About Us
Kathryn
Owner / Teacher
Hi! My name is Kathryn. I’ve been playing the piano since I was five years old, and I love it so much that I became a piano teacher! I’ve been teaching music for over 30 years, including group and private piano, children’s musical theater, and children’s choir. I am a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music through Music Teachers National Association and have served as both president and vice-president of local chapters of Utah Music Teachers Association. I am currently serving as Immediate Past President of the Jordan River Chapter. I have completed The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Teaching Elementary Piano, Teaching Intermediate Piano, and the Teaching Advanced Piano courses.
My students become well-rounded musicians with lessons that cover theory, sight-reading, ear-training, technique skills, music history, composition, and improvisation. I’m always looking for new, creative methods to engage and excite students so they can excel as pianists. I look forward to sharing music with you
Joanna
Teacher
Pianist and instructor Joanna Oshida, B.M., M.M. (member, National Federation of Music Clubs), is dedicated to teaching, coaching, and mentoring pianists and musicians. Ms. Oshida serves as an active faculty member at both university and pre-collegiate education institutions.
Ms. Oshida is the first-prize winner of the Young Pianists’ Beethoven Competition, the Olympiad of the Arts Piano Competition, the Music Teachers’ Association of Northern California Piano Competition, the California Association of Professional Music Teachers Concerto Competition, the Campbell Country Women’s Club Music Competition for four consecutive years, and was the recipient of the award for the Best Performance of a Required Piece in the National Matthay Association Clara Wells Piano Competition. Ms. Oshida has also appeared as a guest soloist with the Pacific Talent Education String Orchestra, the CAPMT Orchestra, and the BYU Philharmonic. Ms. Oshida has been awarded the Thera Rabinowitch Award for Musical Achievement and Humanitarian Consideration, the Vladimir Kochanski Award for Piano Excellence, the American League of Pen Women Musical Achievement Award, the Bank of America award for Music, and Lifetime Membership in the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
Ms. Oshida has appeared in musical collaboration with the Pacific Talent Education, the San Jose Strings Academy, the Suzuki Association of Northern California Summer Institute at Stanford University, the Music Teachers Association Convention, UNICEF chamber music winners recitals, the Yehudi Menuhin/Helen Dowling Music Competition Winners Recitals, and the Baroque Sinfonietta.
Ms. Oshida received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Brigham Young University where she studied with renowned professor Dr. Irene Peery-Fox and her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Oshida graduated top in her class and has appeared in masterclasses with Yefim Bronfman and Leon Fleisher.
Ms. Oshida’s students have performed in prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, and The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts. They have been featured in UMTA State Conference Honors Recitals, AIM Honors Recitals, and National Federation of Music Clubs Honors Recitals. Ms. Oshida’s students are prize winners in the Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition and the American Mountain West International Piano Competition and have earned top scores and prizes in Solo Ensemble State competitions, National Federation of Music Clubs Competitions, and AIM competitions.