Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Teacher Spotlight:Kathryn Rood

Teacher Spotlight

Meet "Mrs. R"


DVMTA Teacher Kathryn Rood

Kathryn Rood (known to her students as Mrs. "R"), has been teaching piano for 44 years.  She received both a Bachelors and Masters degrees in Piano Performance from Arizona State University and spent 15 years as a Kindermusik teacher for the ASU Piano Prep Program. Mrs. R teacher Primer through Advanced students from her home studio.

In addition to her experience teaching, Kathryn also has extensive professional performance experience as the pianist for the Lyric Opera Theatre, Arizona Ballet Theatre and spent 8 years with the Phoenix Symphony.   As a duo-pianist in the duet Rose-n-Rood, she produced two CDs available on Amazon.



Kathryn is also one of the founders of the Arizona Young Artists Committee, an Arizona Piano Competition. Her studio has produced a number of outstanding pre-collegiate and collegiate pianists. Mrs. R's students participate in the playing and theory exams of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM).  She loves the one-on-one interaction of teaching and the opportunity to introduce the joy and love of musical language.

Kathryn enjoys participating in DVMTA meetings and the warm interaction between teachers.  We are privileged to have her among our members and are excited to learn from her experience!

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