Adams, Margie

Rusk, 75785

903.683.5041

margieadams22@gmail.com

Arnold, Marygwen

Tyler, 75701

903.571.7830

marn1@suddenlink.net

Bieritz, Gerald

Tyler, 75707

903.705.3006

gbieritz@jarvis.edu

Boylan, Susan

Tyler, 75707

903.258.0471

sboylan10@gmail.com

Bozeman, Laura

Quitman, 75783

903.763.2731

vlbozeman@suddenlink.net

Laura Bozeman studied piano in Dallas and Midland, playing in the Junior Van Katwijk Auditions at SMU, winning local solo and concerto competitions in Midland, and competing at TMTA state auditions.  Additional activities as Student Affiliate included winning third place in the Texas Young Composers Contest and playing on the Midland Piano Ensembles at TMTA conventions.  She also received Critics Circle for her programs in the National Guild of Piano Auditions, and was the recipient of the Wallace Wimberly Memorial Scholarship from the Midland Music Teachers Association. She received a Bachelor of Music Degree at the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Music Degree in Instrumental Performance, Piano Pedagogy from Texas Christian University.  She was a student teacher at The Piano Project at UT-Austin, and held a Teaching Assistantship at TCU.  She also taught at the TCU Piano Preparatory School and Our Lady of Victory in Fort Worth.  She was a part-time lecturer at UT-Tyler and an adjunct professor at Tyler Junior College.  She has been a piano teacher for The Choir School of East Texas. Miss Bozeman was host of the Music of the Masters program on KTCU-fm radio.  She has given solo recitals and attended amateur and teacher programs at the former TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute, now Piano Texas International Academy and Festival.  She attended the World Piano Pedagogy Conferences in 2007 and 2008 and was a judge for the student piano competitions by invitation of the Board of Directors.  She was also a presenter at a town hall panel on teaching the adult student.  Ms. Bozeman is currently teaching private piano students in Tyler.

Braquet, Brian

Tyler, 75703

903.520.7335

bdbrak5@aol.com

Brian was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. He was a student at the Thompson Studio of Music from 1963-1972. Brian received a second place and a third place in the Piano Solo Competition at the Texas Music Teacher State Convention and performed Sophomore, Junior and Senior Piano recitals during his High School years. He received Critic’s Circle every year at the Guild Piano Auditions and was student accompanist for all musical activities at Monsignor Kelly High School. Brian began organ studies in sixth grade and played for a number of churches from 6th grade through High School. While attending North Texas State University in Denton, Brian studied with Larry Walz. Brian was awarded the first scholarship to attend Academie Maurice Ravel in St. Jean-de-Luz, France where he studied with Philippe Entremont and Gaby Casadesus. A highlight of that trip was performing the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Bayonne Symphony Orchestra. Brian won First Place in the MTNA Collegiate Solo Competition in 1973 and 1976. His Senior Piano Recital consisted of performing the entire Bach Goldberg Variations and the 10 Rachmaninoff Preludes op. 23. After receiving his Bachelor of Music at North Texas in 1976, he returned to Beaumont to complete his Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance at Lamar University. Brian married his High School sweetheart, Dianna Montalbano, in 1975. Dianna received her Bachelor of Music Education in 1980 and has been the Music Teacher at St. Gregory School since 1988; she has also been the Choir Director for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception since 1988. Brian has been Director of Sacred Music and Divine Worship at the Cathedral since moving to Tyler in 1987, and has had a piano studio in Tyler since that time. Brian and Dianna have three grown children (Liz, Katie and Brian) and three grandchildren (Bailey, Braiden and Logan).

Burton, Laura

Tyler, 75703

903.521.4135

lburton@gracetyler.org

Calaway, Donna 

Whitehouse, 75791

903.839.6368

donnacalaway@yahoo.com

I was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. I studied with Frances Huff for ten years, and I was a member of Tyler Music Teachers Student Association. I participated in the National Guild of Piano Students for ten years and received a rating of Critics Circle seven out of those ten years. My senior year in high school, I received the Paderewski Medal in Guild and won 3rd place in the Eva Browning Memorial Scholarship at Texas Tech University. After marrying Jerry Calaway in 1975, we lived in Sulphur Springs where I began teaching private piano. We moved to Tyler in 1976, where I opened my studio and taught piano for five years, serving on many Tyler Music Teacher Association committees and served as a officer. In 1981, we moved to the Ft. Worth area for three years. I was a member of the Ft. Worth Music Teacher’s Forum and joined the National Music Teachers Association while there. After two years in Nacogdoches, where I was a member of Nacogdoches Music Teachers Association, Jerry and I moved to Whitehouse, Tx. I have been a member of Tyler Music Teacher’s Association and the East Texas Music Teacher’s Association for twenty-­‐nine years. I’ve played piano for several Baptist churches over the last forty years and am currently serving as organist at Colonial Hills Baptist Church. I have been the pianist at Whitehouse High School and Jr High since 1998. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with the privilege of doing what I love. I currently have a studio at my home in Whitehouse where I have 30 private piano, voice and theory students.

