Bio: I am a former competitive pianist looking to regain my skill after a few years of minimal playing and get involved in the piano community here in Asheville.
Email: madeline.bauer2014@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: Monique is an instructor and the Assistant Director for Piano Lab of Asheville. With a passion for early childhood music education, she pursued her Kindermusik teaching license in 2019. She is currently teaching piano, voice, guitar, ukulele and Kindermusik classes.
Email: moniquemccreary1@gmail.com
Phone: 828-575-8055
Website Address: pianolabasheville.com
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Young Children, Elementary, Middle/High School, Adults, Lessons in your home (teacher will travel)
Teaching Styles: Classical, Jazz, Popular
Offering Other Music Lessons for: Voice, Guitar, ukulele ; Kindermusik
Address: Asheville
Bio: I am a professional musician. Although the piano is not my instrument, I have studied it adjunctively for my education. I live in the Asheville area.
Email: websterwilliams@hotmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: I am a semi-retired performer. All non-classical styles, although I play a lot of classical piano at home. I have played professionally since about 1968. All non-classical styles. I have worked as a studio musician and producer in the SF Bay Area. I have taught music in public and private K-12 schools and college. Graduate degrees in Music Education (Boston University) and Musicology (UCLA).
Email: newdansom@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: It is our pleasure and privilege to serve the Asheville area. Please visit our website for further information.
Email: info@pianoemporium.com
Phone: 828-277-5566
Website: www.pianoemporium.com
Address: 828 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
Bio: I am available for contract work as an accompanist for vocal or instrumental recitals and choirs. I am also available for weddings and as background music for private events. I have a keyboard and sound equipment. I can provide a two-hour set of classical and contemporary music.
BA Piano Performance, MM Piano Pedagogy, I have over 15 years of private instruction experience both in my own studio, as well as within colleges and established studios. I love to tap into what my students really want to learn, as well as finding ways to challenge them. I love to play piano and often perform with choral and instrumental groups. I teach contemporary (chord reading) and classical styles, as well as music theory and piano pedagogy.
Email: lpmusic85@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenCasonPianoStudio
Phone: 803-640-2321
Offering Piano Lessons for: 8 through young adults; teach in the student’s home.
Teaching Styles: Classical, Contemporary (chord-reading)
Other Skills Taught: Music theory, and piano pedagogy.
Address: Columbus, NC
Bio: I provide concert-level piano tuning and maintenance services in the Asheville area along with piedmont North Carolina. I specialize in grand piano keyboard and action rebuilding, including hammer replacement and touch-weight regulation. I trained in piano technology at the North Bennet St. School in Boston, MA . Prior to that, I earned a BA degree from Oberlin College, where I studied piano. Currently, I serve as concert piano technician for the North Carolina Symphony and the Asheville Chamber Music Series. I have worked as staE piano technician for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC. In addition to my technical work, I enjoy playing both jazz and classical piano.
Email: John@JohnFoyPiano.com
Phone: 336-373-8026
Website: www.johnfoypiano.com
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Greensboro
Services: Piano tuning, rebuilding, and restoration Location: Asheville, and central piedmont N C Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville, along with Central North Carolina
Address: 600 N Mendenhall Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Bio: Aaron Evans is a Pianist, Music Director, Teacher and Composer with a degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Aaron has played for singers, instrumentalists and musical theater projects all over the world. Having a passion for travel as well as music, Aaron performed and witnessed music around the world with the Holland America Cruise Line. As a composer, Aaron has focused mostly on new age piano music and is a successful piano teacher to many young musicians. At the core of his musical self, Aaron would like to take people on a musical journey through his playing then bring them home again.
Email: theajevans@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: I'm a pianist and a composer, have a masters degree in music and have performed solo and duets,accompanied chorus and singers and played for various organizations and events. At this point I'm interested in keeping up my skills and meeting other pianists. Wouldn't mind finding another pianist to play duets with
Email: Pcosier1@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: I would like to join the piano forum to meet with other people who are interested in the piano.
Email: rg324@aol.com
Phone: 828-337-1582
Address: Black Mountain
Phone: 345-521-3739
Email: wbares@unca.edu
Web Site: baresmusic.com
Studio/Store Location, Serving: UNC-Asheville
Offering Piano Lessons for: College Students
Teaching Styles: Jazz
Performers’ Occasions: Recitals, Jazz Events
Address: Asheville
Bio: It is our pleasure and privilege to serve the Asheville area. Freeburg Pianos provides new and pre-owned pianos for sale and complete related services. For over 40 years, Keith Freeburg (registered Piano Technician with The Piano Technicians Guild) has been serving piano students, teachers, concert artists, church and home musicians. His sensitivity and passion for creating instruments that respond to individual needs has delighted thousands of discerning musicians.
