Karen Nichols has an extensive resume in the music industry as a performer (keyboardist/singer/songwriter) and industry businessperson, including working at A&M Records in Hollywood, California in the 80's.  She had a long career as a solo pianist in clubs and plays gigs with her group 37North, and teaches privately in her teaching studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.  She is primarily a piano and voice teacher (all levels, all styles) but has coached songwriters and writers on projects, and helped students plan and implement CD projects.   She is a popular and fun teacher to study with, and her students have gone on to star in theatrical productions, tour with their own pop and rock bands, obtain church music ministry positions, and write phenomenal songs.  Her clients love having an experienced professional who worked in Los Angeles and San Francisco for many years, bring her expertise to southwest Virginia, and parents appreciate the graduate level teaching credentials she earned which help her address particular student needs.  Karen is a teacher who listens and takes an interest in the direction, gifts and needs of the individual student.