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 month, October 2018

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Each month Dr. Rua chooses the student who was the best well-prepared for the lessons of that month to be the “Student of the Month.”

For the month of October, the “Student of the Month” is Soren Fairfield.  He is a very dedicated piano student. He is a 5th-grader at Indian Hill Elementary, where he is taking 6th grade math.  His hobbies include playing video games (especially Roblox), reading comics of “Dog Man” and eating burritos.

Way to go Soren!!

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Masquerade Musicale 2018

Masquerade Musicale, October 28th, 2018.

 

 

Eleven of Dr. Rua’s students performed at Masquerade Musicale this past Sunday at the 4:00 PM recital at Barnes & Noble of Newport on the Levee, KY.  They were: Helios Arias, Mihindu Wijesekera, Julia DiBenedetto, Reid Pfaltzgraff-Carlson, Juniper Fairfield, Soren Fairfield, Adi Duggal, Gabriela Santiago, Cristina Dos Santos, Dash Drilling and Nina MacKenzie.

What a fun recital!!