Piano Faculty

Bill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for more than 40 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S.

Catherine Kautsky, Chair of Keyboard at Lawrence University, has been lauded by the New York Times as “a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers … The music spoke directly to the listener, w

Praised as "intrepid" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "engaging" (Houston Chronicle), and "endlessly fascinating" (WQXR New York), pianist Michael Mizrahi has won acclaim for his compelling performances of a wide-ranging repertoire and his ability to connect with audiences of all ages.

Anthony Padilla is a professor of piano and chamber music at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin.  An American pianist of Filipino-Chinese ancestry, Padilla receives public and critical acclaim for performances of “enormous freshness, vitality, a

Anna Reiser teaches piano, piano pedagogy, and the Taubman Approach to piano playing. 

Catherine Walby has taught piano at the Lawrence Community Music School since 2000.  In addition, she teaches class piano and secondary piano lessons at Lawrence University.  She ran the week-long Piano Odyssey camp each summer from 2003-2018 and served as theory teacher and keyboard