The Joy of Hymns Book 1

Ohio native, Lydia Sander, currently resides in Texas where she teaches full time at Parker Piano Studios. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College, Ms. Sander completed her Master's degree in Piano Pedagogy at Texas Christian University. In addition to being an active teacher, Ms. Sander adjudicates local events and gives lectures at the national, state, and local levels. Her musical passions include composition and arranging, pedagogy, inter-arts collaboration and performance, and community engagement. Also a proficient harpist, Ms. Sander enjoys performing both piano and harp for various events.

Katherine Fisher is on the faculty at the Athens Community Music School at Ohio University. She holds degrees from Wheaton College Conservatory and the University of Oklahoma. She is co-author of the PianoSafari®method and Piano Duet Repertoire (Indiana University Press). Katherine and her husband, Christopher, frequently perform across the United States and Europe as the Fisher Piano Duo. Katherine enjoys traveling and presents workshops masterclasses to teachers and students around the world.

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.