Dr. Julie Hague is co-author of the Piano Safari Method. She currently teaches piano at her home studio in Connecticut. Julie was on faculty at the University of Missouri, Oklahoma City University, and Ohio University. She holds a PhD in Music Education with an Emphasis in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma, where her dissertation on elementary level piano technique was nominated for the Best PhD Dissertation Award in 2006. Additional degrees include MM degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BM in Piano Performance from the University of Puget Sound.