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: Lauren Cason is a life-long pianist who had her first piano lesson at age 3. She continued her piano studies through high school then went on to earn a BA in Piano Performance and an MM in Piano Pedagogy. She has taught private lessons for twenty years and loves understanding the unique qualities of each student she teaches. She is an active performer with a solid resume of piano work over her career. Currently, she accompanies Asheville Chorale Society's select ensemble, Tempus. She is also co-founder of the musical nonprofit, For the Folk and makes up half the roots music duo, Songs of the Folk.
Teaching: I teach students from age 7 to young adult. I teach all skill levels and teach in student's homes or online. My husband is a piano tuner if that service is needed.
Teacher Specializations: Classical, Music History, Pedagogy, Popular, Religious, Theory, Virtual
Performing: I am available for full wedding ceremony music and have my own keyboard and sound equipment. I am also available for background piano music at events for 1-2 hours of music.
Performance Styles: Classical, Religious, Improvisation
Email: lpmusic85@gmail.com
Website: Facebook Page
Phone: 803-640-2321
Address: Union Mills, 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.
Services: I offer home service piano technology services including tuning, voicing, and action regulation. I also specialize in the rebuilding of grand piano actions.
Email: John@JohnFoyPiano.com
Phone: 336-373-8026
Website: www.johnfoypiano.com
Address: Greensboro, 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: ajevans74@yahoo.com
Address: Asheville
Bio: I am a pianist, a composer and teacher and have taught all ages for 40 years. I taught elementary school music and was on the faculties of several music conservatories and colleges in Florida, New York and California. I currently teach piano from my studio in South Asheville. For more information email me at pcosier1@gmail.com.
Teacher Specializations: Classical, Music History, Popular, Theory, Young Children
Student Levels: Beginner, Intermediate
Email: Pcosier1@gmail.com
Phone: 949-244-8944
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: 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.
Serving: South Asheville, Fletcher area
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginner to Advanced, all ages.
Teacher Specializations: Classical, Religious, Theory
Other Music Related Services: Play piano for special occasions
Email: frank_argento@hotmail.com
Phone: 828-280-1307
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
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: 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
Bio: A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory(B.M.), West Chester University (M.M.), with post- graduate performance studies at Rutgers University, Ms. Boyd has almost fifty years of teaching experience. Her students have won numerous competitions and many have continued music study at major universities. She is a founding member of AAPF, and is its president for 2020-21. Karen is also a member of NCMTA.
Email: karenpianoboyd@gmail.com
Phone: (828)669-4869 or (828)782-0502
Teaching Locations: at student homes, Black Mountain, Montreat, Swannanoa, East Asheville
Offering Piano Lessons for: Beginners through Advanced, ages 5-90.
Teaching Styles: Classical
Address: Black Mountain
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
