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Erin K. Bennett

 Erin Bennett
Instructor of Piano
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance and Music History
University of Florida
Master of Music, Piano Performance
College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati
Doctor of Musical Arts, Piano Performance

About Erin

Dr. Erin K. Bennett is Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of North Florida School of Music, where she also coordinates the Keyboard Area. In summer she teaches at Interlochen Arts Camp and the Beaujolais Chamber Music Workshop, a collegiate study abroad program that brings together music pedagogy, chamber music performance, and French language and culture in the heart of the Beaujolais region of France. She was formerly the Interim Coordinator of Secondary Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

As a performer, Dr. Bennett has appeared throughout the U.S. and in France, Belgium, Spain, and the Czech Republic. In the field of piano pedagogy she has presented at Music Teachers National Association, the National Conference for Keyboard Pedagogy, and the National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3). Dr. Bennett received degrees from Rice University, the University of Florida, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she pursued dual cognates in music history and piano pedagogy. Her principal teachers have included Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, Robert Roux, Michelle Conda, Boaz Sharon, and Virginia Hawley Buhn. IAC '94-'95.

I want my students to understand the appropriate musical style as they work to make each phrase sound beautiful, and to know how to most efficiently use their bodies to make those sounds.

  • Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, University of North Florida
  • Keyboard Area Coordinator, University of North Florida
  • Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), Music Teachers National Association
  • Certified Teacher, Royal Conservatory of Music
  • UNF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2012 and 2018

B.M. Piano Performance and Music History - Rice University, Shepherd School of Music

M.M., Piano Performance - University of Florida

D.M.A., Piano Performance - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music