Offering music lessons since 2002

 HOPE IS A HOMESCHOOL GRADUATE AND IS IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR AT SNEAD STATE COLLEGE WHERE SHE RECEIVED A FULL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP. SHE BEGAN MUSIC STUDIES AT THE AGE OF 9 MONTHS IN HER MOM'S KINDERMUSIK CLASS. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS BECOME AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST AND PLAYS SEVERAL OTHER INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING GUITAR, DRUMS, BASS, BANJO AND ACCORDION. HOPE IS THE KEYBOARD PLAYER FOR THE SNEAD STATE JAZZ BAND AND THE ACCOMPANIST AT LESTER MEMORIAL CHURCH. SHE JUST FINISHED THE "70'S SHOW" WHERE SHE SANG, PLAYED KEYBOARD AND THE DRUMS AS SHE REPRESENTED KAREN CARPENTER AND CAROLE KING. LAST YEAR, SHE PORTRAYED BOBBIE GENTRY DURING THE "60'S MUSIC HOUR". SHE ALSO PLAYED SECOND KEYS DURING THE SHOW. HOPE IS STARTING HER FOURTH YEAR AT THE NEELY AS PRIVATE PIANO INSTRUCTOR. 

 AN UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR AT MOUNT PLEASANT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. FAITH HAS BEEN TEACHING AT THE NEELY FOR THREE YEARS AS LITTLE MOZARTS PIANO CLASS ASSISTANT AND PRIVATE LESSON INSTRUCTOR. FAITH HAS STUDIED PIANO FOR 9 YEARS, CLARINET FOR TWO YEARS AND WAS A KINDERMUSIK STUDENT AT THE NEELY FOR 7 YEARS.

SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE LESTER MEMORIAL CHANCEL CHOIR WHERE SHE SINGS SOPRANO. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, SHE HAS HELD THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE DECADES SHOW AND THIS YEAR, SHE DECIDED TO TAKE THE STAGE PORTRAYING LORETTA LYNN AND DOLLY PARTON. FAITH LIVES IN ONEONTA AND ENJOYS HER CATS APOLLO, CHEDDAR, PENNY, EVE AND FRODO.

 THE NEELY IS EXCITED TO HAVE MS. CAROLL FOR THE FALL SEMESTER AS A VOICE INSTRUCTOR. SHE JUST FINISHED HER FIRST YEAR AS THE NEW MUSIC AND DRAMA TEACHER AT ONEONTA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS A NATIVE OF ALBERTVILLE AND RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY. WHILE AT JSU, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE A CAPPELLA CHOIR, CHAMBER SINGERS, SHOW CHOIR, MARCHING SOUTHERNERS, JAZZ BAND, CONTEMPORARY COMBO (VOCALIST), AND WAS THE STUDENT DIRECTOR OF THE JSU VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE. IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, ALLISON PLACED 3RD IN THE MUSICAL THEATRE CATEGORY AND 4TH IN THE CLASSICAL CATEGORY AT THE ALABAMA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING COMPETITION. SHE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HER SECOND YEAR AT OMS/OHS. 

 THIS IS PAULINA'S SECOND YEAR AT THE NEELY AND SHE LOVES HER STUDENTS! SHE IS A GRADUATE OF JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN INTEGRATED STUDIES AND A CONCENTRATION IN MUSIC EDUCATION.

PAULINA GRADUATED FROM NORTHEAST ALABAMA

COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH HER ASSOCIATES IN MUSIC IN 2019.

WHILE AT NACC, SHE RECEIVED A FULL TUITION VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP. AT NACC SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE, COLLEGIATE CHORUS, THEATRE, JAZZ BAND, AND CONCERT BAND. DURING HER TIME AT JSU, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE A CAPELLA CHOIR, WHERE SHE SERVED AS ALTO SECTION LEADER. SHE PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL AND RECENTLY RETURNED FROM AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR TO BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS. WHILE AT JSU SHE HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN JAX STATE LYRIC THEATRE, VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE, AND CHAMBER SINGERS. IN PAULINA'S TIME OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, SHE AND HER HUSBAND ATTEND PAN CREEK MISSIONARY BAPTIST WHERE BRIAN SERVES AS AN ORDAINED DEACON AND PAULINA SERVES AS THE CHURCH PIANIST. THEY ALSO ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FOUR DOGGIES: LUCY, SAMSON, DUMPLING AND HERSHEY.

 THE NEELY IS THRILLED TO HAVE MS. EGAN ON STAFF FOR HER SIXTH YEAR. SHE RECEIVED HER THEATER DEGREE FROM BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE WHERE SHE STUDIED VOICE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS WITH JANE GLASER. MINDY HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BIRMINGHAM THEATER COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. SHE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL THEATRE WHERE SHE HAS DESIGNED AND PERFORMED IN OVER 50 PRODUCTIONS.

