Mary Foil

Piano, Voice and guitar

Mary Endsley Foil received a Bachelor of Music in Voice from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from UNC Greensboro. For the past 20 years, Mary has enjoyed her career as a musical and stage director, a published lyricist, a vocalist, and as a private music instructor.  Currently, she continues to perform extensively throughout the area, while also maintaining an active teaching studio of piano, voice, and guitar.

Susan Royall  

Piano Instruction

Susan has been teaching since 1990. She teaches sacred and classical repertoire. Susan studied with Dr. Joan Winner for 10 years and has been a church pianist since 1980. Susan is an experienced accompanist of congregation, adult and youth choirs, and special groups. She sings and plays locally with family group and has studied with Joel Boswell and Linda Baity. She completed shaped-note studies in vocal and instrumental music with Helen Church in 1991 and attended Piedmont Baptist College for elementary, secondary music education and theory classes. She also studied voice with Mr. Gordon Smith for 10 years and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Ashwood University.

Daphne Nichols

Beginner and advanced piano instruction

Daphne Nichols began her piano studies as part of a musical family in her hometown of Machiasport, Maine.  At the age of 11, she performed with the Arcady Festival Orchestra on Maine Public Radio. She was the winner of the 2002 Ocy Downs Maine State Piano Prize and has performed on National Public Radio’s From The Top.  Ms. Nichols has played in master classes for Nelita True, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Marian Hahn, Gabriel Chodos, Jane Coop, and William Grant Nabore.

In 2005, Ms. Nichols graduated from the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where she studied with Jonathan Bass in the New England Conservatory’s Preparatory Division.  She attended Northwestern University’s School of Music and in 2009 completed her Bachelor of Music under the tutelage of Barbara Lister-Sink at Salem College.  Ms. Nichols was the 2007 recipient of the Jean and Harvey Picker Senior Prize in the Maine Bay Chamber Concerts’ Young Stars Competition.  In the same year, she won first prize at the Anne Gannett Scholarship Competition for undergraduate music majors in Maine.  In 2009, she was one of two piano finalists for the North Carolina Symphony Concerto Competition.Ms. Nichols currently lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  She has performed for the West Side Civic Theater, Salem College Pierrettes, churches in Trinity and Winston-Salem, and as an accompanist for college and conservatory students. 

Alex Janeway

Beginner Guitar to Advanced Guitar instruction

Alex Janeway received a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Classical Guitar from Brevard College. Since 1999, he has been playing a variety of styles of guitar including Jazz, Classical, Blues, and Rock. In addition to continuing his studies in guitar, Alex plays in multiple bands and also spends time in his home recording studio. Following his audio engineering experience with Charles Holloman Productions of Charlotte, NC, he is able to complement his classical training with a modern take on music in the professional world.