Piano Lessons, Tiamoyo Arts and Education Cleveland, OH Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.

Sharon Brown Cheston, Ph.D.

Cleveland Institute of Music, Faculty Instructor of Academy Music Theory.
^{Vocal Arts Mastery Program Summer Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College.}
^{Piano Program Summer Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College}
^{Cleveland Metropolitan School District K-8 Vocal/General Music Teacher, 2021-2023.}
^{Vocal/Orchestra Music Tutor/Accompanist, Orange City School District, 2024, 2017-2021.}

^{Taught Suzuki and Traditional Piano at Laurel School's Laurel Music Academy, Shaker Heights, OH, 2012-2015}
^{Cleveland Institute of Music Faculty, Suzuki Theory, 2003-2009}
^{Orange
Community Education and Recreation/Orange School District/Orange Board
of Education, Pepper Pike, Ohio: Early Childhood Music Specialist,
Orange Early Childhood Center, 1999-2001.}

^{Experienced music educator; taught at every level from graduate}

^{school through pre-school}

^{Ph.D. in Music Education, Case Western Reserve University (joint program with Cleveland Institute of Music)}
^{Doctoral
Dissertation Student of Dr. Cynthia Crump Taggart (Dr. Taggart is a
former student of and has co-authored with Dr. Edwin Gordon, one of the
leading experts in music aptitudes, music audiation, music learning
theory, and music development in infants and young children)}
^{M.Mus. in Music History/Ethnomusicology}
^{Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.)}
^{Licensed/Ohio Department of Education, State of Ohio: Music/Special K-12 (expires in 2025)}
^{member
of Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA), Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Association for
Music Education (NAfME), Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA)}

^{Suzuki Piano Teacher Training: Cleveland Institute of Music with Katherine Monsour (Kiki) Barley}
^{Registered piano teacher with and member of SAA (Suzuki Association of the Americas); Endorsements: Dalcroze Eurhythmics}
^{Suzuki Piano Teacher Workshop with Dr. Ray Landers at the Cleveland Institute of Music}
^{Studied
piano with James Tannenbaum at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Dr.
Robert Mayerovitch of the Elysian Trio and Piano Pedagogy with Evelyn
Gott at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music}
^{Studied voice with George Vassos, Elizabeth Unis Chesko and Melvin Hakola}
^{Studied organ with Adeline Huss at the Cleveland Institute of Music}
^{Graduate courses in Music Theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Alvaretta West}
^{Training
in Suzuki Theory Curriculum and Pedagogy at the Cleveland Institute of
Music with Dr. Jennifer Conner (author of CIM Preparatory Division
Theory Curriculum and Suzuki Theory Program Head)}