About Alivenarts

 Cincinnati Center for Adult Music Study capitalizes on diverse programming that mirrors our diverse community and offers the most unique music classes and experiences anywhere in the region, all designed for adults. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced musician, a performer or a spectator, there’s something for you. Come meet other people who share your interest in music and enjoy the chance to learn something new.

 Where all can respond, instigate and adapt. Everyone can explore, discover, create, engage, embrace, and change. We learn resilience, nurture diversity and gain a nimbleness needed in today's ever-changing world. 

 A field with no silos - no insulation and no isolation. There is a flattened playing field where artist, performer, practitioner, teacher, student and humans come together in the name of art. A field of dreams!

 It takes a team of dedicated people to make sure our mission is successful! We're fortunate to have some of the best dedicating their time, energy, and expertise to our mission. We are fortunate to work with many energetic, generous volunteers who keep AlivenArts alive!

Rachel Kramer, NCTM, holds a BM in piano performance and an MA from Eastern Illinois University and an MM in piano performance and pedagogy from The University of Michigan. She is the President of Music Learning Center, Inc. an independent music teaching studio of nearly 200 students ages 6-months-5 years. She is Founder/ CEO of AlivenArts, Founder of Queen City Music Fest and SOS Music Group. She has produced many community-based arts programs, served as administrator of the Cincinnati Public School Fine Arts Gifted Testing program, as well as creating educational materials for PBS ThinkTV in collaboration with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s “Carnival of the Animals: Remix” concert. 

Rachel has held positions at the Music Teachers National Association, including Assistant Executive Director and was an Adjunct Faculty member at Wilmington College. 

Rachel was the Associate Director/Accompanist for MUSE, Cincinnati’s Women’s Choir, and the Associate Director of Music at St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church. She has been the accompanist for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition Chorale, Wilmington College Chorale and College Community Chorus, and four prison choirs in Ohio. From 1990-1996, Kramer served as the Manager of Educational Programs/Publications for Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.

Rachel is the 2009 Ohio Independent Music Teacher of the Year. Kramer is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music; Specialist in Group Teaching/Recreational Music Making. She has published many articles on various educational and piano pedagogy topics, has presented workshops across the country, adjudicated and has taught group piano to students of all ages for over 30 years from colleges to country clubs – prisons to cruise ships!

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