Bio: I have a soup bistro and gift shop in downtown Marion, NC. Additionally, there is a community space with a 1913, 88-note foot-pumped pneumatic Aeolian Stroud player piano. I would like to invite the piano community to visit and play the song rolls - or keys - for practicing, events or just for fun!
Website: www.marionparlorcar.com
Email: marionparlorcar@gmail.com
Phone: 828-512-0300
Address: 120 E Court Street, Marion, NC
Bio: I am a retiree and moved to the Asheville area about 5 years ago. I consider myself an advanced beginner/early intermediate student. Having been in positions requiring frequent travel, I have relied on online teaching for most of the past 20-25 years.
Address: Marshall, NC
Bio: Piano was my first instrument and then after several years of lessons, I switched to flute. I held principal flute positions in several orchestras in Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina, and also performed with chamber music groups. Now, no longer performing as a flutist, I have returned to the piano and am enjoying studying again. My focus is classical music. I have enjoyed accompanying in the past and would welcome a duo piano opportunity.
Email: Suzanne.Sutherland555@gmail.com
Phone: 828-216-7340
Address: Black Mountain
Bio: I was a music (ed) major and taught public school music for several years. Over the years I have played off and on and recently purchased a wonderful Yamaha piano and am now proudly studying piano again. I have greatly enjoying attending the forum's various meetings over the years and look forward to participating more as a member.
Email: sallietb@gmail.com
Phone: 828-768-3366
Address: 59 Loftin St, Weaverville, NC
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
Email: steven_b@bellsouth.net
Address: Asheville
Bio: I am a member of a similar but smaller group in Orlando Florida. We meet each month at a different member's home, like the performance groups in AAPF. We play mostly classical pieces from composers such as Debussy, Chopin, Bach, Scriabin, Schumann, etc. I consider myself an intermediate level pianist but like to challenge myself with more difficult songs. I live in Asheville during summer and fall and return to Florida at the end of November.
Email: bbroulik@aol.com
Email: jpkontaksu@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: Have been taking piano lessons for 3 years
Email: emerson10036@gmail.com
Phone: 828-702-8515
Address: Asheville
Bio: I studied piano through high school and am now studying under Dr. John Cobb. Hosted an Amateur Performance Group in July 2022.
Email: jmg29860@hotmail.com
Phone: 828-699-6528
Address: Hendersonville
Bio: I'm a beginner, hoping to learn piano again now in my retirement years, from the ground up.
Email: intjay@gmail.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: I am an enthusiastic piano listener.
Email: JamesFLNC@aol.com
Phone: 828-772-0638
Address: Asheville
Bio: I have been playing for three years, and like to play boogie-woogie and classical.
Email: bearkirb3.14@gmail.com
Phone: 828-301-7736
Address: Arden
Bio: Hello! I am Jake, have been playing piano for 5 years, and especially love classical music. I enjoy hearing and playing pieces those such as Debussy, Beethoven, and Bach, but my most favorite composer would have to be Chopin.
Email: maestrospock314@gmail.com
Phone: 828-301-7736
Address: Arden
Bio: Dr. Lapointe received a Ph.D. in Entomology, Plant Pathology and Botany from Cornell University in 1986 where he worked on insect-plant interactions in the context of potato glandular trichomes and insect-vectored viruses. From 1986 through 1993, he was Senior Scientist, Entomologist, at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) stationed in Cali, Colombia working on host resistance and ecology of Cercopidae and leaf-cutting ants. He was stationed in Bahia, Brazil from 1993 to 1997 where he conducted research and coördinated a multi-national effort in cassava IPM in northeastern Brazil and west Africa. From 1997 through 2018, he was employed as a Research Entomologist for USDA-ARS in Florida working on pests of citrus with emphasis on the chemical ecology of citrus pests. Of particular interest is the use of multivariate and geometric designs with response surface modeling to optimize pheromone blends for mating disruption. He is now working as an independent consultant from his home in North Carolina.
Email: SLL13@cornell.edu
Bio: I'm an amateur and student (studying with Deborah Belcher) largely focused on repertoire by women and BIPOC composers. I was born and raised in Asheville, where I first learned to love the piano (shout out to JoAnn Keener). After high school, I stopped playing piano, but moving back to Asheville during the pandemic brought back my love of playing. I’ve been organizing and performing at virtual benefit concerts for Midwest Access Coalition and recently performed at All Good Coffee in Weaverville to fundraise for the Asheville Community Bail Fund..
Email: hello.nicole.lopez@gmail.com
Phone: 828-712-1466
