Jennifer "Jenn" Mueske - Director
Jennifer “Jenn” Mueske graduated from UNC Wilmington with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and has recently completed one year of graduate studies in Music Education at East Carolina University. Fall of 2024 she will start her 16th year teaching and is currently the choral director at Laney High School. Since 2009 she spent 11 years working in local contemporary music ministry and youth ministry at Wesleyan Chapel UMC and then First Presbyterian Church. Jennifer has taught private voice lessons at Port City Music for the past 3 years and also substitutes regularly for choir directors and contemporary worship leaders in the area. Jenn is also the soprano section leader for Wilmington's professional vocal ensemble, Wilmington Voices.
Sheryl Tjon- Collaborative Pianist
Sheryl Tjon began her collaborative pianist career in high school, accompanying choirs and vocal ensembles in daily rehearsals, concerts, and competitions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Minnesota State University, Moorhead. While completing her undergraduate studies, Sheryl was selected to attend SUNY-Stony Brook in New York on the National Student Exchange Program for one year. Prior to this year she completed a semester of private piano study in Sweden, which increased her exposure to international music performance and pedagogy. Sheryl has furthered her education with advanced degrees, earning Master of Arts in Theological Studies and Master of Divinity degrees from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri.
Sheryl is the owner of Sempre Piano Studio in Jacksonville. In addition to managing a
thriving piano studio, she collaborates regularly with vocalists and choirs in concerts,
festivals, recitals, and special events, and is an active adjudicator for piano competitions.
She has served for multiple terms on the executive board for the North Carolina Music
Teachers Association across varied positions, is the current Vice President of the Cape
Fear Music Teachers Association, and is a member of the Raleigh Piano Teachers
Association and NC Virtual Local Music Teachers Association. She is the former
collaborative pianist at Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC. When
she isn’t practicing piano, reading, or planning an event, she’s most likely watching
basketball. @semprepianostudio.
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