Our pedagogy alumni hold positions at universities, public schools, and community music schools, and operate their own independent studios across the country.

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE TEACHING

Nayoung Coogle (2016): Adjunct instructor, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX

Lynn Worcester, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2012; D.M.A.,, University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor and Chair of the Keyboard Area at the University of Tennessee- Chattanooga
Previous: Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, and the University of Northern Iowa

Thomas Harbin, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and performance, 2015
Staff Accompanist, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

Liz Kohl, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2012
Yoga for Musicians Instructor, Portland State University, OR
Director of Piano Studios and Co-Director of Education at Hoffman Academy of Music
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Sara Steele, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2011; currently a DMA student in collaborative piano at the University of North Texas
Previous: Faculty Associate in Piano and Opera Theater, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO

Joshua Straub (MM Piano Performance, 2009): Post-Graduate Diploma at Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium; DMA, University of Texas at Austin. 
 
Holds a faculty position as adjunct professor at Concordia University in Austin, TX and 
as a temporary lecturer in group piano at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Michelle Lassiter, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2009; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2011
       Independent Piano Teacher, Waco, TX
Music Faculty, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX

 Zachary Ridgway, B.M. Piano, 2006; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2009; D.M.A. the University of Texas at Austin 
       Piano Faculty, Incarnate Word University, San Antonio, TX
Piano Faculty, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
       Piano Faculty, Musical Arts Center of San Antonio, TX

Jonathan Kaan, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2006
       Adjunct faculty, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX
Pianist, Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, Carrollton, TX

Ryan Chandler, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2004
       Adjunct Piano Faculty, East Texas Baptist University, Marshall, TX

Biliana Dimitrova, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2002
       Adjunct Piano Faculty, Richland College, Dallas, TX

Emily Greer Gary, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2001
       Piano Faculty and Choral Accompanist, UMHB Conservatory of Music, Belton, TX

Christina Bowers Mims, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 1999; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2001
       Music Faculty, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX

Jonathan Gary, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2000
       Director, Conservatory of Music, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Adjunct French Faculty, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX

Paula Thomas-Lee, B.A. Music / Piano, 1996; 
       M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 1998; D.M.A. Music   Education, University of Georgia         
Piano Faculty, Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA

CONSERVATORY, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL

AND INDEPENDENT MUSIC TEACHERS

Chengjing Yang,  M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2014
            Clavier-Werke School of Music, Austin, TX

Danielle Creider, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2013
            Coppell Conservatory, Dallas, TX

Silvia Cruz Ugalde, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2013
            Clavier-Werke School of Music, Austin, TX

Bobi Ezell, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2012
       Piano Faculty, Samford University Preparatory Department, Birmingham, AL

Liz Kohl, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2012
            Assistant Director, Hoffmann Academy of Music, Portland, OR

Sarah Warner Bellows, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2010; M.M. Piano Pedagogy, University of Oklahoma
        Piano Faculty, Clavier-Werke School of Music, Austin, TX

Heidi Kliewer, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2010
         Independent Piano Teacher

Katie Thompson Yarbrough, B.M. Piano, 2008; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2010
       Independent Piano Teacher, Houston, TX

Andres Vargas, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2010
        Piano Faculty, Clavier-Werke School of Music, Austin, TX

Holly Blake Odeh, B.M. Piano, 2007; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2009
       Independent Piano Teacher, Sugar Land, TX

Leah Van Allen Pena, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2008; M.M. Piano Pedagogy, Texas Christian University
       Piano Faculty, Gray School of Music, Dallas, TX

Brittany Kling, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2008
       Piano Faculty, Lamar High School, Houston, TX
Independent Piano Teacher, Houston, TX

Rachel Helmer D’Ardenne, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2008
       Lake Air Intermediate Music and Choir, Waco, TX 

Heather Ward Muskrat, B.M. Piano, 2006; M.M. Piano Pedagogy, Texas Christian University
       Independent Piano Teacher, Centerton, AR

Sharon Wilber Herning, B.M. Piano Pedagogy, 2005
       Piano Faculty, Musical Arts Center of San Antonio, TX

 Sheri Grisham Boyce, M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 2000
       Director-Piano Faculty, Southlake Music Academy, Southlake, TX

Amy Duncan Reber, B.M. Piano, 1993; M.M. Piano Pedagogy and Performance, 1996
       Director-Piano Faculty, Kinder Conservatory of Music, Eatonton, GA

Independent teachers operate in:

Lakewood, CO

McAllen, TX

Moody, TX

Winter Park, CO

Corpus Christi, TX

New Haven, CT

Waco, TX

Golden, TX

Valdosta, GA

Columbia, SC

Garland, TX

Carrollton, TX

Norman, OK

Galveston, TX

The Master's Touch School of Music, Grapevine, TX

Coppell Conservatory, Coppell, TX

Armstrong Community Music School, Austin, TX

School of Performing Arts, Naperville, IL