Bio

I have played piano all my life, and really got serious as a concert pianist toward the end of high school and especially in college and university conservatory.  While getting my undergraduate degree at Ithaca College, I apprenticed as a piano technician under the instruction of Edward Swenson, and by the time I left Ithaca to get a Masters with Robert Weirich in Kansas City, I was also a piano technician onward. 

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As a pianist for the Kansas City Ballet and learning more and more repertoire, I decided to hold off on continuing to get degrees in Academia after receiving my masters, and to try teaching at the college level in Vermont.  There I taught at University of Vermont, SUNY Plattsburg, Champlain College, and Johnson State College.  As an audio engineer and announcer for Vermont Public Radio, I made further connections, performing at VPR functions, both on and off the air.  I was also a founding member as Harpsichordist in the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, and performed with other groups, including Counterpoint and the Vermont Contemporary Chamber Ensemble 

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I returned to the Fingerlakes to continue some work in historical piano restoration with Edward Swenson, and decided to settle in Interlaken, NY in 2014.  Here I do a lot of everything in a good balance, though I miss practicing more.  I have a teaching and practicing studio built into the front of my shop.  

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If you are walking by, it is possible you will see a black and black and white cat sleeping in the window.  Feel free to say hello or drop a line,

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Joe Pepper

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