Slater Music Academy
"Quality Music Instruction for the Entire Family"
"Quality Music Instruction for the Entire Family"
| 143 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas, KY 41075 Phone: 859-486-1032 |
Piano and Voice Faculty
REBECCA SLATER, piano/voice and Academy director, is an active teacher, singer, collaborative
pianist, choral director, organist and liturgical musician. She graduated magna cum laude from Ball
State University in choral and general music education with concentrations in both piano and vocal
performance. There she received numerous awards, including Outstanding Senior Woman,
Outstanding Piano Accompanist, Outstanding Choral Student, and Concerto Competition Winner in
piano. Ms. Slater received her master’s degree from Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in
piano accompanying, where she studied with Dr. William Black and Kenneth Griffiths. At CCM she
received a graduate assistantship to accompany vocal students and sang in the prestigious
Renaissance Consort under the direction of Dr. Earl Rivers.
Ms. Slater has ample experience teaching music at literally every age level. She has taught preschool
music and movement, Kindergarten through eighth grade general music, home school music classes,
high school choral music, and piano at Xavier University, where she served as an adjunct professor of
piano and accompanied and coached student and faculty recitals. She has taught private piano and
voice for over 25 years. Her students have excelled in various competitions and festivals; several
have studied music in college and are currently active performers and teachers.
Mrs. Slater is currently the music director at St. Pius X Church in Edgewood, where she plans and
provides music for liturgical celebrations and conducts several choirs. She is also the music specialist
at The Summit Country Day School. There she teaches first through third grade general music, directs
musical plays, and assists in planning and preparation of music for liturgical celebrations.
Ms. Slater holds teaching certifications in K-12 choral and general music, Orff-Schulwerk Levels I
and II, Kindermusik© and Music Together©. She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional
music fraternity, the Ohio Music Educators Association, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association,
the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs and the
American Guild of Organists.
RAE JEAN AUTERSON, piano and voice, has spent over 30 years in the music industry in the
areas of performing, musical theatre, music education and private teaching. Rae Jean is a graduate of
Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, where she received the
Best Vocalist award in 2004. In graduate school at Ball State University, she was named to the
National Scholars Honor Society in 2008 and received “Who’s Who Among American Teachers”
award in 2007.
Rae Jean has traveled the world and nation, extensively singing and dancing on cruise lines, Cabaret
shows, tour groups and theatre. She has worked four summers at Stage Door Manor in New York,
musical, directing “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Cabaret,” “Once on this Island,” and “Celebration.”
She is a native of Indiana, but has lived in New York, Orlando, California, and other places in the
United States performing and continuing her knowledge of music and the arts. A composer, lyricist
and poet, Rae Jean is thrilled to be teaching at Slater Music Academy and hopes to bring her
knowledge of music to the many students that desire to learn and experience all the wonderful things
that music has to offer.
EVELINA KONANIAH, piano, has been teaching for over ten years with students ranging from
children to adults. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance, and has
studied organ, harpsichord, violin, voice, and conducting. She has participated in competitions,
master classes, recordings, and radio broadcasts. Some of her students have gone to schools such as
Berklee College of Music and Duke University while maintaining active musical lives. Her students
have participated in competitions, festivals, and auditions, with excellent results. She is also on the
piano faculty at the Preparatory Department of University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of
Music.
JOSHUA S. NEMITH, piano, has taught at Slater Music Academy since 2002 and has more than
fifteen years of teaching experience in the private studio as well as the classroom. His students have
performed widely throughout the states of Ohio and Kentucky. Many of his students have enjoyed
successes in state competitions and have earned honors in numerous recitals and festivals. Dr. Nemith
has also taught on the college level at UC-CCM in Cincinnati and at the University of Texas at Austin.
Over the last decade he has taught courses in class piano, piano literature, and chamber music
repertoire. During his education he worked closely with many of the industry’s most important
pedagogues, including Martha Hilley, Tony Caramia, and Michelle Conda. Some of his more
advanced students have gone on to careers in conducting, music education, and church music studies.
Dr. Nemith has enjoyed great success teaching at all ages and levels, including adult students and very
young beginners. He is a longtime professional member of the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs.
In addition to his teaching activities, Dr. Nemith maintains a national performing and recording career.
Since 2007 he has held the titled position of Principal Keyboard with the Dayton Philharmonic
Orchestra and performs a wide variety of solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts. He is an unusually
versatile musician and is in demand on all types of keyboard instruments including harpsichord, organ,
harmonium, and fortepiano. As a member of the IRIS orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee, he enjoys
performing with esteemed colleagues from around the country under the baton of Michael Stern. He is
also an active church musician, playing Sunday services as the accompanist/organist at St. John’s
Westminster Union Church in Cincinnati. During the spring and summer of 2010 he was appointed
interim music director at the same institution.
