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Regina Ziliani is a piano teacher of over 36 years. Although no longer teaching, she is the owner of Charlotte Academy of the Arts (CAA), where she has culminated a faculty of dedicated, enthusiastic professional music, theatre, and dance teachers. Through our educational opportunities, assessments, and performances we challenge and inspire our students towards greater confidence and musical excellence. CAA is very proud to be the only area school to have been named Founding School for the Royal Conservatory of Music. It is also the home of SHINE Musical Theatre, and offers musical theatre camps and productions, visual arts summer camps, and more. We invite you to learn about our excellent faculty of experienced, nurturing teachers, as well as our multitude of performance and assessment opportunities made available to all interested students.

Born in Rimini, Italy, Ludovica Tassani began studying piano at the age of four with her mother and taking formal piano lessons when she was six. At age ten she was admitted at the “Gioacchino Rossini” Conservatory in Pesaro where she studied with Maestro Annibale Rebaudengo and Marco Cola and she got the Piano degree after 10 rigorous years of Piano instruction. After having received the Piano degree, at the same Conservatory, she began to study harpsichord with Mrs. Maria Letizia Pascoli. There she obtained her second degree in harpsichord. Mrs. Tassani also attended the piano courses at the Music Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, Italy, studying with Maestro Franco Scala, Piero Rattalino and Piernarciso Masi. She attended masterclasses of “Clavicordo, Clavicembalo, Fortepiano e Basso Continuo” with the famous harpsichord player/teacher Mrs. Emilia Fadini in Milan. Ludovica Tassani held recitals as a pianist and harpsichord player around Italy and Europe, she played with several Baroque Orchestras and played in duo with Maestro Dante Milozzi, Rino Vernizzi, Claudio Casadei, Emmanuele Baldini and in many Chamber orchestras. Additionally, she has made several recordings with various Baroque groups. From 1989 to 2007 she has been Organist and Music Director of the “Santa Rita” Church in her hometown, Rimini. After having earned her first music degree she began to teach Piano and general Music. Mrs. Tassani has almost 30 years of experience teaching hundreds of students of all ages who got accepted into the best Conservatories of Music in Italy and Music schools in USA. Ludovica Tassani also has a Doctorate degree in Political Science from University of Urbino, Italy.

Laura Harding, NCTM, is a piano teacher located in Alexandria, Minnesota. She earned a master’s degree in piano pedagogy from the University of St. Thomas. Laura is dedicated to helping her students become lifelong musicians. She serves as the treasurer of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association Foundation Board, and is a member of the MMTA Representation, Advocacy and Belonging Committee, the Theory Development Committee, the Alexandria Area Music Teachers Association, and the Association of Professional Piano Instructors. Additionally, Laura is a member of the RCM College of Examiners and works as an adjunct piano instructor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Colleen Branson, ARCT, BM, RMT Colleen Branson has been teaching piano and theory for 36 years, 25+ of those in the Newton area of Surrey, B.C. Mrs. Branson teaches piano students from age 4 to infinity. It's never too late to start learning the language and joy of music. Private lessons give a well rounded approach to learning and incorporate theory, ear training, improvisation, and repertoire in a variety of styles, from the many facets of classical and popular.

With 37 years of teaching experience, Charlene Ewert has an insight to helping children grow in loving to play music. She has consistently prepared students for many types of competitions such as Guild, sonata contests, music festivals, and school events. Her teaching experience has included teaching 3 year old students through adults. Charlene holds a Bachelor's in Music Education and a Master's in Music Education as well as further work on the graduate level. Charlene is always researching to find new and fresh ideas to inspire and motivate students to love, enjoy, and excel at music. She finds great fulfillment to see her students discover that they are able to accomplish something that seemed difficult. With classical music being the foundation for her teaching, she also uses a variety of styles of music in her teaching including: sacred, fun, and just about any that a student wishes to learn. Charlene has taught in several states including: Texas, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. It has been an adventure for her to get to know and enjoy the culture in these many locations.