Mary Douglas
Goes by: Mary or Miss Douglas
Mary Douglas (she/her) is a pianist and organist born and raised in Mukilteo and south Everett. She began studying the piano around age 9, after watching her mom take lessons. During her second year of college, she took her first organ class and quickly became hooked.
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Mary studied Piano Performance and Biology at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, graduating in 2023. While at Bard, her primary teachers were Blair McMillen for piano, Marka Gustavsson for chamber music, and Renée Anne Louprette for organ.
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On the piano she has been featured as a soloist with New York-based The Orchestra Now during their 2023 season and the Bard College and Community Orchestra as a winner of their 2021 Concerto Competition. She previously played continuo in the Bard College Baroque Ensemble and was featured as an organ concerto soloist in their 2021 season as well as their 2023 performance of Bach’s Cantata BWV 35. Having recently returned to Washington, Mary currently works as the Music Director for Magnolia Lutheran Church in Seattle.
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As a teacher, Mary strives help her students build sustainable relationships to music that will grow with them over their lives. She encourages students to explore more effective practice techniques, more expansive musicality, and an increasingly developed sense of musical voice.
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In addition to music, Mary is also a biologist with a focus on plant community ecology. She enjoys working within and between her two disciplines, using music to interact with the world of plants. In her spare time, she loves being outside anyway she can, and particularly loves hiking and birdwatching with her family.
Mary is accepting new piano students on Wednesdays from 3-4pm. Please inquire through our Contact Form! ​
Johannes is currently accepting new piano students on Saturday afternoons from 11:30am-1pm. Please inquire through our Contact Form!
Jóhannes Finnsson
Goes by: Jóhannes or Mr. Finnsson
Mr. Finnsson, or Jóhannes, is a music teacher, vocal performer and music specialist. He and his family recently relocated to Mill Creek. Jóhannes received his Bachelors of Music Education with voice concentration from John Brown University in 2014.
Jóhannes’ love for music began at an early age. In his home country of Faroe Islands, music is a big part of the culture. He spent his childhood singing in kids choirs and social gatherings, and learning guitar and piano at home. In his young adult life, he attended a one-year music school in Coventry, England. And then attended university in the USA. During his time at college, he sang and traveled with the cathedral choir.
In his career so far, he has been a voice teacher, choir director and school teacher. Jóhannes has been teaching music to people of all ages and in various cultural settings. Before moving to Mill Creek, he directed a church choir and taught private voice lessons in his native country, the Faroe Islands. Mr. Finnsson also taught elementary and middle school music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for four years.
In addition to music, Jóhannes loves hiking and long distance running. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, cooking, traveling and exploring the outdoors.