Dr. Nemith earned his doctorate in piano performance at UC-CCM in 2004. He is also an alumnus of
the New World Symphony, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Eastman School of Music. His
teachers include James Tocco, William Black, Anton Nel, Nancy Garrett, and David Burge. To learn
more about Dr. Nemith, please visit his website: joshuanemith.blogspot.com.
MARY ANN POWERS, voice, taught voice lessons at Robinson Music Inc., UConn's Community
School for the Arts in Storrs, CT, the Performing Arts Center of the Metro West in Framingham,
MA, and Music Maker School in Acton, MA. Students of Ms. Powers have advanced in
Massachusetts's Junior High and Senior High District Honors Choir and All State Choir, and several
students have performed in community theater companies. Ms. Powers performs a diverse variety of
repertoire, from a Modern Music Chamber recital to a Bach Chamber Music recital at the historic
King's Chapel in Boston. She has premiered works by Matthew McConnell, Derek Jacoby, and
Stanley Hoffman at the Lily Pad, Jordan Hall, the Boston Center for the Arts, and has sung with
Schola Nocturna, a group that specializes in Early Music. Ms. Powers has performed Lucy from The
Telephone, La Musica from L'Orfeo, and Josephine from Story of an Hour (premiere). She holds a
MM in Vocal Pedagogy, a MM in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music
in Boston, MA, and a BM in Vocal Performance from Ohio University in Athens, OH.
RICHARD SEIL, Suzuki and traditional method piano, has been teaching privately and at the
collegiate level for over 15 years. A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and Indiana University, he
is currently completing his DMA at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Seil's former teachers include
Menahem Pressler, Karen Shaw, James Tocco, Richard Fields, Eugene Pridonoff, Elizabeth
Pridonoff and Robert Mayerovitch. An active performer throughout the Midwest, Mr. Seil enjoys
both collaborative and solo performances.
Richard began teaching piano at the Baldwin-Wallace College Preparatory Department and as a
student at Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati. He also taught in Michigan and
Kentucky at the collegiate level and Cleveland and Cincinnati as a private teacher. He has judged
competitions in Michigan and Ohio and participated in the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in
1998, 2000 and 2002. Membership in teaching organizations includes the College Music Society,
MTNA, MMTA, OMTA and KMTA. He was listed in Who's Who in America in 2002. Further
musical interests include conducting and violin.
REBECCA SLATER, piano/voice and Academy director, is an active teacher, singer, collaborative
pianist, choral director, organist and liturgical musician. She graduated magna cum laude from Ball
State University in choral and general music education with concentrations in both piano and vocal
performance. There she received numerous awards, including Outstanding Senior Woman,
Outstanding Piano Accompanist, Outstanding Choral Student, and Concerto Competition Winner in
piano. Ms. Slater received her master’s degree from Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in
piano accompanying, where she studied with Dr. William Black and Kenneth Griffiths. At CCM she
received a graduate assistantship to accompany vocal students and sang in the prestigious
Renaissance Consort under the direction of Dr. Earl Rivers.
Ms. Slater has ample experience teaching music at literally every age level. She has taught preschool
music and movement, Kindergarten through eighth grade general music, home school music classes,
high school choral music, and piano at Xavier University, where she served as an adjunct professor of
piano and accompanied and coached student and faculty recitals. She has taught private piano and
voice for over 25 years. Her students have excelled in various competitions and festivals; several
have studied music in college and are currently active performers and teachers.
Mrs. Slater is currently the music director at St. Pius X Church in Edgewood, where she plans and
provides music for liturgical celebrations and conducts several choirs. She is also the music specialist
at The Summit Country Day School. There she teaches first through third grade general music, directs
musical plays, and assists in planning and preparation of music for liturgical celebrations.
Ms. Slater holds teaching certifications in K-12 choral and general music, Orff-Schulwerk Levels I
and II, Kindermusik© and Music Together©. She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional
music fraternity, the Ohio Music Educators Association, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association,
the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs and the
American Guild of Organists.
RAE JEAN AUTERSON, piano and voice, has spent over 30 years in the music industry in the
areas of performing, musical theatre, music education and private teaching. Rae Jean is a graduate of
Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, where she received the
Best Vocalist award in 2004. In graduate school at Ball State University, she was named to the
National Scholars Honor Society in 2008 and received “Who’s Who Among American Teachers”
award in 2007.
Rae Jean has traveled the world and nation, extensively singing and dancing on cruise lines, Cabaret
shows, tour groups and theatre. She has worked four summers at Stage Door Manor in New York,
musical, directing “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Cabaret,” “Once on this Island,” and “Celebration.”
