About the Instructor
Lydia H. McCool She has being teaching children and
adults to experience the joy and reward of playing the piano .
She has performed as singers in choruses, and as pianist
in recitals as well as in ensemble settings with singers and
instrumentalists.
She studied classical piano privately since age 6 and sang
in the children's choirs since age 9. She continued studying
piano with the late professor Livingston Gearhart (1916-
1996) at the State University of New York at Buffalo while
working on her Bachelor of Science computer science
degree. She then obtained a Master of Science degree in
Computer Science at the Pace University, New York while
working as a software engineer.
After her move to the bay area in the 1990's, she started
formal study at Foothill college and privately for her second
instrument, guitar (folk and classical), and she went back to
school and received her piano degree from San Jose State
University, California, where she not only furthered her
classical piano study, but was introduced to the wonderful
world of Jazz music, and the learning of various orchestral
instruments, such as woodwinds, brass, strings and
percussions.
Besides teaching, she actively works as collaborative
pianist for vocal and instrumental contestants at auditions
and competitions in the bay area. She has worked as an
piano accompanist at the voice studio of Professor Erie
Mills (retired 2008) at the San Jose State University. What
inspired her to pursue her piano degree was her singing with
the Peninsula Women's Choir under the direction of the late
artist director Patricia Hennings, and playing piano for the
Chinese Mass at the Mission St. Joseph in Fremont. Since
then she continues to work for various churches as contract
pianist, and most recently, at the Congregational
Community Church in Sunnyvale where she is praised and
appreciated for playing her original compositions during
services.
Mrs. McCool is a member of the Music Teacher's
Association of California , the editor for the newsletter
Tarantella for the MTAC Palo MTAC Palo Alto Branch, and
a member of the Palo Alto Two Piano club. She can provide
lessons in English, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese.
She was also a recipient of STARTALK and BAFLP
scholarships to receive training at Stanford University in
teaching mandarin Chinese.
Lydia H. McCool She has being teaching children and
adults to experience the joy and reward of playing the piano .
She has performed as singers in choruses, and as pianist
in recitals as well as in ensemble settings with singers and
instrumentalists.
She studied classical piano privately since age 6 and sang
in the children's choirs since age 9. She continued studying
piano with the late professor Livingston Gearhart (1916-
1996) at the State University of New York at Buffalo while
working on her Bachelor of Science computer science
degree. She then obtained a Master of Science degree in
Computer Science at the Pace University, New York while
working as a software engineer.
After her move to the bay area in the 1990's, she started
formal study at Foothill college and privately for her second
instrument, guitar (folk and classical), and she went back to
school and received her piano degree from San Jose State
University, California, where she not only furthered her
classical piano study, but was introduced to the wonderful
world of Jazz music, and the learning of various orchestral
instruments, such as woodwinds, brass, strings and
percussions.
Besides teaching, she actively works as collaborative
pianist for vocal and instrumental contestants at auditions
and competitions in the bay area. She has worked as an
piano accompanist at the voice studio of Professor Erie
Mills (retired 2008) at the San Jose State University. What
inspired her to pursue her piano degree was her singing with
the Peninsula Women's Choir under the direction of the late
artist director Patricia Hennings, and playing piano for the
Chinese Mass at the Mission St. Joseph in Fremont. Since
then she continues to work for various churches as contract
pianist, and most recently, at the Congregational
Community Church in Sunnyvale where she is praised and
appreciated for playing her original compositions during
services.
Mrs. McCool is a member of the Music Teacher's
Association of California , the editor for the newsletter
Tarantella for the MTAC Palo MTAC Palo Alto Branch, and
a member of the Palo Alto Two Piano club. She can provide
lessons in English, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese.
She was also a recipient of STARTALK and BAFLP
scholarships to receive training at Stanford University in
teaching mandarin Chinese.
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