Encore Creative Center
  • Welcome
  • Free Demo Days
  • About
    • Testimonials
    • Instructors
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder-Director
    • FAQ's
    • Franchise Opportunities
  • Private Lessons
  • 2025-2026 Classes
  • Summer 2025
    • Summer 2025 Weekly
    • Summer Variety Camps (ages 5-10) at Meridian
    • Summer Special Topic Intensives at Eagle
    • Summer Youth Symphony 2025
    • Piano Alive / Uke Alive
    • Group Class Descriptions
  • Micro School
  • Community Arts Rave - June 14 2025
  • Broadway at Encore
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Teen Nights
    • Recent Past Events >
      • Spring 2025 Showcase
      • Free Open Mics
      • Spring Day Camps
      • Spring Bouquet Workshop
      • Branch Weaving Workshops
      • Collage & Mixed Media Workshops
      • Musical Production Workshops
      • Fall 2024 Showcase
      • Gift Making Workshops
      • Cinematography and Editing Course
      • Date Nights (Creative Kids' Care)
      • Free Aspiring Authors Group
      • Rug Painting Workshop
      • Petals and Pumpkins
      • Pour Painting Workshop
      • Mary Poppins 2024
      • Purely Danika: Immersive Solo Concert
      • Rock Painting Workshop
      • Spring 2024 Showcase
      • Teen Glow Night
      • Valentine's Craft Night
      • Tony Segale Brush Lettering Immersive Workshop
  • Students / Signups
    • New Student Registration
    • Student Resources >
      • Current Student Portal
      • Spring 2025 Recital Signups
      • Policies + FAQ
      • Financial Help
      • Emerging Creatives Scholarship Application
      • Withdrawal Form
      • Merch
      • Promo Partners
      • Certifications
      • Musical Learning Styles
      • Songs that teach music
      • Shine Again
  • Services
    • Encore the Magazine
    • Recording Studio
    • Starrharrt Symphonic
    • Private Parties
    • Field Trips
    • Rental Instruments
    • Advertise with Us
  • Contact

Encore Instructors

Each member of our team is carefully selected for their positivity, professionality, and expertise. All instructors at the center have passed background checks and maintain a friendly, results-oriented code of conduct while teaching at Encore. Our regular staff meetings and proprietary teaching guides draw all our teachers together in intentionality and effectiveness.

We currently have 45 instructors across both Treasure Valley, Idaho centers. We believe each instructor has a wonderful perspective and style to share from, and our team is always glad to help each student find the instructor fit that's best for them.

We now have personality profiling on most instructors' profile pages to help in your search for a good fit. Some instructors are more the quiet, patient type, while others are especially gregarious and free-spirited, and we believe it takes a diverse team to serve a diverse community. The bottom line is that we believe in the genius of every person, and if your instructor doesn't help you feel more like a genius as you are learning, please let us know by calling Student Relations at 208-254-0560. Our director and management team are serious about maintaining a quality team and building truly worthwhile student-instructor relationships. 
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Click on each instructor to see their bio, videos or photos of their work, available classes, and to book private lessons.
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Danika Starrharrt
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(Founder, Owner-Director)

Choir and Symphony, Musical Theatre, Artist Development
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Sunny Ahrens
Flute, General Music & Beginning Piano
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
​Justin Baird

Filmmaking, Acting
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EAGLE
Barbara Balkin
Fiber art, Collage, Painting
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S MERIDIAN
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Faith Brown
(Accounts Manager)
​Cello, Scholastic Tutoring, Recorder
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Lisa Cheney
Drawing, Visual Journaling, Mixed Media Arts
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EAGLE
Debbie Crutchfield
Herbalism, Math, Writing
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EAGLE
Katie Two-Dogs
Theatre, Film
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Emma D'Andrea
Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Bass
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Paul Darcy
Clarinet, Saxophone
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Noah Douglass
Drums, Guitar, Songwriting, Worship Music
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EAGLE
Scott "Scotcho" Eisele
Guitar, Keyboard, Production
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S MERIDIAN
Elaine Ford
Piano, Voice, Ukulele
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S MERIDIAN
Nick Harker
Violin
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EAGLE
Cody Hazelle
Piano, Guitar, Bass, Songwriting, Composition, and Production
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EAGLE
Jen Graf
​Micro School
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S MERIDIAN
Melanie Henry
Piano, Violin, Viola
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Eagle
Kaiden Howell
Piano, Acting
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Kristin Jenkins 
(Administration)
Piano, Sewing, Voice, Ukulele
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Kendra Kae
Voice, Ukulele, Songwriting
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EAGLE
Rachel Kitzmiller
Violin, Clay and Sculpture
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Sharon Tokatlian
Voice, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Pottery, Tap Dance, Theatre
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S MERIDIAN
Daniel Maggard
​Improv, Theatre
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EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Dylan Olson
Guitar, Piano, Drums, Recording Production
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S MERIDIAN
Jordan Mayer
​Jazz/Classical Piano
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​EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Bruce Mills
Trumpet, Horn
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Trudy Kelly
Violin
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EAGLE
Daylyn Swanson
Harp, Piano
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EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Jason Rippetoe
Magic
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S MERIDIAN
Adele Mae Rose
Voice, Guitar, Piano, Songwriting, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
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S MERIDIAN, EAGLE
Azrael Spektor
Violin, Guitar, Theatre
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EAGLE
Jade Stanley
Administration and Placements
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EAGLE
Christine Todd
Digital Design, Art, Voice, Ukulele
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EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Max Vanderlaan
Woodworking, Technology
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EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Melissa Vanderlaan
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Culinary Arts
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S MERIDIAN
Krissy Vollrath

