Clara Passmore is a first-year graduate student at UNCSA, pursing a Masters degree in Collaborative Piano. She graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance. She studied under Dr. Taeseong Kim and Dr. Tad Hardin. Clara has been learning piano from a young age, starting lessons at age 10. She began teaching piano during her junior year of high school and has been teaching ever since. Clara loves to share her passion for music and piano with the students she teaches. Learning piano is a great hobby to have and is very relaxing for the mind. Clara has learned and taught a variety of genres including classical, popular, sacred, chord charts, and lead sheets. She has a strong interest in classical music and hopes to share those interests with her students.