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Bethany Campbell, a pianist and private piano instructor originally from Southern California, earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Southern California in May of 2015, studying under Bernadene Blaha. During her doctoral studies, Campbell focused on music education, college teaching, and music industry as her minor fields. She graduated from USC's Thornton School of Music as a Pi Kappa Lambda member and was named the "Most Outstanding Keyboard Graduate" at the doctoral level.

Campbell also holds a Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from USC, and her musical career includes her Carnegie Hall debut in 2007 and featured recordings on 91.5 KUSC’s “Thornton Center Stage” program. Campbell opened her own private piano studio in 2010 and now teaches in Las Vegas, Nevada.

While studying for her doctorate, Campbell also taught group piano classes and private students at USC from 2012-2014, and earned the title of "Most Outstanding Keyboard Studies Teaching Assistant" in 2014 for her Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 semesters. She has maintained a recurring role as a keyboardist on Twentieth Century-Fox's hit television show GLEE (Season 5) in 2013 and has served on the piano faculty at Santa Monica College from 2014-2016, teaching applied piano students and group classes. Campbell has also been a member of the board of directors for the Music Teacher's Association of California, Orange County West branch from 2017-2018.

Campbell's musical portfolio includes participation and performances in music festivals both abroad and in the United States, such as Academie de Fourviere in Lyon, France, Seattle Piano Institute, and Adamant Music School. Mark Sullivan and Candi Chavez are among her previous teachers, and she has worked with numerous pianists, such as Earl Wild, Christopher O’Riley, Golda Vainberg-Tatz, Robin McCabe, and Antoinette Perry. Campbell's musical training began at the Orange County School of the Arts under Stephen Cook and Patricia Dobiesz.

Currently, Campbell is a member of the Las Vegas Music Teacher’s Association and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors Society. Her students participate and win prizes in the Las Vegas Music Teacher's Association competitions and take part in the Royal Conservatory Music Development Program evaluations. Additionally, from 2018-2019, Campbell served as an Artist in Residence with Project Imagine Las Vegas, an Arts in Medicine program that helps pediatric patients deal with the pain and feelings of being hospitalized. She is currently a fifth-year Teaching Artist in residence with the Southern Nevada Wolf Trap in association with The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Besides her residency and teaching work, she is pursuing her dreams of becoming a speech-language pathologist at Emerson College.

References and a resume are available upon request.