Rachel Kramer, NCTM, holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in piano  performance from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Music in  piano performance and pedagogy from The University of Michigan.  She is  the President of Music Learning Center, Inc.  She is President and  Co-founder of the Cincinnati Center for Adult Music Study, Founder of  SOS Music Group and CEO of AlivenArts.   Rachel has held positions at  the Music Teachers National Association, including Director of Member  Development, Assistant Executive Director, Director of Education and  Member Liaison and was Adjunct Faculty member at Wilmington College.  

Rachel  held the positions of Associate Director and Accompanist for MUSE,  Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir for 17 years. For 20 years she was the  Associate Director at St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church.  She has  been the accompanist for the Martin Luther King Coalition Chorale,  Wilmington College Chorale, Wilmington College Community Chorus, as well  as accompanist for solo performers throughout the Greater Cincinnati  Area.   From 1990-1996, Kramer served as the Manager of Educational  Programs for the Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.  Rachel is the 2009 Ohio  Independent Music Teacher of the Year. She is a certified MTNA  Specialist in Group Piano Teaching and Recreational Music Making.  She  has published many articles on various topics of teaching and piano  pedagogy, has done workshops across the country, adjudicated and has  taught group piano to students of all ages for over 25 years from  colleges to country clubs – prisons to cruise lines!