Keyboard

About the Keyboard Department

Department chair: Karen Ann Krieger

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

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

Heather Conner: solo piano, chamber music, piano performance class, chairs the Blair Academy piano department

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

	Karen Ann Krieger Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Chair of the Collegiate Piano Program; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department	Email Website 615-322-7671 1168 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	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 majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	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	Email
	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
	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 Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Piano	Email 615-322-7693 1113B Blair
	Roland A. Schneller Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Piano	Email 615-322-7653 3110 Blair
	Sarah Williams Adjunct Artist Teacher of Music
	Susan Yang Assistant Professor of the Practice of Piano	Email Website 615-322-4930 Blair 1172 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students