Email: levi@freeburgpianos.com
Phone: 828-697-0110
Website: www.freeburgpianos.com
Address: 2314-D Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville, NC
Bio: Dr. Andrew Adams is Professor of Piano and former Director of the School of Music at Western Carolina University. He earned degrees in piano from the Kansas City Conservatory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of A Shifting Canvas of Expression: Analytical and Critical Commentaries on the Études by Philip Glass (available at Amazon.com), was the editor of Resource Handbook for Academic Deans: The Essential Guide for College and University Leaders (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023), numerous articles for Piano Professional (England), and approximately two dozen peer-reviewed articles. Does not have a private studio.
Email: aadams@wcu.edu
Phone: 828-550-0404
Address: Cullowhee
Bio: John Allen, Market President for Argent Trust Helping families flourish from one generation to the next
Email: jallen@argenttrust.com
Phone: Cell: (704) 906-6627, Greenville Direct: (864) 977-8805
Address: US Main & Fedex/Charlotte Office: 11020 David Taylor Drive #430 Charlotte NC 28262
Greenville Office: 15 South Main Street, Suite 901Greenville, SC 29601 - BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Bio: Daniel is a pipe organ builder originally from Texas. He honed his craft in the Boston area for 17 years before moving to Hendersonville. A musician and connoisseur of fine pianos, he currently rebuilds and voices pipe organs throughout the eastern half of the US.
Email: treasurer@ashevillepiano.org
Phone: 828-551-1580
Studio/Store Location, Serving: All of Western NC
Piano Technician/Dealer Offering These Services: Tuning, Rebuilding
Other Music Related Services: Pipe Organ Building
Address: Hendersonville
Bio: More of a teacher than performer, I have over a half century (1971 – present!!) of experience: piano lessons, classroom teaching (Pre k - 6th ), church organist/pianist. References available upon request.
Email: frank_argento@hotmail.com
Phone: 828-280-1307
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Serving South Asheville, Fletcher area
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner to Advanced, all ages.
Teaching Styles: Classical, Popular, Religious, Lead Sheet reading (chords, accompanying), classical improvisation, sight reading skills.
Offering Other Music Lessons for: Theory
Other Music Related Services: Play piano for special occasions
Address: Asheville
Bio: Will Baunach is a past President of the Asheville Area Piano Forum. He has been a dedicated pianist since childhood. After a career in high-tech, in the 1990s he took further music studies at Portland State University where he subsequently taught piano. Today he teaches using an innovative lab-based approach combining computers, keyboards, and pianos.
Email: willbaunach@yahoo.com
Phone: 828-687-9075
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville, Arden
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Middle/High School, College, Adults
Teaching Styles: Classical
Address: Arden
Bio: Dr. Deborah Belcher holds degrees in piano from Winthrop University, Indiana University and Michigan State University, and has performed as recitalist and collaborative pianist throughout the Eastern U.S. and in Canada. She has appeared as soloist with the Blue Ridge Symphony, the Converse College Chamber Orchestra, the Elmhurst Symphony, the Sammartini Chamber Orchestra and the Windermere Chamber Orchestra. Her solo & chamber music performances have been heard in public radio broadcasts throughout the Midwest and the Southeast. She is a member of the music faculty of UNC Asheville and is in demand throughout the Southeastern states as facilitator of the “Instant (Pop) Piano for Hopelessly Busy People” seminar. Dr. Belcher developed an affinity for the music of Latin composers including Astor Piazzolla, became an aficionado of Argentine tango and sometimes performs tangos joined by dancers on stage.
Email: deborah.belcher@icloud.com
Phone: 828-230-7343
Website Address: deborahbelcher.com &/or https://www.facebook.com/AshevillePianoExperience/?ref=bookmarks
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville, Hendersonville, Weaverville, Black Mountain, Canton, All of Western NC, WNC & upper SC
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Young Children, Elementary, Middle/High School, College, Adults
Teaching Styles: Classical, Popular
Offering Other Music Lessons for: Theory, Music History. Piano Pedagogy.
Address: Asheville
Email: steven_b@bellsouth.net
Address: Asheville