Meet Rachel Newallo-Huang

Founder & Director, Ivory Keys Studio

Rachel Newallo-Huang is a passionate and experienced music educator who has been shaping young musicians since 2006. As the founder of Ivory Keys Studio, she is committed to nurturing not just musical ability, but also confidence, discipline, and a lifelong love of music.

Rachel is an Advanced Teacher Specialist with the Royal Conservatory of Music and holds a Bachelor of Arts from York University. She has trained under several respected musicians, including Joe Ringhofer, Joan Leblanc, Ron Schmoll, Audrey Lam, Arianne Ewing-Chow, and acclaimed pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico.

Her teaching goes beyond the notes on the page—Rachel helps students build essential life skills like time management, self-esteem, and teamwork. Her students have gone on to achieve gold medal in international competitions, perform at Carnegie Hall, and earn First Class Honours with Distinction on RCM exams, with scores as high as 96% in Grade 8 Piano.

In addition to her studio work, Rachel has served as the Music Director at Grace Baptist Church since 2006. There, she leads choirs and ensembles, organizes children’s programs, and works across a wide range of worship styles, from traditional hymns to contemporary praise as a worship leader, pianist and keyboardist.

Rachel’s mission is simple: to inspire, empower, and equip every student through the transformative power of music.

Meet JENNIFER SADLER

Vocal Teacher, Ivory Keys Studio 

Jennifer has a love for music from an early age, studying keyboard, flute and voice, and earning her grade 9 certification in voice from the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music before being accepted into the School of Music at Queen’s University.

While completing her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance, Jennifer was privileged to study under one of Canada’s foremost sopranos, Stephanie Bogle, and develop her skills performing in various productions including, Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, “Into the Woods”, and “West Side Story”. As the soloist for the Queen’s Jazz Ensemble, Jennifer performed in the Canadian Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. After graduation, Jennifer moved to the Toronto area where she taught voice, piano and flute at Alexander’s Academy of Music as well as Kindermusik classes throughout the city.

Jennifer sang with the Juno Award winning Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, performing
regularly with the Toronto Symphony and recording the acclaimed Berlioz Requiem in most recently, Handel’s “Messiah” under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis. Jennifer lived in Japan for fifteen years and performed as a soloist for the Hallelujah Gospel Family, was the director for the Tsukuba Gospel Jukebox Children’s Choir, and a keyboardist for Tsukuba Grace Chapel. In 2011 she made a recording of children’s songs for Prontest Inc. Jennifer was a part of the music department at Tsukuba International School where she taught music to children from preschool to grade ten.  She is apart of the Wishing Well Schools in Markham teaching vocal and instrumental music for preschool to grade eight.