Karen Cuneo Ramirez has been teaching piano, keyboard and organ lessons for 35 years. She started taking piano lessons at the age of 7 and eventually made the organ her main instrument.

Karen started playing in church at age 13 and was teaching young students while still in high school. In college, karen studied classical music, but decided that it was a lot more satisfying to teach popular music to adults who just want to have fun

After college, karen was trained to teach group classes while working in the piano retail business. She was one of the first professionally trained group teachers on the west coast and now travels around the country, training teachers to make playing music both fun and easy.

She now works here at Music Exchange and teaches many students a week in group classes. 

Karen says, "Most people think music is complicated and they are too old to learn, so they never try it." However, Karen has proved this to be untrue. Witness the many students who have learned to play with great satisfaction over the years and continue to take group lessons at Music Exchange.

She has written several books on short cuts to playing music, and her fun, energetic approach using humor and entertainment will make everyone's desire to play a musical instrument become a reality.