Anna Reiser, piano, is a native of the Fox Valley and enjoyed piano and theory lessons at the Lawrence Academy of Music throughout her childhood. She continued her piano studies at Lawrence University, earning a B.M. in piano performance with an emphasis in pedagogy in 2011 (honors in course and in independent study) under the instruction of Cathy Kautsky and Mary Van De Loo. As a student at Lawrence University, Ms. Reiser pursued harpsichord studies with Kathrine Handford, earning the Miriam Clapp Duncan Award in Organ and Harpsichord Literature.
Ms. Reiser incorporates principles of the Taubman Approach to piano playing into her playing and teaching. Since 2004 she has studied an integrated approach to piano playing with Teresa Dybvig, director of The Well-Balanced Pianist. An intern teacher at the Lawrence Academy of Music, Ms. Reiser is currently pursuing graduate studies in piano performance and pedagogy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison under the instruction of Martha Fischer and Jessica Johnson. She has special interests in early music, 20th century music, sacred music and opera.
