NATCHITOCHES – The NSU Music Academy is accepting students for the fall semester. The academy is under the direction of Northwestern State Assistant Professor of Piano Dr. John Price and Associate Professor of Piano Dr. Francis Yang and offers piano, voice, guitar and percussion lessons for students. Piano lessons are for those from age six as well as adults and voice lessons are for those eight and up.

Northwestern State students in the Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts provide lessons. Teachers are piano majors David Paz and Hannah Potter, guitar major Naydu Daza Maya, percussion major Jackson Forrester, and voice majors Valentina Herazo Alvarez, Ella Castro and Beth Olin.

Last spring students participated in a concert at NSU’s Magale Recital Hall, a virtual recital,  the National Federation of Music Clubs Festival and the Central Music Teachers’ Association Sonatina Festival.

For more information on the NSU Music Academy, please contact Price at pricejo@nsula.edu or Yang at yangf@nsula.edu.