Katherine Fisher is on the faculty of the Athens Community Music School at Ohio University. She coordinates the Piano Safari Program for children who are beginners at the instrument, and supervises the teaching of graduate assistants.
Katherine Fisher and Dr. Julie Knerr Hague developed the Piano Safari® Method during their time in school together at the University of Oklahoma. While graduate students, they realized they had a mutual dream of writing a piano method that would incorporate the best elements of the various techniques they had been using in their teaching.
Katherine, a Yamaha artist, is a member of the Fisher Piano Duo with husband, Dr. Christopher Fisher. The duo has performed throughout the United States and Europe. They are co-authors of the revised and expanded edition of Piano Duet Repertoire (Indiana University Press, 2016).
A native of Ohio, Katherine received her degrees from the University of Oklahoma (MM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy) and the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music (BM in Piano Performance). Her former teachers include Jeongwon Ham, Jane Magrath, Barbara Fast, Karin R. Edwards, and Nancy Bachus.