Gray School of Music, Piano Faculty, Teacher

Dr. Rinna Saun is a nationally certified teacher of piano. She earned the doctorate in piano performance from the University of North Texas studying with Dr. Pamela Paul. While at UNT, she was a teaching fellow in class piano and accompanying. She received her bachelors degree from the University of Maryland with Dr. Nelita True, and her masters degree from the Mannes College of Music in NY with Richard Goode. Her performances have been heard in halls from New York to Oregon. She is the recipient of first prize from the New-York Korea Times Competition and the American Music Scholarship Association Competition. Her playing has been featured on NPR and she was a guest performer at the Gracie Mansion in New York. Dr. Saun has training in the Dorothy Taubman technique as well as the technique Abby Whiteside describes in her book, the Indispensables of Piano Playing. From 2006-8, performances include Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor K. 466, and the J.S. Bach Keyboard Concerto in D minor, with freelance chamber musicians from the Dallas area.