Dr. Julie Knerr Hague teaches piano at her home studio in Windsor, Connecticut. Dr. Hague is a former faculty member at the Hartt School of Music Community Division, the University of Missouri, Oklahoma City University, and Ohio University, where she taught piano pedagogy, applied piano, and group piano to children and adults of all ages.
Julie holds a PhD in Music Education with an Emphasis in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, where her dissertation on elementary level piano technique was nominated for the Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2006. Additional degrees include MM degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Dr. Hague studied piano and harpsichord; and a BM in Piano Performance from the University of Puget Sound. Her mentors in Piano Pedagogy include Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Christos Tsitsaros, and Reid Alexander. She has been teaching private and group piano for 20 years.
Dr. Hague is coauthor with Katherine Fisher of the Piano Safari Method, and innovative piano method for beginners that combines learning by ear with learning to read music from the beginning of study. Launched in 2010, Piano Safari is now used by teachers and students throughout the United States and in 20 countries around the world. Together, Dr. Hague and Mrs. Fisher give presentations and lectures at national and regional conferences on various pedagogical topics. Dr. Hague is an instructor at the Piano Safari Pedagogy Institute.
Dr. Hague enjoys researching piano music to rediscover lost gems in the piano repertoire and hopes to launch a searchable database of piano repertoire in the coming years. She is an active member of the Hartford Chapter of the Connecticut Music Teachers Association and Hartford Music Teachers Alliance. Dr. Hague enjoys serving as church pianist at Valley Community Baptist Church in Avon. In her spare time, Dr. Hague enjoys gardening, cooking, and hiking in the woods with her husband.
Julie holds a PhD in Music Education with an Emphasis in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, where her dissertation on elementary level piano technique was nominated for the Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2006. Additional degrees include MM degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Dr. Hague studied piano and harpsichord; and a BM in Piano Performance from the University of Puget Sound. Her mentors in Piano Pedagogy include Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Christos Tsitsaros, and Reid Alexander. She has been teaching private and group piano for 20 years.
Dr. Hague is coauthor with Katherine Fisher of the Piano Safari Method, and innovative piano method for beginners that combines learning by ear with learning to read music from the beginning of study. Launched in 2010, Piano Safari is now used by teachers and students throughout the United States and in 20 countries around the world. Together, Dr. Hague and Mrs. Fisher give presentations and lectures at national and regional conferences on various pedagogical topics. Dr. Hague is an instructor at the Piano Safari Pedagogy Institute.
Dr. Hague enjoys researching piano music to rediscover lost gems in the piano repertoire and hopes to launch a searchable database of piano repertoire in the coming years. She is an active member of the Hartford Chapter of the Connecticut Music Teachers Association and Hartford Music Teachers Alliance. Dr. Hague enjoys serving as church pianist at Valley Community Baptist Church in Avon. In her spare time, Dr. Hague enjoys gardening, cooking, and hiking in the woods with her husband.
