Piano Lessons in Asheville
The Rock Academy coordinates piano lessons with The Music Academy of Asheville depending on your skill level. The Rock Academy teaches performance skills and provides kids and adults an encouraging place to learn to rock on stage. It’s sister organization, The Music Academy of Asheville, is the actual music school where piano lessons will be scheduled.
The Music Academy of Asheville offers beginner piano lessons, intermediate or advanced. We have piano teachers that push you to the next level.
Piano Chords & Scales
With the help of our piano teachers, you can learn how to play piano chords and scales, learn to play piano in various keys, and learn practice exercises to keep your fingers nimble.
Keyboard & Synthesizer Techniques
The world of keyboards and synthesizers is virtually unlimited but there is a lot to learn to get started. Our instructors will help you learn everything you need from playing the piano to creating electronic music.
Keyboard & Piano Instructors
Sarah Hammel
Sarah Hammel is a classically trained vocalist, educator, and life-long learner. She has nearly 16 years of experience in performing and nearly 6 years in teaching voice and piano.
Sarah grew up in small-town Iowa where she learned to play piano from a young age and has been singing ever since she can remember. She attended St. Olaf College in Minnesota where she earned a degree in Vocal Performance. Her training has taken her to venues such as Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Carnegie Hall,...
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Kristina Miller
Kristina Miller grew up studying classical violin and piano in Western Pennsylvania. She began studying viola in high school, performing with the Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Pennsylvania All-State Orchestra. As an adult, she fell in love with Bluegrass fiddle and taught herself how to improvise using formulaic techniques that have allowed her to expand into Country, Western Swing, and other genres. She has played at venues festivals around the West Coast, and now performs with...
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Abby Bryant
- Guitar ,
- Piano ,
- Violin ,
- Voice
Hailing from just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, singer and multi-instrumentalist Abby Bryant began singing and playing in church as a young child. After a few years of honing her own path as a touring musician and fronting her band Abby Bryant & The Echoes, the group has cemented their presence as a regional powerhouse with a debut album boldly rooted in the world of vintage-inspired southern soul rock. Over the past five years Abby has served as educator in ESL, voice, piano, and guitar...
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Claire Lemke
- Music Theory ,
- Piano ,
- Voice
Claire Lemke is a classically trained vocalist, seasoned performer, and experienced music educator from North Carolina. She has accumulated over 20 years of experience in voice training, as a performing soloist, and as a member in several prestigious choirs. She is currently in her 5th year of teaching private lessons in voice, piano, and music theory. In addition, she is on the music faculty at Western Carolina University ...
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Sandy Riccardi
- Baby, Toddler, Pre-Schooler Music Classes ,
- Piano ,
- Voice
Sandy Riccardi received her Bachelor of Music in Voice (with piano minor) at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC, and her Master of Music degree in Voice (with piano minor) at Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York.
After performing as a singer extensively in New York City (and teaching pre-K through 8th grade general music for several years), she discovered her greatest teaching joy: teaching music to the youngest musicians of all- Infants, toddlers and preschoolers!
Sandy...
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