Katherine Fisher

Biography

Katherine Fisher serves on the piano and piano pedagogy faculty at the Ohio University School of Music in Athens, Ohio. She is co-author of the innovative and critically-acclaimed Piano Safari Method (www.pianosafari.com), which is used by piano students and teachers around the globe. Katherine is a member of the Fisher Piano Duo with her husband, Dr. Christopher Fisher. The duo has performed throughout the United States and United Kingdom. They are co-authors of the revised and expanded edition of Piano Duet Repertoire (Indiana University Press, 2016).

Katherine is an active member of the Music Teachers National Association, having most recently served as recording secretary for the OhioMTA. She presently serves in the capacity of Vice- President for Membership for the Southeast District of OhioMTA.

A native of Ohio, Katherine obtained her degrees from the University of Oklahoma (Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy) and the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music (Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance). Her former teachers include Jeongwon Ham, Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Karin R. Edwards, and Nancy Bachus.

Katherine is a Yamaha Artist.