Keyboard
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, piano performance class, Blakemore Trio
Karen Ann Krieger: solo piano, piano pedagogy, accelerated keyboard harmony, piano performance class, chairs the collegiate piano department
Craig Nies: solo piano, piano performance class, piano literature
Melissa Rose: collaborative techniques, vocal/instrumental collaboration, chamber music, and Associate Dean
Precollege department chair: Heather Conner
Recommended audition repertoire for the Keyboard Department
Faculty
 | Heather Conner Professor of Piano; Chancellor's Chair of Precollege Piano; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department; Coordinator of Precollege Scholarships | Email 615-322-7699 2178 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Polly Brecht Collaborative Pianist | Email 615-957-6443 |
 | Amy Dorfman Professor of Piano | Email Website 615-322-7688 2180 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Megan Gale Collaborative Pianist | |
 | Caleb Harris Adjunct Associate Professor of Piano | Email 585-755-8997 Blair 2178 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | ChiHee Hwang Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-7670 1170 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
| Sheree Koutsoukos Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-4927 1169 Blair | |
 | Karen Ann Krieger Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Chair of the Collegiate Piano Program | Email Website 615-322-7671 1168 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Valerie Middleton Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-4940 3112 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Craig Nies Associate Professor of Piano | Email (615) 322-7652 3165 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Jama A. Reagan Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email (615) 322-4938 2184 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Melissa K. Rose Professor of Piano Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Email 615-322-7693 1113B Blair |
 | Roland A. Schneller Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-7653 3110 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) 322-7653 3110 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students | |
 | Sarah Williams Adjunct Artist Teacher of Music | |
 | Susan Yang Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano | Email Website 615-322-4930 Blair 1172 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |