Georgia Schohl has been teaching piano full time in the San Ramon area since 1983. Originally from Michigan, she has studied piano, music theory, ethnomusicology, and composition at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and earned the B.M. degree. She studied piano with Florence Robertson in Michigan and Adelaide Banaszynski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Besides piano music, composing music and the study of music from all world cultures are other interests.

As a child, Georgia participated in many piano recitals and received various awards. Since her childhood, she decided to become a piano teacher to help others learn to play. While in college, she received several commissions by the United Ministry for Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin to compose two choral pieces. Also during her last year at the conservatory, she composed music for WNET for a film on the energy crisis.

After receiving the Bachelor of Music degree, Georgia moved to California and attended Mills College, where she studied piano and music composition. She received the Master of Arts degree in 1980. She also studied electronic music and counterpoint at UC Berkeley. Since that time she started teaching piano in Berkeley, Concord, Danville and San Ramon where how she is a full time teacher.

Georgia Schohl is also a member of the California Music Teachers Association and participates in the Certificate of Merit program for students who want to participate in this course of study.

When a student decides to study piano, Georgia wants to set goals for each student with the parent's help. One of the most important goals is to learn to read a play music proficiently with the correct rhythm. Learning to play with true emotion and feeling is a sign of true musicianship -- and that is very important. As they mature, students often like to play different styles of music, such as classical, jazz, ragtime, contemporary, and New Age -- and that is the real goal, to find each student's niche or favorite style that they enjoy to play.

To have your name placed on the waiting list for piano lessons, please call House of Woodwinds at (925) 831-8341 or email us at houseofwoodwinds@gmail.com.