CAA Faculty

Matt Fiorentino

Former Middle School music/theater teacher Matt Fiorentino transitioned to Upper School music teacher starting in the 2026-27 school year.

Matt joined our Middle School team in 2023, and he has been vital in igniting passion for the musical arts. He has also played a pivotal role in numerous Middle School arts productions alongside MS drama teacher Megan Mahoney and 6th-grade team teacher Elle Lucas. Prior to joining SVCS, Matt was an Assistant Professor of Music Education at Arizona State University, where, among other responsibilities, he taught bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral courses on pedagogy, research, and writing. Prior to that role, he was a music teacher at Andrus and Chief Joseph Elementary Schools in Boise, where he taught elementary strings and kindergarten general music and prepared students for schoolwide performances. Previous positions include Director of Orchestras for Centennial and Renaissance High Schools in Boise, Broadcast Coordinator for the Aspen Music Festival and School, and as a private music teacher for Sun Valley School of Music and Idaho Music Academy.

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music, Music Education from Boise State University, and a Bachelor of Music, Music Education from State University New York of Potsdam.

David Fleming

David Fleming joined the Upper School in the fall of 2026 as the new Upper School Visual Arts Teacher. He holds a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Idaho. David brings more than 20 years as a dynamic, student-centered educator in Art, Art History, and Social Studies, sports and service.

David most recently was at Proctor Academy in Andover, New Hampshire. First as the Art, Art History, Social Studies Teacher, Dorm Parent, and Coach from 2001-11 where he developed and taught courses in visual arts, sculpture, design, and art history with interdisciplinary social studies components. And then in 2011, he took this role to Aix-en-Provence, France (2011-25) where he co-founded and co-led an immersive program, integrating art, language, and European cultural studies, and designed a curriculum emphasizing visual literacy, cultural history, and hands-on learning through field trips and studio work. Prior, he taught visual arts to grades K-9 at The Bement School in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Max Middleton

The Upper School welcomed Max Middleton in the fall of 2026 as our new theater teacher and theater manager. Max brings a wealth of experience as a director, educator, musician, and performer to his new role. A skilled vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he most recently served as a Theatre Instructor and Music Director at The Brunswick Theatre Project in Brunswick, Maine.

A graduate of Bowdoin College with a B.A. in Classical Studies and a minor in Music, Max co-founded a production company with a fellow Bowdoin alum that grew into Empathy Theatre Project in Boulder, Colorado, a nonprofit think tank for original theatre of all stripes. From 2018–2025, he directed all of the company’s staged work while also teaching and leading youth theatre ensembles and planning full production seasons. Alongside this work, he developed his skills as an educator, performer, and theater technician at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado.

The teachers at Sun Valley Community School are absolutely wonderful and have all at one point encouraged me, regardless of what subject they teach, to continue with my interests in music.Sofia '18

Being in the Creative Arts Academy gives me the opportunity to the arts that I might not have been able to at my previous schoolCharlotte O. '22