About the Keyboard Department

Department chair: Karen Ann Krieger

The collegiate piano faculty consists of Professors Amy Dorfman, Karen Ann Krieger, Craig Nies, and Melissa Rose.

Piano majors may request Professor Dorfman, Krieger, or Nies for solo piano study. Requests for a studio teacher are honored if teaching loads and studio space allow.

Amy Dorfman:  solo piano, chamber music/accompanying, Blakemore Trio

Karen Ann Krieger:  solo piano, piano pedagogy, accelerated keyboard harmony, chairs the collegiate piano department

Craig Nies:  solo piano, piano performance class, piano literature

Melissa Rose:  accompanying techniques, vocal/instrumental accompanying and chamber music, and Associate Dean

Precollege department chair: Heather Conner

Recommended audition repertoire for the Keyboard Department

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Faculty

	Heather Conner Senior Artist Teacher of Piano; Chair of the Precollege Piano Program; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department; Coordinator of Precollege Scholarships	Email 615-322-7699 2178 Blair
	Karen Ann Krieger Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department	Email Website 615-322-7671 1168 Blair
	Martha Bartles Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email 615-322-7689 2182 Blair
	Lauren Jackson Coplan Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano	Email 615-322-4930 1172 Blair
	Amy Dorfman Professor of Piano	Email Website 615-322-7688 2180 Blair
	Edward Foote Adjunct Instructor in Piano	Email 615-343-3090 1163 Blair
	ChiHee Hwang Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email 615-322-7670 1170 Blair
	Sheree Koutsoukos Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano	Email 615-322-4927 1169 Blair
	Valerie Middleton Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email (615) 322-4940 3112 Blair
	Craig Nies Associate Professor of Piano	Email (615) 322-7652 3165 Blair
	Jama A. Reagan Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email (615) 322-4938 2184 Blair
	Melissa K. Rose Associate Dean, Collegiate Program Associate Professor of Piano	Email 615-322-7693 1113B Blair
	Roland A. Schneller Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email (615) 322-7653 2178 Blair
	Patsy B. Wade Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano	Email (615) 322-4909 2111 Blair
	Mark W. Wait Dean; Martha Rivers Ingram Dean's Chair Professor of Music	Email 615-322-7660 1113A Blair
	Deanna Walker Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano	Email Website (615) 322-7699 3110 Blair