The Ivory Keys Piano & Vocal Studio

Specialties

Lesson Type– Piano, Voice

Styles /​Genres– Classical, Country, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Musical Theater, New Age, Other, Religious/​Devotional, Rock/​Pop

Instruction Levels — Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Ages Taught Ages 4 – 70

History

Established in 1998.

Franchesca Retford is the president of The Ivory Keys Music Studio. She is a concert pianist & vocalist and a master teacher of both arts. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Musical Theater/​Opera Performance, from Arizona State University, and holds a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from ASU as well.

Her piano teachers include the brilliant Robert Hamilton, a pupil of Horowitz, Dr. Irene Perry-​Fox, Dr. Caio Pagano, Manuela Pagano, Dr. Andrew Campbell, and Dr. Hamilton Tesscarolo.

Franchesca is also a vocalist. Her vocal teachers include one of Broadway’s finest and current artists, Tregony Shephard, Judy May, Darlene Kliewer-​Britton, and Jaime Jordan.

She has participated in Musical Theater shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Technicolor Dream-​coat, Godspell, The Christmas Schooner, and many others.

Meet the Business Owner

Franchesca R.

Business Owner

I am an energetic teacher, full of life and am very passionate about making music. I believe that music should be produced with the intention to touch each person who hears it. Music has been a healing tool in my life and I have seen how it has blessed the people I’m able to come in contact with.

I greatly enjoy helping people of all ages in learning how to play the piano and/​or sing well. Whatever style of music you are interested in, I would like to help you learn it correctly, painlessly, and rapidly.

Learning to play the piano or learning to sing is such a great skill to posses. It requires careful guidance in all stages of education to ensure healthy playing/​singing habits, as poor habits learned in early stages may be difficult to correct in the future. Therefore it is paramount to me to provide my students with the best instruction possible at any level or ability with a strong foundation which will ensure great music to follow.

I hope to be able to assist you!

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