RACHEL NEWALLO-HUANG, PrincipAL Teacher - Piano and theory

Rachel Newallo-Huang is the owner of Ivory Keys Studio since 2006 and is an Advanced Teacher Specialist with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She has completed her Bachelor of Arts from York University and studied under the Royal Conservatory of Music for over 25 years, with her principal teachers including: Chief Examiner of theoretical subjects (2002), Joe Ringhofer and Examiner of practical examinations, Joan Leblanc. She also studied her ARCT performance with Ron Schmoll and Audrey Lam. Rachel has also taken her ARCT Pedagogy in teaching elementary and intermediate levels with Arianne Ewing-Chow, Examiner of practical examinations. In addition, Rachel has taken several courses with York University professor and world-renowned pianist, Christina Petrowska Quilico, who taught her the art of performing and ignited her passion and love for music. 

Rachel loves coaching, teaching, inspiring and spends a lot of her free time as the Music Director at Grace Baptist Church from 2006. She conducts musical ensembles, cantatas, Children’s Christmas and Easter Programs and helps prepare for various styles of worship, from traditional to contemporary.  

Rachel’s goal when teaching how to study music is to enhance her student’s life skills such as esteem, time management, discipline, concentration, accepting criticism, responsibility, public speaking and the ability to learn collaboration. Her goal is to make musical impressions that will last a lifetime.

JENNIFER SADLER - VOCAL TEACHER

Jennifer has a love for music from an early age, studying keyboard, flute and voice, and earning her grade 9 certification in voice from the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music before being accepted into the School of Music at Queen’s University.

While completing her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance, Jennifer was privileged to study under one of Canada’s foremost sopranos, Stephanie Bogle, and develop her skills performing in various productions including, Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, “Into the Woods”, and “West Side Story”. As the soloist for the Queen’s Jazz Ensemble, Jennifer performed in the Canadian Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. After graduation, Jennifer moved to the Toronto area where she taught voice, piano and flute at Alexander’s Academy of Music as well as Kindermusik classes throughout the city.

Jennifer sang with the Juno Award winning Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, performing
regularly with the Toronto Symphony and recording the acclaimed Berlioz Requiem in most recently, Handel’s “Messiah” under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis. Jennifer lived in Japan for fifteen years and performed as a soloist for the Hallelujah Gospel Family, was the director for the Tsukuba Gospel Jukebox Children’s Choir, and a keyboardist for Tsukuba Grace Chapel. In 2011 she made a recording of children’s songs for Prontest Inc. Jennifer was a part of the music department at Tsukuba International School where she taught music to children from preschool to grade ten.  She is apart of the Wishing Well Schools in Markham teaching vocal and instrumental music for preschool to grade eight.  

Brooke SADLER - VOCAL TEACHER

Brooke Sadler graduated with a Bachelor of Education, after having completed a Bachelor of Music as a vocal major. In her undergraduate studies, Brooke was mentored by Bruce Kelly, a baritone who performs in operas across Canada and around the world. Brooke has had opportunities to sing in operas and musical productions such as Dido and Aeneas, Così fan tutte, and Carousel, as well as a vocal recital. She worked as an executive member of the Queen’s University Student Educators Association, where she hosted workshops for fellow students and coordinated and participated in a daycare music program, with students teaching children music each week. 

In Brooke’s teaching placements, she has taught ear training, modes, digital music mixing, and conducted for the school band and choir. Brooke also had the opportunity to teach daily music lessons at Wishing Well Schools’ summer camp for preschool children.

Brooke has attended and volunteered at the Ontario Music Educators Association (OMEA) conference for the past four years, where she has learned the latest trends in music education.

Brooke grew up in Japan where she was involved as a trombonist in her school band and a vocalist in musicals and the school choir. In high school, she took vocal lessons under vocalist, Shimano Harumi, and music theatre performer, Debrah Grow. Brooke also studied piano for ten years and accompanied her class choir in school competitions.

Brooke has a YouTube channel where she posts her recordings of English and Japanese pop covers, which she sings and accompanies on piano. She also sings regularly on the worship team at Grace Baptist Church.