Chisler, Vanessa

Lindale, 75771

903.881.8835

vmchisler@gmail.com

Vanessa was born and raised in Daingerfield, Texas where she began piano study at age 8. She earned an Associate of Arts degree from TJC and a B.A Music degree from UT Tyler. She also holds a Texas State Educator Certificate for All Level Music.  An active member of ETMTA since 2006, Vanessa has held many positions including Librarian, Publicity Chair, Achievement Auditions Chair, Student Affiliate/Theory Chair, and Website co-chair/Historian.  Vanessa has also served as an ensemble director and delegate for the TMTA convention.  In the fall of 2015, she and her students were featured on a Kltv 7 news story on music and memory, where she spoke on the importance of music education. Vanessa has taught piano in Lindale for 13 years and lives there with her husband Jeff, son Austin and three dogs. 

Conway, Vicki 

Longview, 75605

903.238.6121

vconway@uttyler.edu

Vicki Jacks Conway is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Texas at Tyler and a faculty member for annual Keyboard Wellness Seminars with Sheila Paige.  She is also organist at Greggton United Methodist Church and Elmira Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Longview.  She began a program called Developmental Fitness in 1998 and is a consultant in the study of movement and learning, completing courses through Foster Educational Group and the Educational Kinesiology Foundation.  In 2017, she received certification and became a licensed Musikgarten teacher and in 2018 she and her husband Bret created Conway Music, Movement, & Math, LLC.  Their home studio in Longview offers lessons in piano, theory, and composition as well as Musikgarten, Recreational Music Making, Developmental Fitness, and math tutoring.  She has presented sessions for Keyboard Wellness Seminars, Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) and Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) Conventions, as well as numerous public and private schools, preschools, and music teachers associations. Mrs. Conway maintains a small private studio for pre-college students in both Tyler and Longview and is also available for single or occasional lessons on a consulting basis for the purpose of assessing tension/pain/injury, learning disabilities, performance anxiety, or competition preparation.  For more information, visit www.conwaymmm.com and www.musikgarten.org/vconway.

Dalmas, Dr. Jennifer

Nacogdoches, 75965

936.468.1063

jdalmas@sfasu.edu

Davis, Shelly   NCTM

Whitehouse, 75791

903.520.6465

shellylovespiano@gmail.com

Shelly Davis has maintained a private piano studio in the Tyler/Whitehouse area since 1993.  Mrs. Davis studied music in Houston and TJC as well as private piano and composition at UT Tyler and is certified through the Music Teachers National Association.  Mrs. Davis is an active member of  the East Texas Music Teachers Association; serving in various offices, including president in 2011 when the association was awarded “Best of State” by the Texas Music Teachers Association.

Students in the Shelly Davis Piano Studio are afforded many opportunities through private study (focusing on sight-reading, theory, technique, harmonization, and memory); performance opportunities, such as Piano Caroling at the local retirement home, piano parties, and spring recital; auditions and festivals offered through the East Texas Music Teachers Association; and theory exams, ensemble events, music projects, research/publication contest, original composition competition and more through the Texas Music Teachers Association.

Shelly is also the host of the Piano Parent Podcast, a weekly podcast dedicated specifically to parents of piano students.  Each episode covers topics of interest to piano families such as how to motivate your child to practice and how to encourage a love of music, as well as general music topics and interviews with teachers and other piano parents.  You can listen to the latest episode at www.PianoParentPodcast.com or subscribe on iTunes.

Many students at SDPS are able to serve others by playing keyboard in youth praise bands, performing in family weddings, accompanying choirs or vocalists, and simply sharing their musical talent with family and friends.

Every student is welcome to study piano at the Shelly Davis Piano Studio.  Feel free to browse the website at www.ShellyDavisPiano.com to learn more about Shelly’s teaching philosophy and student activities.  Call 903-520-6465 or email shellylovespiano@gmail.com for registration information.

