Genny Rafferty

Genny Rafferty, NCTM, has been teaching for 25 years and is one of a direct line of prestigious piano teachers reaching back to Franz Liszt and Ludwig Van Beethoven. An award-winning composer and former elementary/middle school choir director, Genny attended Grand Canyon University on full music scholarship, graduating in 2003 with a degree in Music Education, Piano and Choral Emphasis, summa cum laude. She went on to become a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in 2008 through the Music Teachers National Association, a distinction earned by only a small percentage of private music teachers.

Genny has spent the last 20+ years accompanying choirs, soloists, instrumentalists, and pit orchestras throughout Arizona. She has served as an organist for her church congregation since 1995 and has conducted both childrens' and adult choirs and orchestras. Her musical travels have taken her across the U.S. and as far as the Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria.

Genny's students have gone on to study music at the collegiate level, earning scholarships, music education degrees, and other awards, including the AriZoni Award of Excellence. Some students have become music educators in school settings, as well as private piano and voice teachers. However, Genny prides herself on fostering a lifelong love of music that each student carries with them no matter what path they pursue upon graduation or the season of life that they are in.