Meet Our Staff and Teachers

Alyssa Joy Claffey - Teacher/Owner

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Bradley J. Hershey - Teacher  
 

Brad has been actively teaching music and performing professionally for nearly two decades. He is currently the Conductor/Director of the Wood River Orchestra, a nonprofit that he has helped lead since 2011. He performs regularly with several ensembles in the Wood River Valley in the classical, jazz, bluegrass and rock genres.

Brad was Upper School Music Director at Community School in Sun Valley for eleven years until he resigned in 2018. He played double bass with the Boise Philharmonic for six seasons after playing for three seasons with the Washington-Idaho Symphony.

He currently teaches upright and electric bass, cello, guitar and ukulele.

Dr. Kimberly A. Ford - Owner/President

Kimberly is a classically trained vocalist and pianist from an early age. She toured the US and Europe with America's Youth in Concert in her late teens and had the opportunity to sing in Carnegie Hall, the Notre Dame Cathedral and Royal Albert Hall to name a few. After college, she decided to pursue a family and business as well consulting in the technology field. She has worked in manufacturing, construction, property management, retail, consulting and higher education. She has been teaching in the higher education field for over 19 years; courses in information systems, information technology business and strategy. Her most recent work experience was the Director of Data Analytics with a higher education group for the last nine years. 

Kim partnered with Alyssa in Sept. 2018 to open 5B Music Company to bring instruments, music lessons, music and more to the Sun Valley Community. 

Kimberly has an MBA, Masters of Science in Information Systems and a Doctor of Management in Information Systems Technology.