Austin Atkinson, Piano & Guitar

Austin Atkinson is a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, and producer based in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a degree in Music Education from University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). His music teaching focuses on piano, guitar, and saxophone. Since starting his private teaching studio in 2015 he has worked with several school music programs and music stores in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, with experience in individual, small group and large group instruction, marching band camps, instrument fittings, and concert sound engineering.

Austin’s performance experience includes community events and wedding performances in both classical and jazz settings, producing and recording rock, jazz, and folk music at his studio, plus pre-pandemic public concerts and in-studio recording with his band. He is comfortable teaching students of any age and skill level the fundamentals of reading music, playing and creating songs with proper technique, and playing songs using melodies and chord progressions. His music lessons revolve around the students’ individual goals and musical interests, with a focus on or mix of standard folk songs, popular and jazz tunes, classical performance, improvisation and creation, scales and music theory, and technique and fundamentals. The ultimate goal is to have fun playing music! In addition to this, Austin approaches his students’ education with understanding and flexibility, so that if a student is unable to complete an assignment in the expected time or is struggling with other factors in life, lessons will involve interaction with music in a way that manages stress and enhances problem solving skills for success in all areas of life.