Emge, Jeffrey

Tyler, 75707

903.521.6825

jemge@uttyler.edu

Gaqi, Gjergji

Tyler, 75707

734.288.8734

ggaqi@umich.edu

Heath, Karyn

Flint, 75762

772.285.2276

kkheath@suddenlink.net

Holly, Melody

Winona, 75792

903.805.9394

melsmess54@gmail.com

Holmes, Doris

Tyler, 75704

Emeritus Member

Jewell, Payton

Tyler, 75701

903.805.9394

paytontruesdale@gmail.com

Johnson, Stephanie

Tyler, 75701

903.566.5614

stephjohnson816@yahoo.com

  • Master of Arts, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Bachelor All-Level Music Education, East Texas Baptist University
  • Texas Teacher Certification All-Level Music
  • Kodaly Certification, Sam Houston State University
  • Suzuki Piano Certification Books 1-2

Kettula, Angelina   NCTM

Kilgore, 75662

325.939.3002

angelina.kettula@gmail.com

Lee, Jaeyong

Tyler, 75703

806.549.8310

pianistique@gmail.com

Mabe, Jean

Mineola, 75773

Emeritus Member

McBee, Karen

Tyler, 75703

903.692.0368

klmyellowstone@aol.com

Miller, Meg   NCTM

Georgetown, 78633

903-262-0732

meg13580@gmail.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Adjudicator and Consultant for the National Guild of Piano Teachers Teacher of Private and Group Piano Teacher in Public Schools, Private Schools, and Colleges EDUCATION B.S. in Education – Midland University, Fremont, NE Major:  Music Education Teaching Minors:  Psychology and English Master of Arts Degree – University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO Certification – Music Teachers National Association Certification – Colorado State Music Teachers Association Certification – Texas Music Teachers Association HONORS Hall of Fame – National Guild of Piano Teachers Teacher of the Year – Pre- Collegiate, East Texas Music Teachers Association President – Loveland, Colorado Music Teachers Association President – Pueblo, Colorado Music Teachers Association District Chairperson – Colorado State Music Teachers Association President – East Texas Music Teachers Association PIANO LESSONS CAN INCLUDE Technic, Ear Training, Rhythms, Sight Reading, Music Literature, Improvisation, Composers, Composition, Following a Lead Line

Newland, Chelsye

Whitehouse/Tyler, 75707

903.530.4993

Chelsye08@gmail.com

Chelsye was born and raised in Whitehouse, Texas where she began to study piano at the age of 6 and clarinet at the age of 12. She earned an Associate’s of Music degree from TJC and a Bachelor’s of Music Education degree from Stephen F. Austin State University with emphasis and focus being certified EC-12; woodwind specialist/clarinet; piano minor.  Chelsye has played for numerous churches, private events, and school functions throughout her career.  She has been an active band director in the East Texas area for eight years. Students in the Chelsye Newland Piano/Music Studio have the opportunity to either began their piano journey or expand upon it.  In addition to piano, the studio is proudly helping woodwind students grow in their musical journey.  Students in the studio are afforded many opportunities to expand on their talents and musicianship by private study, community outreach, piano parties, and spring recital. The Chelsye Newland Piano/Music Studio is open for enrollment with emphasis on piano and woodwind study.  Call 903-530-4993 or email Chelsye08@gmail.com for registration information.

Quinata, Jo

Flint, 75762

903.521.1611

joaquinata@hotmail.com

Russell, Janet

Bullard, 75757

Emeritus Member

Ryan, Beverly

Grand Saline, 75140

Garland, 75043

214.693.4493

www.BeverlysPianoStudio.com

beverlyspiano@att.net

Saunders, Anna

Longview, 75605

714.470.6389

pfannasong@gmail.com

Solum, Suzanne

Combine, 75159

507.259.1009

sunshinepianostudio@gmail.com

Suzanne Solum of Sunshine Piano Studio began her music education in piano at 8 years of age.  Throughout her school years, she also added other instruments, music theory, and both solo and ensemble experience.  Beyond high school, she had 1 year with Concordia College’s bachelor of music program in Moorhead, Minnesota and the 1 year diploma at Christ for the Nations in Dallas for their Bible/Music program.  The gifted teachers she had over the years inspired her life-long love of music, which included many styles of music and the understanding of how music is put together.  This is the gift she passes on to her students to equip them to play, create, and arrange the music that motivates them and enriches their lives.

Thomas, Mason

Magnolia, 77354

713.591.1766

masonthomasmusic@gmail.com

Thompson, Michelle

Larue, 75770

903.372.6863

Thompsonpiano@gmail.com

Wilkins, Judy   NCTM

Tyler, 75701

903.520.9519

heyjudew@suddenlink.net

  • Nationally Certified Teacher of Music
  • Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Certified Suzuki Piano Method teacher
  • Member and former accompanist, Tyler Civic Chorale
  • Accompanist for local and state musicians at the middle school, high school, and college/university levels
  • Experienced church musician
  • Member and judge, National Guild Auditions