SHE IS ALSO CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER FOR COVERED BRIDGE PLAYERS IN ONEONTA. MINDY IS CONTINUING FOR HER SECOND YEAR AS TECHNICAL STAGE MANAGER AT VESTAVIA HIGH SCHOOL SHE IS MARRIED TO SERGEANT DAVID EGAN OF THE ONEONTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY RESIDE IN ONEONTA WITH THEIR SON GLENO. THEIR SON, LOGAN IS A FRESHMAN AT UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE.

 THE NEELY WELCOMES MS. ELENA BACK FOR HER SECOND YEAR AS PIANO AND SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTOR. SHE IS ORIGINALLY FROM NEDERLAND, TEXAS AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE MUSICAL BACKGROUND. ELENA HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED HER BACHELOR'S IN MUSIC EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. MS. ELENA BEGAN HER MUSICAL JOURNEY AS A PIANO STUDENT AT THE AGE OF 4. WHILE GROWING UP, SHE PERFORMED IN TALENT SHOWS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WON BEST PERFORMANCE AT A YOUNG AGE. DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, SHE WAS IN THE NEDERLAND GOLDEN PRIDE MARCHING BAND WHERE SHE PLAYED SAXOPHONE AND ALSO PERFORMED AS COLOR GUARD, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHOSEN AS CAPTAIN HER SENIOR YEAR.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, ELENA STUDIED COMMERCIAL MUSIC AT LAMAR STATE COLLEGE PORT ARTHUR. SHE PERFORMED IN THEIR BAND CALLED SECTION 51 TOURING BAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS IN HER COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

ELENA WAS A SAXOPHONIST, KEYBOARDIST, AND SINGER IN THE COMMERCIAL MUSIC PROGRAM UNTIL 2019 WHEN SHE TRANSFERRED TO LAMAR UNIVERSITY TO STUDY MUSIC EDUCATION. WHILE THERE, SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AT THE MARDI GRAS PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS IN

2020 AND ALSO AT THE NRG STADIUM IN HOUSTON, TX. WHILE STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, SHE STUDIED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. JONATHAN NOFFSINGER. HER EDUCATION IN MUSIC THEORY, EAR TRAINING, CONDUCTING, AND INSTRUMENTS HAS EXPANDED AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF MUSIC TO HER STUDENTS!

 WE WELCOME ZACHARY HORN, A 2025 GRADUATE OF LOCUST FORK HIGH SCHOOL.

HIS JOURNEY WITH MUSIC BEGAN IN MRS. DEBORAH'S KINDERMUSIK CLASS, WHERE HE LEARNED THE

FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC. HE CONTINUED HIS PIANO STUDIES FOR TEN YEARS AND, AS A RESULT, PLAYING THE PIANO HAS BECOME A HUGE PART OF ZACH'S LIFE. HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AND PERFORM WITH THE PRAISE BAND AT SOLID ROCK CHURCH. IN 2018, ZACH WAS HONORED TO BE CHOSEN AS A WINNER AT THE STATE PIANO COMPETITION OF THE ALABAMA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. ZACHARY HAS ALSO BEEN ASKED TO PLAY FOR CIVIC EVENTS, AND SCHOOL AND CHURCH ACTIVITIES. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MARCHING BAND AT LOCUST FORK THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS AWARDED A PIANO SCHOLARSHIP TO SNEAD STATE WHERE IS STUDYING WITH DR, MONICA BAKER. NOW, HE IS EXCITED TO SHARE WHAT HE HAS LEARNED AND IS THRILLED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHERS GET STARTED ON THEIR OWN MUSICAL JOURNEY AND HELP TO DISCOVER THE SAME PASSION FOR MUSIC THAT HAS MEANT SO MUCH IN HIS LIFE.

 MUSIC HAS BEEN A LIFELONG PASSION FOR MS. MEGAN AND

SHE IS THRILLED TO BE SHARING IT AS PART OF THE NEELY FAMILY! SHE BEGAN HER JOURNEY STUDYING MUSIC AND LIBERAL ARTS AT JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON A CHORAL SCHOLARSHIP. SINCE 2019, MEGAN HAS HAD THE JOY OF TEACHING BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE PIANO TO BOTH

KIDS AND ADULTS THROUGH MUSICALITY STUDIOS

MEGAN IS A PROUD MOM OF TWO AND BONUS MOM TO THREE.

SHE IS FINALLY LIVING HER DREAM TO LIVE IN THE CHARMING CITY OF ONEONTA. MEGAN CONSIDERS HELPING STUDENTS

DISCOVER THEIR OWN LOVE FOR MUSIC IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BLESSINGS IN LIFE, AND SHE IS EXCITED TO MEET YOU ALL! WELCOME TO THE NEELY AND ONEONTA, MEGAN KELLER!|

Our music history lessons will take you on a journey through the evolution of music. From classical to jazz to rock and roll, we'll explore the cultural significance and historical context of each genre.