PrivatePianolessons atCincinnati Music Academy

Natasha Pence

Owner

Piano

Natasha Pence is an active teacher and pianist in the Greater Cincinnati area. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Eastern Kentucky University and the Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from Northern Kentucky University. Natasha is a co-owner of the Cincinnati Music Academy and director of the piano department.

Amy Rose Immerman

CMA Founder

Piano

Amy Immerman is one of Cincinnati’s most active and well-known piano teachers, specializing in traditional and recreational lessons. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Ohio University. She is a Permanent National Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM). Amy was Founder and Co-owner of Cincinnati Music Academy from 1997-2022.

Brian Batchelor-Glader

Piano

Brian Batchelor-Glader enjoys teaching traditional piano lessons to children and adults from beginning to intermediate classical piano and advanced jazz piano. He is a professional gigging musician in the tri-state area and has performed all around the world, including the U.S., Ireland, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. He really loves teaching improvisation to all ages of students. His students range in age from 6 to 83.

Larry Feldner

Piano

Larry Feldner holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Music degree in Composition from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

Teresa Glenn

Piano

Cincinnati native Teresa Glenn began her official music study at the age of six. Years of experience in teaching piano has enhanced her own indelible love of music.

Dr. Melinda Hickman

Piano

Melinda Hickman has a passion for helping people work toward their musical goals. She enjoys teaching students of all ages and skill levels, from beginner to very advanced. She believes that every person who wants to learn music can do so, no matter their age, ability, or disability. Her teaching style is to offer encouragement and respect to her students, while working together toward high standards.

Dr. Loretta Graner

Piano

Loretta Graner enjoys helping people of all ages and ability find joy in reaching their musical potential. Lessons focus on acquisition of the technical, cognitive, and artistic skills required for independent learning and realization of students’ goals and aspirations. Performance and evaluation opportunities are offered and a spirit of collaboration is encouraged. Dr. Graner has been teaching piano, serving as a piano and harp adjudicator, and developing music programs for area churches since coming here to pursue the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

James Loughery

Piano

As a composer, jazz and classical pianist, and freelance arranger, James has a diverse musical background which inspires his teaching of classical and jazz piano, improvisation and composition. Holding a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Indianapolis and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), he offers a creative approach to learning aimed at creating strong technique and encouraging personal expression. With a vast repertory spanning many styles, and including personal arrangements for students, James has resounding success with adults and beginners alike, guiding each student on their personal musical path to success.

Mary Nerren

Piano

Mary Nerren is a Cincinnati-based pianist specializing in collaborative piano and private music lessons. She promotes a classical music foundation that provides technical skills transferable to many genres and styles. Her teaching philosophy is to provide effective, sustainable, and fun practice habits to facilitate life-long learning. An emphasis on proper technique enables her students to reach their musical goals free from discomfort or injury. She believes knowledge of music theory and music history are essential in rounding out a music education and enjoys incorporating these subjects in creative ways. Her additional skills in violin, chamber music, and vocal coaching enable her to offer a variety of lessons and a broad perspective to her students.

Irene Reising

Piano

Voice

Irene Reising, a coloratura soprano from Cincinnati, OH, has been performing with multiple opera companies and has also been teaching private voice and piano since 2017. As a voice and piano instructor, Ms. Reising deeply believes in a healthy technique being the most important skill developed in lessons. Ms. Reising will work with her students to find appropriate repertoire to fit each student’s instrument. In her studio, the students will work on growing their confidence in performing and expressing themselves as a musician through appropriately deemed repertoire. The students will also cultivate an appreciation of music and gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals of music.

Dr. Olga Rua

Piano

“As your piano instructor, my goal is to provide an atmosphere for musical, emotional, and intellectual stimulation. To reach this, I will take the necessary steps to teach basic or advance skills of piano and musicianship in private or group settings. My personal goal is to motivate, educate and encourage my students to reach their individual potential.” “I prepare my students based in five principles that through practice produce a good interpretation and performance of the pieces. Those principles are: Analysis, Aural, Technique, History, and Imagination.”

Dr. Richard Van Dyke

Piano

Richard Van Dyke specializes in taking students to their highest potential. With the studio motto, “Practice to Prosper,” his highly motivated students work diligently to successfully perform repertoire from beginning through virtuoso levels by incorporating technique, music theory, music history, ear-training and collaborative music into regularly scheduled lessons.

Xiaoming Zhu

Piano

Xiaoming Zhu (Shao-ming Choo, aka “Mr. Z”) started his piano journey at the tender age of 3-1/2 in his native country of China. At age 12, he was accepted into the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, the biggest music conservatory worldwide. At age 18, he moved to Cincinnati with a full scholarship to study piano performance at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. CCM is ranked as one of the top five music schools nationwide. At CCM, Mr. Zhu earned two Bachelor degrees (Piano Performance and Music Education) and a Masters degree in Piano Performance.

Norma Dieterlen

Piano

Ms. Dieterlen teaches students of all ages and abilities. Lessons encompass theory, technique, ear training, and sight reading all focused toward increasing the ability to speak a musical language and deepen the student’s relationship with sound.