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Meet Our Instructors
Lori Sager ("Miss Lori")
Adult, high school, and highly-trained younger students
Lori is an accomplished singer, pianist, choral and orchestral director, and vocal performance coach. In 2003, Lori expanded her teaching program by founding Miss Lori's Studio, offering private vocal and piano instruction serving hundreds of students of every age and talent level. The motto of Miss Lori’s Studio — “Inspiring people through music” — has been the story of Ms. Sager’s professional life.
Lori specializes in adult and high school age students seeking their absolutely highest performance level, auditioning for shows, and preparing for college auditions. She also takes younger students with significant previous training and high potential.
Lori holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a Master of Music degree in Music Education, both from Florida State University. The State of Minnesota Department of Education in Vocal and Classroom Music instruction for ages K-12 certified her as a music instructor. Lori is also an active member of the Minnesota Music Education Association (MMEA), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the Minnesota Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).
Lori's LinkedIn profile can be found here. Her full bio can be found on the Creative Team page.
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Bridget Cushman ("Miss Bridget")
Students of all ages, with a specialty in younger students and those just starting out
A Milwaukee native, Bridget has worked with numerous arts organizations as both a performer and administrator. From 2014-2016 she performed as a principal singer-dancer with the KIDS from Wisconsin organization and went on to be a part of staff for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Bridget studied Vocal Performance at Columbia College Chicago from 2014-2015, finishing her studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a minor in Business and a Certificate in Fine Arts Administration. During her time at Eau Claire she performed in various settings including multiple musicals and operas.
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Joshua Collins ("Mr. Josh")
Students of all experience levels pursuing training in guitar, bass or drums
Joshua Collins, a guitarist with a musical journey that began in 2015, is a stand-out talent in the Minnesota arts community. He is not only dedicated to honing his skills through professional training in Jazz, Rock, Broadway, and Pop but also frequently shares his musical talents with Aspire Music Academy in our productions. Because of all his training, Josh has been able to apply himself to many different community theaters including Open Door Community Theatre, Ashland Productions, Apple Valley High School, Inver Grove Heights Community Theatre, and Lakeshore Players Theatre.
Josh has been teaching private lessons since 2020, instructing in guitar, bass, and drums to equip people to be able to play for anything they might want. Most recently, he taught three young performs to perform as live band members (playing guitar, bass and drums) in the Open Door production of School of Rock. Josh is ready to get behind his students and support them in any way he can!
Josh’s LinkedIn profile can be found here.
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Tony May ("Mr. Tony")
Students of all ages, with a specialty in younger students and those just starting out
Tony May is a board-certified music therapist who has been singing and dancing at Aspire since day 1! Tony holds a B.M. in Music Therapy and a minor in health psychology from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and has provided music therapy to children and adults of many ages and abilities. He currently works as a medical music therapist for Children’s Minnesota and Gillette Children’s hospital systems in the Twin Cities. Tony started out at Aspire Music Academy as a student himself, but now enjoys continuing to give those same skills back to all new students through teaching while fostering the same inspiration through music that Aspire gave to him.
Tony instructs privately in voice, guitar and beginning piano. He has many years of experience performing, choreographing, and co-directing with Aspire Music Academy for Stars on Broadway 6, Descendants, Matilda Jr., Shrek Jr., Moana Jr., Lion King Jr., The Jungle Book Jr., and many productions of Summer Stock.
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Please contact Miss Lori's Studio at info@musicwithmisslori.com to inquire about seeing an instructor for private lessons.
All lessons are scheduled via private invitation to an online scheduling calendar.
All payments are via credit card online in advance of your lesson, at this online store: https://bit.ly/MissLorisStudioStore
Lesson rates are also available at the online store.
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