Gray School of Music, Piano Faculty, Teacher

Lauren K. Harder is originally from Buffalo, New York. She began her undergraduate music studies at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College under Dr. Ray Luck and completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy at the University of Texas at Austin under Dr. Betty Mallard. She received a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at Miami University where she studied under Dr. Siok Lian Tan.

Ms. Harder pursued pedagogical studies with Sophia Gilmson and Martha Hilley at the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Siok Lian Tan at Miami University. She became a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music in December 2008. She has experience teaching students of all ages in many different settings: private lessons, theory and early childhood classes at community music schools, extra-curricular programs at a private school, university pedagogy and class piano programs, as well as in summer arts camps. Most recently, she taught at the Coppell Conservatory where she maintained a studio of 45 private students whom she regularly prepared for competitive piano performances through both Carrollton Music Teachers Association festivals and the Royal Conservatory Achievement Program.

She resides in North Dallas with her husband, Sergio Rodriguez, a classical guitarist who also teaches in the DFW area. They enjoy traveling, biking, and cooking together.