She is a native of Indiana, but has lived in New York, Orlando, California, and other places in the
United States performing and continuing her knowledge of music and the arts. A composer, lyricist
and poet, Rae Jean is thrilled to be teaching at Slater Music Academy and hopes to bring her
knowledge of music to the many students that desire to learn and experience all the wonderful things
that music has to offer.
EVELINA KONANIAH, piano, has been teaching for over ten years with students ranging from
children to adults. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance, and has
studied organ, harpsichord, violin, voice, and conducting. She has participated in competitions,
master classes, recordings, and radio broadcasts. Some of her students have gone to schools such as
Berklee College of Music and Duke University while maintaining active musical lives. Her students
have participated in competitions, festivals, and auditions, with excellent results. She is also on the
piano faculty at the Preparatory Department of University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of
Music.
JOSHUA S. NEMITH, piano, has taught at Slater Music Academy since 2002 and has more than
fifteen years of teaching experience in the private studio as well as the classroom. His students have
performed widely throughout the states of Ohio and Kentucky. Many of his students have enjoyed
successes in state competitions and have earned honors in numerous recitals and festivals. Dr. Nemith
has also taught on the college level at UC-CCM in Cincinnati and at the University of Texas at Austin.
Over the last decade he has taught courses in class piano, piano literature, and chamber music
repertoire. During his education he worked closely with many of the industry’s most important
pedagogues, including Martha Hilley, Tony Caramia, and Michelle Conda. Some of his more
advanced students have gone on to careers in conducting, music education, and church music studies.
Dr. Nemith has enjoyed great success teaching at all ages and levels, including adult students and very
young beginners. He is a longtime professional member of the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs.
In addition to his teaching activities, Dr. Nemith maintains a national performing and recording career.
Since 2007 he has held the titled position of Principal Keyboard with the Dayton Philharmonic
Orchestra and performs a wide variety of solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts. He is an unusually
versatile musician and is in demand on all types of keyboard instruments including harpsichord, organ,
harmonium, and fortepiano. As a member of the IRIS orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee, he enjoys
performing with esteemed colleagues from around the country under the baton of Michael Stern. He is
also an active church musician, playing Sunday services as the accompanist/organist at St. John’s
Westminster Union Church in Cincinnati. During the spring and summer of 2010 he was appointed
interim music director at the same institution.
Dr. Nemith earned his doctorate in piano performance at UC-CCM in 2004. He is also an alumnus of
the New World Symphony, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Eastman School of Music. His
teachers include James Tocco, William Black, Anton Nel, Nancy Garrett, and David Burge. To learn
more about Dr. Nemith, please visit his website: joshuanemith.blogspot.com.
MARY ANN POWERS, voice, taught voice lessons at Robinson Music Inc., UConn's Community
School for the Arts in Storrs, CT, the Performing Arts Center of the Metro West in Framingham,
MA, and Music Maker School in Acton, MA. Students of Ms. Powers have advanced in
Massachusetts's Junior High and Senior High District Honors Choir and All State Choir, and several
students have performed in community theater companies. Ms. Powers performs a diverse variety of
repertoire, from a Modern Music Chamber recital to a Bach Chamber Music recital at the historic
King's Chapel in Boston. She has premiered works by Matthew McConnell, Derek Jacoby, and
Stanley Hoffman at the Lily Pad, Jordan Hall, the Boston Center for the Arts, and has sung with
Schola Nocturna, a group that specializes in Early Music. Ms. Powers has performed Lucy from The
Telephone, La Musica from L'Orfeo, and Josephine from Story of an Hour (premiere). She holds a
MM in Vocal Pedagogy, a MM in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music
in Boston, MA, and a BM in Vocal Performance from Ohio University in Athens, OH.
RICHARD SEIL, Suzuki and traditional method piano, has been teaching privately and at the
collegiate level for over 15 years. A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and Indiana University, he
is currently completing his DMA at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Seil's former teachers include
Menahem Pressler, Karen Shaw, James Tocco, Richard Fields, Eugene Pridonoff, Elizabeth
Pridonoff and Robert Mayerovitch. An active performer throughout the Midwest, Mr. Seil enjoys
both collaborative and solo performances.
Richard began teaching piano at the Baldwin-Wallace College Preparatory Department and as a
student at Indiana University and the University of Cincinnati. He also taught in Michigan and
Kentucky at the collegiate level and Cleveland and Cincinnati as a private teacher. He has judged
competitions in Michigan and Ohio and participated in the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in
1998, 2000 and 2002. Membership in teaching organizations includes the College Music Society,
MTNA, MMTA, OMTA and KMTA. He was listed in Who's Who in America in 2002. Further
musical interests include conducting and violin.
| 143 N. Ft. Thomas Ave., Ft. Thomas, KY 41075 Phone: 859-486-1032, Fax: 859-908-2607 Email: info@slatermusicacademy.com |
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