Karlyen Tan, NCTM is a National Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music by the
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).
education
Studied with Gladys Gladstone Rosenberg, the late legendary Piano Chair at the
University of Utah.
Graduated from the University of Utah with Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Piano Performance.
Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) in Piano from the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and Certified Teacher of Music in Piano in Utah from the Utah Music Teachers Association (UMTA) since 1998.
Attained status of National Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music in Piano from Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) in 2009.
experience
Over thirty six years of private piano instruction.
Twenty five years of teaching at the University of Utah, School of Music.
Frequent adjudicator for festivals and competitions throughout the state.
Active lecturer for UMTA Salt Lake Chapter and UMTA State Conference.
Performer in annual concerts with the Piano Faculty at the University of Utah.
“The challenge, coaching, and care are all there on Karlyen’s part; at the same time, she is aware of her student’s capacity and she helps them tackle challenging music.”
piano lineage from bach and beethoven
J.S. Bach gave music lessons to Gottfried Homilius, who then taught Johann Hiller, and so on.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gottfried Homilius
Johann Hiller
Christian Neefe
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Czerny
Theodor Leschetizky
Artur Schnabel
Gladys Gladstone
Karlyen Tan