Autumn Zander is a guest contributor to the Piano Adventures blog. She is an active pianist, teacher, author and adjudicator. She currently serves on the piano faculties at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis and the International Music Camp in Dunseith, North Dakota. Her articles appear in American Music Teacher, Clavier Companion and the Piano Journal of the European Piano Teachers Association. As a clinician, she frequently presents at the Minnesota Music Teachers State Convention as well as at local colleges and universities. Autumn holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance with a Pedagogy Emphasis from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.