Meet the Teachers

jacquie@reedleyschoolofmusic.com Jacqueline Johnson began studying piano at age 4 and organ at age 15. Specializing in early childhood music education, she has been the owner of the Reedley School of Music since 1988.  She is currently its director and senior instructor. She has been the organist at Concordia Lutheran Church for over 30 years and is a charter member of Concordia’s handbell choir. Her piano instructors have included Zenora Swanson, Ena Bronstein, and Sally Christian. She studied organ with Richard Galloway, James Strand, Laurell Huber, and Aran Vartanian. She trained with the Yamaha Corporation and taught in the Yamaha Schools for 14 years. Mrs. Johnson has accompanied extensively in the Central Valley and the Kingsburg School District. She formerly conducted early childhood music classes for the Tulare County Schools. She is a former Arts in the Schools performer and has performed throughout the valley for many years as part of a piano four hands and piano and organ duo with Zenora Swanson. She is a member of the American Guild of Organists and is a former member of the executive board. She is a charter member of the Fresno Pipe Organ Academy and participates in conducting Pipe Organ activities for students throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

Samantha Grabowski began studying piano at the age of six at Reedley School of Music with Jacquie Johnson. She has studied piano and pipe organ since then, along with learning other instruments on her own including guitar, ukulele, hand bells, and drums. Samantha spent three years working at various churches with their Hand Bell Choir programs in the Kingsburg area. Samantha has continued her studies with music in college, performing with the Fresno State Choir at Casmec. She achieved her Bachelors from Fresno State University in Music Education, studying under Andreas Werz. She has been teaching at Reedley School of Music since 2016, working through college and taking ownership of the school in 2022.