teaching style emphasizes healthy singing habits which lay the foundation for any music genre.
DANIEL JOINER / Classical & Jazz Piano
Daniel is a graduate student at the University of South Florida. While working as a graduate assistant at USF, he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies in Piano Performance. While attending high school in DeLand Florida, he studied jazz and classical piano with Harold Blanchard. Daniel continued to study classical piano with Dr. Michael Rickman at Stetson University, where he received his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. While at Stetson, he received several awards, including first prize in the Wednesday Music Club Competition, the Peggy Cassel Scholarship Award, and Runner Up in the Stetson University Concerto Competition. After graduation, he served as the Director of Music for Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church. In addition to his involvement in music ministry, he accompanied music students at Stetson and performed extensively with his jazz trio. In 2007 they released a CD, “The Daniel Joiner Trio: A Different Standard.” Daniel also served as an adjunct faculty member at Stetson, teaching aural training and functional keyboard. Daniel and his wife, Danielle, currently reside in Lutz Florida.
RYAN STREET / Guitar
Ryan Street, a graduate student in the Master’s of Worship Arts Program at Liberty University, has been leading worship and playing guitar for ten years. A graduate of East TN State University, where he studied under top bluegrass instructors on mandolin and acoustic guitar, Ryan has been in the Tampa Bay area for six years. Founder and lead rhythm guitarist of the group 11:28, Ryan heads up the independent worship ministry of 11:28 and he serves on the worship team at Lifepoint Church. Ryan believes in teaching students not only how to play guitar, but also how to become worshippers of God and how to lead others in worship. You can learn more about Ryan and 11:28 at www.myspace.com/1128worship.
EMILY NOELLE WILSON / Piano
Emily has played the piano for 14 years, and began her teaching career at the age of 14. She is presently teaching piano lessons at The Centre at Idlewild Baptist Church, and also through her own piano studio. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a Minor in Music Academic Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communication. Her philosophy for teaching piano is four-fold and designed to be applicable in all aspects of life: 1) to teach discipline; 2) to teach problem-solving skills; 3) to challenge the “low expectations” inherent in most, if not all, individuals; and 4) to teach a language with which to express one’s heart. She enjoys encouraging her students to perform their best, watching them achieve what they at first thought they could not, and bringing smiles to their faces. She also enjoys playing the piano monthly for Idlewild, and playing percussion regularly in Idlewild’s orchestra.
The goal of glorifying God spares Christian artists...
from either overvaluing or undervaluing their artistic experiences.
- Leland Ryken