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Graduates of SMU's MMPPP do great things
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Jessie Welsh '16
Dr. Welsh is Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Western Kansas University. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, Jessie earned her DMA in Piano Pedagogy Texas Christian University. In 2019, MTNA named her the recipient of the MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award.
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Adam Salas, '18
Adam is the 2022 Recipient of the MTNA MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship award. He is the current President of Dallas Music Teachers Association and has an active pre-college studio. A Post Graduate Fellow at Frances Clark Center’s New School for Music Study in New Jersey, Adam was adjunct faculty at SMU where he taught in the PPD as well as college class piano.
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Hannah Payne, '13
Hannah owns a private studio in Dallas where students ages 5-18 thrive under her guidance. Seen in this photo with two students participating in the Halloween Recital,  Hannah is a leader in DMTA, and also a staff accompanist at SMU.
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Ryan Greene, '14
Ryan Greene is Director of Membership Development and Affiliate Relations for Music Teachers National Association. Previously, Ryan worked as Director of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and Director of Digital Operations at the Frances Clark Center
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Dr. Rachel Hahn, '16
Rachel Hahn is Assistant Adjunct Professor of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Missouri and Associate Director of Music Education at a K-8 school in the St. Louis area. In addition to her Master of Music in Piano Performance & Pedagogy from SMU, she also holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of Missouri.
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Leonardo Zuno Fernández, '05
Leonardo is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Music Theory. Having earned two Master's degrees, he has taught piano for 20 years and is Head of Piano Studies at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
More graduates of SMU's Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
in the past 20+ years
         
          Dr. Chee-Hwa Tan •  Dr. Peter Jutras  • Dr. Choong-ha NamConnie Macon
 
  Dr. Erika Kinser • Dr. Grace Choi • Matthew KlineLaura McAllister Ruediger
 
Carmela Casipit Couvillon • Dr. Allison Hudak-Pietras • Kara Nekuza Villines • Veronika Harms 
 
Laura Caufield • Betsy Jackson Homer • Dr. Todd van Kekerix • Monica Allen • Dr. YouJoo Son
 
Alfredo Arjona • Xiaomin Yi • Kristin YostJennifer Roemer Aradhyula • John Sabin

Catherine Womak • Amalia Allan Nagel • Tiffany Ogden • Rachel Yarborough  

Jesse Fry • Dr. Astrid Morales Torres • Dr. Eun Seon Sunny Shin • Jo Zhou • Kelly Vowell Jones
 
Sarah Roeber • Daniel O'Donoghue • Grace Ho • Faron Vassen • Kristen Landrum Lambourne

Zachary Polson • Daniel Salisbury • Nicholas German  • Anna Elkins Hamman

Yihua Eva Cao • Kahoru Amano • Maria Rincon Hernandez • YoonJi Seo • Jessica Daniel •


Emily Katynski• Diane Park • Eliana Yi



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