About ARK

THE STUDIO

Over 850sq ft of studio space with 3 pianos including a 6' Kimball Grand, a pop vocalist sound system, viewing mirrors and piano accommodations for small children. A large waiting room and windows that look out upon the woods helping students to focus!

The ARK offers parents an ideal place to spend your time while waiting for your child's lesson. You are encouraged to explore the acre of yard, we have an outdoor playset/sandbox/games/balls/picnic table with plenty of room to run and play for the younger siblings. There is even a small pond with fish and chickens to visit! Inside there are musical toys, WIFI, coffee and tea a warm stove/fire and comfortable seating. Plenty of on site parking, and its a perfect street on which to take a quiet walk - or we are less then a mile from the Centennial trail! If you have errands to run, head into downtown Snohomish or Lake Stevens in minutes.

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INSTRUCTOR

Amy loves instructing piano, ukulele and voice and has been doing so for more then 20 years. Her supportive and understanding approach to music pedagogy fosters student success and a creates a life long love of music!
Amy moved to Snohomish with her husband (a Theatre designer and technician) and 5 year old son Leander in 2015. In 2016 she founded The ARK (Amy Riffle Kouyeas) Music Studio to bring her love of performance and music pedagogy to the Snohomish community. Since then the studio has found a home on 109th Avenue and grown into an exciting, competitive and distinguished music instruction program. Amy has assumed direction of a vibrant music program at Zion Lutheran School in Snohomish where she teaches K through 8 and Preschool music classes, acts as music director for musicals (recently Into the Woods and The Wizard of Oz), developed a private instruction program and directs choir with many annual performances and tournaments. Amy is an active freelance accompanist in the Puget Sound area, she also just accepted an accompanist position at Peace Lutheran Church in Monroe. Recently, Amy acted as the music director at Auburn United Methodist Church in Auburn and as an instructor at 4/4 music in Woodinville! Amy is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and is active in local chapters.
  Amy's career prior to arriving in Snohomish is extensive and impressive. She has a bachelors degrees from Frostburg State University and a Masters of Music in Performance and Pedagogy from West Virginia University where she completed a thesis in child music learning styles and methods. She has studied with master professors throughout her career and and considers herself a life-long learner. She is an accomplished instructor of performance, music theory and pedagogy having served on the music faculty and staff at several prestigious academic and arts institutions: Richmond Heights Christian School (OH), Taylor University (IN), Mt. Union College (OH), Arts Place Inc. (IN), Garett College (MD) and Potomac State College (WV).
     She has founded and directed private instruction studios such as the Water Street Music Studio (Kent, OH) and honed her leadership and management skills creating a successful non-profit arts academy, The Tri-State Community School for the Arts (Cumberland, MD.) The Community School for the Arts used grants to bring scholarship opportunities and affordable music/theatre/dance/etc.. instruction to low-income communities and families and was honored with awards and recognition from the Maryland state governor, senators and other government officials and corporation foundations.
Amy has performed throughout the east coast and mid-west as a soloist or accompanist in classical, jazz, popular, folk and genres in many prestigious venues. Amy has music directed or been lead pianist for many musical theatre productions for community, academic and professional companies. She has also acted as a music director or accompanist at several churches both large and small in her career and excels at musical programming, choral arrangement/direction, directing contemporary praise bands and extensive piano and organ study and performance.
   Throughout her career Amy's passion has been teaching the next generation and providing private instruction that fosters success! She is immensely proud to have students who have performed around the country and have gone on to competitive musical careers... but mostly to have helped all her students find a love and appreciation for the arts, improve their academic performance, focus, self-esteem and especially, make a connection!

For more information about Amy, you can visit her online portfolio at: amyrifflekouyeas.weebly.com. Read about some of her teaching exploits on her blog: http://amyrifflekouyeas.weebly.com/blog

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email

thearksnohomish@gmail.com

phone

206.390.9479

address

4508 109th Ave. SE Snohomish.WA 98290

We are located north of the Snohomish city limits, central to Lake Stevens, Monroe, Maltby, Mill Creek and Everett. We are situated less than 1 mile from the intersection of Hwys 9 + 2.