Keys By Degrees Piano Academy

06/18/2023

2023 Keys By Degrees Summer Recital
Some snapshots of today’s event … so proud of our students. They showed determination, courage, and grace. We love you all.
- Lisa & Rorry

12/17/2022

2022 Christmas Recital — Rorry and I are so proud of our piano students as they performed beautifully at our annual Christmas program. Amazing kids, amazing little (and big!) humans all pooled their musical talents together to present their gift of song.

Thank you, family and friends, for your support and your encouragement. These kids could not do this without your help in getting them to lessons, carving out time in their schedule to practice, and all the million things you do to keep them going.

A huge thanks to Marvin Murphree, the music director at Central Christian Church, for your help in facilitating this recital today.

Thank you to the Mailat family for your help in folding so many programs!

And a huge shoutout to Rorry for running all the behind-the-scenes tasks that made this recital come together. I could not do this without you. And we cannot do what we do without the help and support of our husbands. Thank you, Jimmy & Devin, for all that you do to keep US going!

Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas, everyone!! 🎄❤️🎶🎹

06/27/2022

2022 Summer Piano Recital at the beautiful Missouri State Capitol! What an amazing experience for our students to have this summer. Rorry and I are so very proud of all of our students who worked up the courage to perform here yesterday in front of family and friends. We love this music life! ❤️🎹🎶

03/26/2022

🍀 2022 St. Patrick’s Piano Recital 🍀 Lucky ducks we were to see these wonderful students get plucky enough to perform their songs at our St. Patrick’s piano recital.

Friendships were born amongst several students as we got through some icebreakers and they had a chance to talk with each other. Private music lessons don’t have to be a lonely road with opportunities such as these to connect with other students on the same path.

As the old Irish blessing goes:
“May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.”

01/02/2022

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊

Here at Keys By Degrees, Rorry & I love walking this journey with your kids! We look forward to another amazing year of lessons, songs, recitals, and lots of memorable experiences together.

“Where every degree of change is part of the process.”

12/30/2021

1st Ever KBD Alumni Coffee Meet Up!! What a fun reunion with intelligent, funny, and ambitious human beings.

These former students of mine followed through with their piano education until their senior year in high school:

(from left to right)
Kayley Myers - Class of 2014
Chad Myers - Class of 2018
Andrea Dryden - Class of 2021
Rigdn Sandul - Class of 2020
Rorry (White) Prahl - Class of 2017

Although the following alums weren’t able to join us today, they are near and dear to our hearts and will hopefully be able to join us the next time:

Zahra Lambe - Class of 2015
Allison Hazlett - Class of 2017
Luke Schrandt - Class of 2020

12/20/2021

2021 Christmas Piano Recital in the books! We are so glad to be back to in-person recitals, especially at Christmas in a beautiful, stately church in the heart of Springfield. ❤️

12/20/2021

2021 Christmas Piano Recital in the books! We are so glad to be back to in-person recitals, especially in a beautiful, stately church in the heart of Springfield. ❤️🎹

06/09/2021

Just a good ole classic music joke for ya 😂

04/14/2021

Here’s a funny music meme for your Wednesday! Dont worry with the help of great teachers (like yours truly😉) you can definitely achieve hard pieces like those composed by Liszt 😂💕
-Rorry P.

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