Author: Dr Olga Rua

Dr. Olga Rua earned her Doctoral degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa, her Masters' from the University of Toledo and her bachelors from the University of Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia). Dr. Rua has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist in Colombia, Italy, Germany, and the U.S.A. In 2003 and 2004 Dr. Rua was selected to participate in Chatauqua Summer School of Music with full scholarship. In 2008 she won Distinguished Musician Award at the Ibla International Piano Competition (Italy) and in 2009 she was selected to take part of the Asolo Song Festival (Italy) as collaborative pianist. In addition to performing and teaching, Dr. Rua is an avid scholar of early 18th-century music, particularly the music of Carlos de Seixas (1704-1742), and the Spanish music of late 19th-century, mainly "Iberia" of Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909). In December of 2010, her D.M.A. Essay: "Historical Overview of Carlos Seixas's Works for Solo Keyboard," was published. In the Spring of 2016 she moved to Cincinnati with her husband and son. She joined the faculty of Cincinnati Music Academy in July 2016.
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Student of the year 2018-2019

Colten Frentzel is the Student of the Year 2018-2019. He has been “student of the month” four times last school year. Since he started piano lessons last December, he has been a very dedicated student. He is 9 years old and is in 4th grade. He enjoys playing the piano, specially playing Start Wars movie music at the piano.

Congratulations Colten for your big achievement!

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Student of the month, August 2019

Each month Dr. Rua chooses the student with more preparation points to be “the student of the month,” for the month of August this awards goes to Diego Ramirez Guzman.

Diego is a very dedicated student, he is 14 years old. Even though he was born with Duchenne, he makes an effort to keep practicing piano and be the best he can. He is an inspiration for anyone that meets him. He has two other brothers who also take piano lessons at CMA.

Diego gets this award with 54 points out of 70. Great work Diego!!