About Us

In addition to loving spending every Tuesday evening with these talented men, she is currently in her 16th year as Director of Music at Newman University where her choral groups have performed at Carnegie Hall four times in the past nine years.  In her 32 years of teaching, she has gained recognition as a music educator and professional choreographer throughout the Midwest. Deanne has served as a clinician, adjudicator and director for music and drama festivals, various workshops and show choir competitions.  An award-winning choreographer, Deanne choreographs for several high school show choirs in the Midwest and professional and high school theater productions in the area. She follows her passion to perform theater and has been an award-winning professional actress in the Wichita area since 1991.  Some of her favorite roles include the Witch in Into the Woods, Abigail Adams in 1776 , Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County and Diana in Next to Normal.

Fun fact – She is an avid college basketball fan and has won her bracket challenge with her college buddies for the past 4 years.

Sean Hephner is a Wichita-born keyboardist, singer, and teacher. Sean has a BME from MidAmerica Nazarene University, as well as an MM in Piano Performance from Wichita State University. He is proud to have studied piano under Richard Bruhn in Wichita, Dr. Erika Kinser and Dr. Jessica Koebbe at MidAmerica Nazarene University, and Dr. Andrew Trechak at Wichita State University. He enjoys performing and instructing in classical, jazz, improvisational, and chordal music. Most of all, he enjoys introducing and cultivating a love and mastery of music in students. Sean currently teaches K-5 Vocal Music at Adams Elementary in Wichita, private piano lessons at Creative Keyboard Studio. and accompanies/performs in the Wichita area, both on the piano and vocally.