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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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
Bio: Matt Blanks originally hails from Olney, Maryland, and taught and performed in the Chicagoland area for the last 10 years. A graduate of Peabody Conservatory and Baldwin-Wallace University, he has appeared as a young artist with Opera Southwest, Tri-Cities Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater. Most recently, he held positions as Director of Music/Organist at Calvary Episcopal Church in Batavia and Adjunct Professor of Music at both North Park and Dominican Universities.
Phone: 301-221-0068
Email: matt.blanks.tenor@gmail.com
Web Site: SoaringSounds.as.me
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville, Weaverville, Marshall
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Adults
Offering Other Lessons for: Voice
Teaching Styles: Classical, Jazz, Popular, Religious
Performers’ Occasions: Accompanist, arranger-for-hire
Address: Alexander
Bio: Kimberly is a mother of two toddlers; wife of a double bassist & self-taught master of many trades; Eastman-trained professional concert pianist; sister of concert pianist Michelle Cann; director of Piano Lab Studios; and President of the AAPF 2012-2014 and 2017-2018. She loves Asheville and plans to retire here...but that's a long time from now. :)
Email: kcann98@gmail.com
Website Address: PianoLabAsheville.com
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Asheville, Hendersonville, Weaverville, Black Mountain, Canton, All of Western NC, Fletcher
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Young Children, Elementary, Middle/High School, College, Adults
Teaching Styles: Classical, Jazz, Popular, Religious
Offering Other Music Lessons for: Theory, Composition, Voice, Strings, Percussion
Bio: Emeritus Professor Benjamin D Caton taught for 46 years in the Department or Music at East Tennessee State University. He earned these degrees: BSME, ETSU; MA and PhD, The Ohio State University. Caton served as President of Music Teachers National Association from 2011-2013. Awards include MTNA Foundation Fellow, MTNA Distinguished Service Award, MTNA Teacher of the Year Award, ETSU Distinguished Service Award, Phi Mu Alpha Signature Sinfonian Award. Currently teaches piano in the ETSU Pre-College Program and is adjunct professor of piano and piano pedagogy at ETSU.
Email: caton@etsu.edu
Phone: 423-928-2478
Studio/Store Location, Serving: ETSU at Johnson City, TN
Offering Piano Lessons for: College and Pre-College
Teaching Styles: Classical
Address: Johnson City, TN
Bio: Elizabeth Child holds a DMA in piano performance from The Juilliard School. She teaches classical piano and theory to all levels at her studio in Tryon NC, and often performs in the Asheville area. You can contact her through her website at www.elizabethchildpianist.com.
Email: mechild@windstream.net
Phone: 828-817-4627
Website Address: www.elizabethchildpianist.com
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Tryon, NC and Landrum, SC
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Elementary, Middle/High School, Adults
Teaching Styles: Classical
Address: Tryon
Bio: Classical. Oberlin. U. Illinois, Peabody. Chamber music, sometimes lounge lizard.
Email: christineaclark@me.com
Phone: 904-910-2632
Bio: An international performer and recording artist, Dr. Cobb did post-doctoral study with legendary pianist Claudio Arrau. The New York Times praised his "solid technique, bronze tone and flexibility of interpretive style." While completing a Doctor of Music degree at Northwestern University, Dr. Cobb held a fellowship at the University of Chicago, where he pursued doctoral studies in musicology. He performs a broad repertoire of solo and chamber music, is a frequent performer on the Piano Forte series at the Asheville Art Museum and appeared as soloist with the Asheville Symphony, performing the Samuel Barber Piano Concerto. Dr. Cobb frequently serves as an adjudicator for competitions and music festivals.
Email: jcobbpiano@gmail.com
Phone: 828-551-3810
Studio/Store Location, Serving: Greater Asheville, Fairview, and Hendersonville
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginners through Advanced, ages 10 through Adult; coaching for professionals
Teaching Styles: Classical
Offering Other Music Lessons for: Theory, Composition, Voice, Mrs. Cobb (Gwenn) is a singer/voice teacher
Other Music Related Services: Arrau Technique training: using relaxation and body leverage in playing.
Address: Fairview
Bio: Diane has served as piano teacher for 10+ years in both Virginia and SD & as both traditional church pianist & worship team keyboardist for 40+ years in Kentucky, Virginia, S. Dakota & N. Carolina. Performances include: Buncombe Baptist Assoc. Choir Christmas performances at Biltmore & Grove Park, accompanying the AC Reynolds Middle School choir & bell soloist Christine Anderson. Diane earned a Bachelor of Music Education, majoring in piano, from Georgetown College, Kentucky, & Master of Rehabilitation Counseling from University of Kentucky. Not currently teaching. Interested in church piano sub.
Email: dianecoombs7@gmail.com
Phone: 828-280-5035
Address: Asheville
Bio: Dr. Jason DeCristofaro is the Director of Creative Arts & Events and Music Faculty at Warren Wilson. An active music educator, multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger based in Asheville, NC. Jason has performed nationally and internationally at many jazz festivals, and is in demand as a clinician, having presented clincis, masterclasses and performances on jazz improvisation at many colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Email: jdecristofaro@warren-wilson.edu
Website: www.youtube.com/jasondecristofaro
Phone: 828-273-8254