Barbara Rader
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Trained as a historian at the College of Wooster in
Ohio, BARBARA RADER came to the piano as a young mother after recognizing that her burning
desire to play the piano should not be fulfilled only through her children. Starting as an
adult thirty years ago was not easy since there were limited materials available for adult
instruction. With the loving persistence of her teacher, Mary Sue Harris of Lincoln,
Nebraska, she prevailed. Also with Mary Sue’s encouragement, Barbara started teaching
children and other adults ten years later. Barbara’s frustration with the lack of materials to help her teach music history led her to develop Music History Bingo in 1996. She maintains a private piano studio in her home, teaching both individually and in groups. She has served as president of the Lincoln Music Teachers Association and is currently membership chair for the Nebraska Music Teachers Association. Barbara’s hobbies include quilting, needlecraft, listening to NPR and singing in the Abendmusik Choir at First Plymouth Church in Lincoln. She is married to Benjamin Rader, a professor of American history at the University of Nebraska, who served as her consultant and copy editor. They have two children: Anne, a professor of pathology at the Oregon Health Sciences University and Stephen, a computer specialist at the University of Wisconsin. The delights of their lives are three young grandchildren, Alex and Aidan in Oregon and Ariella in Wisconsin. Barbara Rader |