TEACHERS
Eliana Franzenburg
Piano/Voice/Guitar Instructor
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Eliana Franzenburg is a singer and musician. She plays guitar and piano and she has been immersed in music since she was 5. Eliana loves performing, producing, and teaching. On any given day you can find her playing anything from Elvis, to Johnny Cash, to the Beatles.
Eliana's passion is to impart a love and joy for music to every student... even to the point of them looking forward to practicing! She also makes a point of tailoring the lessons to each student's needs.
Kyle Pape
Owner/Instructor
Kyle has been a performing musician since he was a teenager. He plays guitar, piano, drums, and most brass and woodwind instruments. He is the owner of Kyle Pape Music and is a member of the band Kelly and Kyle with his wife, Kelly. Kyle studied music education at The University of Iowa and has an MS in Education from SUNY, The State University of New York. Kyle is currently the 5-12 Instrumental Music Educator at Van Meter Community School District. He is dedicated to teaching others about music and seeing them grow in their understanding and passion for music.
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Mary Ann Hellenga
Piano/Choir/Violin
Mary Ann Hellenga lives in Urbandale with her husband Aaron where she homeschools her three teenagers, Abby, Daniel, and Matthew. She accompanies the Van Meter junior and senior high choirs, Heartland Youth Choir and the Joy Singers homeschool high school choir. She has led the homeschool choir for her co-op for the past 6 years. She also plays the piano for her church. She is passionate about instilling a love of music in children of all ages.
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Kelly Pape
Owner/Piano/Flute/Spanish Instructor
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Kelly Pape is a classically trained pianist. She studied classical piano through private lessons for ten years as a child and has been teaching piano to students of all ages for 12 years. In addition to piano, Kelly took up the flute at the age of 10 and formally studied for 8 years. She has an MS in Education through SUNY, The State University of New York, and has a passion for teaching, inspiring, and encouraging students to reach their goals. She actively is a member of the band Kelly and Kyle.
Kelly has a BA in Spanish from The University of Iowa. She lived and taught in Spain and Mexico for a total of 6 years. She loves teaching Spanish to learners of all levels and ages and is excited to develop Spanish language skills in her students.
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Karen Landolt
Piano
Karen graduated with a B.Sci. in Sacred Music with piano from Faith Baptist Bible College in 2001. She's taught piano in her home for 15 years, judged for various piano competitions, and then took a break from having her own piano studio to teach her own children piano along with all their other education. Her other occupations beyond teaching are raising their seven children and helping run Her husband's remodeling business.
Brianne Schildberg
Piano/Voice
Brianne Schildberg is a Vocal Music Education teacher. Brianne studied music at Central College in Pella, IA, graduating in 2009 with her vocal music education degree. She has been teaching for 15 years now: 3 years in a K-12 School district in southeast Iowa, 6 years as the 6-12th grade choral director at Van Meter and is currently in her 6th year of teaching K-6th grade at the elementary school in Van Meter. While vocal studies was her major in college, she enjoys playing and teaching piano and ukulele. Brianne lives in Adel with her husband David and their three children: Oliver (8), Connor (5) and Cecelia (2).
Heather Barker
Piano/Voice
Ms. Barker comes from Center Point, Iowa. She graduated in May of 2018 from Luther College with a B.A. degree, where she majored in Vocal Music Education and minored in Spanish.