Hello, I am Lindsey Ward, founder of Kassiani Piano Studio. I began playing the piano at the age of four, from that time has blossomed a lifelong unearthing of what music means to me. As years have passed by, my education has been shaped through performance, competition, and dedicated study in both piano and composition.
As a young teenager, my musicality was further forged under the tutelage of concert pianist and President of the Chopin Society of Texas; Nina Drath. Under her guidance and with much of my own hard work and dedication, I received my high school music diploma and performed in numerous recitals, competitions, and masterclasses throughout the United States and abroad. These opportunities led me to Mallorca, Spain; Paris, France; Pszczyna and Turzno, Poland; Osaka, Japan; and more.
In 2019, I was accepted into the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland, where I completed two semesters of study under the tutelage of Dr. Joanna Marcinkowska. I later returned to Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic and was accepted into the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. There, under the tutelage of Dr. Andrew Staupe, I completed my Bachelor of Music with a minor in Psychology.
To this day, I am constantly learning more about my instrument and how music weaves its thread of meaning through human life and experience. Every student sits at my piano with a different background and way of learning. To teach them what I've learned and to learn more alongside with them is my greatest honor. At my Kassiani Piano Studio, I desire to maintain my devotion to music by offering others knowledge on how to wield the beauty of music in their own unique way.