​​Multi-Media Art
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EAGLE
Carrie Walker
Oils, Pastels, Illustration, Watercolor
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EAGLE
Alex Wargo
Guitar, Ukulele, Drums, Bass, Piano, Composition
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EAGLE
Dyah Ariningtyas "Arin" Hening
Student Relations
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EAGLE, S MERIDIAN
Athena Hoxsey
(Events Manager)
​Musical Theatre, Knitting/Crocheting, Voice, Ukulele
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EAGLE
Esther Kazian
​Piano, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone

Teen Assistants
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EAGLE
Gabe Carson
TEEN ASSISTANT
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EAGLE
Grace Wright
​TEEN ASSISTANT
 

​Join the Joy - Live the Excellence
We are one community and one mission, but two Treasure Valley locations for your convenience.
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FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE: Open an Encore near you

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NORTH TREASURE VALLEY CENTER 
1045 S Ancona Ave #140, Eagle, ID 83616
Desk Hours:
​​Mon-Fri 11:00am-7:00pm
208-570-9674

(The center is also open for students during any other scheduled lessons or classes.)
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SOUTH TREASURE VALLEY CENTER
3017 S Meridian Rd, Meridian, ID 83642
Desk Hours:
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​Mon-Fri 11:00am-7:00pm
208-570-9622

(The center is also open for students during any other scheduled lessons or classes.)


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  • Welcome
  • Free Demo Days
  • About
    • Testimonials
    • Instructors
    • Our Story
    • Our Founder-Director
    • FAQ's
    • Franchise Opportunities
  • Private Lessons
  • 2025-2026 Classes
  • Summer 2025
    • Summer 2025 Weekly
    • Summer Variety Camps (ages 5-10) at Meridian
    • Summer Special Topic Intensives at Eagle
    • Summer Youth Symphony 2025
    • Piano Alive / Uke Alive
    • Group Class Descriptions
  • Micro School
  • Community Arts Rave - June 14 2025
  • Broadway at Encore
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Teen Nights
    • Recent Past Events >
      • Spring 2025 Showcase
      • Free Open Mics
      • Spring Day Camps
      • Spring Bouquet Workshop
      • Branch Weaving Workshops
      • Collage & Mixed Media Workshops
      • Musical Production Workshops
      • Fall 2024 Showcase
      • Gift Making Workshops
      • Cinematography and Editing Course
      • Date Nights (Creative Kids' Care)
      • Free Aspiring Authors Group
      • Rug Painting Workshop
      • Petals and Pumpkins
      • Pour Painting Workshop
      • Mary Poppins 2024
      • Purely Danika: Immersive Solo Concert
      • Rock Painting Workshop
      • Spring 2024 Showcase
      • Teen Glow Night
      • Valentine's Craft Night
      • Tony Segale Brush Lettering Immersive Workshop
  • Students / Signups
    • New Student Registration
    • Student Resources >
      • Current Student Portal
      • Spring 2025 Recital Signups
      • Policies + FAQ
      • Financial Help
      • Emerging Creatives Scholarship Application
      • Withdrawal Form
      • Merch
      • Promo Partners
      • Certifications
      • Musical Learning Styles
      • Songs that teach music
      • Shine Again
  • Services
    • Encore the Magazine
    • Recording Studio
    • Starrharrt Symphonic
    • Private Parties
    • Field Trips
    • Rental Instruments
    • Advertise with Us
  • Contact