Rebekah Olivia M. Buss

Rebekah Olivia Buss earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance from The University of Wisconsin, and her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from The University of Iowa. Educated and certified in both traditional piano and all levels of Suzuki piano teaching methods, Buss is an active member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, MTNA, ISMTA, and the National Guild of Piano Teachers (Piano Guild). Each year her students take part in opportunities to perform and sharpen their skills as complete musicians, participating in highly esteemed and rewarding festivals and competitions such as ISMTA/AIMS examinations, Piano Guild, Geneva Grandquist Competition, and Concerto Competitions and Suzuki Institutes. Rebekah Buss enjoys opportunities sharing the Suzuki approach with teachers throughout the Chicago area at local MTNA chapter meetings. Buss’s students have gone on to further their piano studies earning scholarships to accredited college music programs throughout the U.S. Miss Buss has participated in piano workshops for Dalcroze Eurythmics at Longy School of Music and Carnegie Mellon, the International Workshop for Piano and Strings for Performance and Pedagogy at Stavanger Konserthus, and Regaland Conservatory in Stavanger, in Norway, as well as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Buss’s broad piano performance experience extends to solo performances, chamber music, piano duets, large ensembles and piano monster concerts.
Currently, Miss Buss teaches ages 2 and up at Rebekah’s Piano Studio in Naperville, IL.