Donna

Founder/Piano Instructor

Age six was when I started piano lessons and remember that while a child it was my go-to pastime. I played often, sight-read, accompanied and stuck to the piano. I graduated from Houghton College with a music degree and thoroughly enjoyed teaching at ELCO for several years before I had my own children.

While raising our own family, I had anywhere from 5 to 18 students at different times from 1994 - 2016, all coming to our living room. As my own children grew, so did the studio and we began looking for other locations that would allow growth. We moved to the Myerstown Community Center in July of 2021 with one room and quickly added the 2nd room. For the first time Forte offered an alternative to piano –guitar, later that year.