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Paul Stephens has over forty years of piano teaching
experience. His music degrees are from the University of
Missouri at Kansas City (B.M. in
Piano Performance) and Ball
State University (M.M. in Piano
Performance) with additional
studies at The Cleveland Institute
of Music and Northeast Missouri
State University. His piano studies
were with Jerzy Gajek, Michel
Bourgeot, EunicePodis, Frederic
Kirchberger, Thomas Higgins and
Walter Cook. He has served as
Director of the Preparatory Music Program at Northeast Missouri
State University (now Truman State University), and has served
on the faculties of Northeast Missouri State University and
William Jewell College. He has also served as church organist
and piano accompanist. He has been active as an adjudicator
and clinician in Missouri and Kansas.

Mr. Stephens' interest in piano teaching has led him to seek out
methods of teaching that are the most progressive and effective.
He has also created several hundred MIDI file accompaniments
for elementary method book pieces to make them more
interesting and fun. In his teaching, his goal is to offer a well
rounded music education to each student that will serve them in
many areas of their lives.