Amy Pennington - Simply Music

Amy Pennington

Shawnee, KS, United States
Certified Teacher


Email	amy@injoymusic.com
Studio	InJoy Music
Website	injoymusic.com
Facebook	facebook.com/injoymusicllc
About	You could say that Amy was destined for a career in music. At just one week of age, Amy’s great-grandmother took her tiny hand and said, “This child will play the piano.”A graduate of the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, “Miss Amy” founded InJoy Music in 2003 and offers a bright future for children through Kindermusik classes and Simply Music piano instruction. Her studios, located in Lenexa, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, are ranked among the top 1% of Kindermusik studios and 3% of Simply Music studios worldwide.Amy is formerly a Business Coach and Mentor for Kindermusik International, helping new business owners from around the world get a solid start. She proudly represented over 5000 educators worldwide as the Communications Advisor for the Partnership of Kindermusik Educators, and has traveled around North America to speak at numerous Kindermusik Conferences. She has been teaching piano for over 20 years and is a former officer of the Kansas City Music Teachers Association.Amy and her husband Aaron have been married since 2004 and have a young son, Aidan. They enjoy traveling to different major league ballparks around the country and comparing the quality of nachos at each location.
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Trainee	A 'Trainee' Simply Music Teacher is the first level of teacher status. Trainees have begun their journey into the Simply Music Teacher Training Program however, they have yet to finalize their training and elevate to Licensed status.
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Advanced Teacher	An 'Advanced' Simply Music Teacher is the fourth level of teacher status. Advanced status is only achieved after being a Certified Teacher for at least 4 years and teaching students through Foundation Level 9 plus all associated Special Programs (Composition & Improvisation, Arrangements, the Accompaniment Programs, the Reading Programs, Blues & Improvisation, and Jazz Clues). An Advanced Simply Music Teacher has demonstrated that they are an educator with a high degree of experience. Advanced Teachers present the Simply Music Programs exclusively to their beginning students, and they have shown that they follow our carefully-designed curriculum authentically.
Master Teacher	'Master' Simply Music Teacher is an honorary position and the highest status level that can be achieved. It is offered by Simply Music's founder, Neil Moore, to members of the organization who have demonstrated, over an extended period of time, that they are teachers who possess exemplary skills and qualities. They are mentors and a model to their fellow Simply Music Teachers and are considered leaders in our teaching community.