LaNelle Nash Piano Lessons

The recipient of the 2013 GMTA Teacher of the Year Award is LaNelle Nash. LaNelle earned a bachelor of music education degree from Mississippi State University with an emphasis in piano. She did graduate work at North Texas State University and pursued jazz studies at Georgia State University and the University of North Texas. After college, she taught general music at schools in Mississippi and in the Dallas, Texas Independent School District before moving to Roswell in 1977. Along the way LaNelle has received certification from MTNA and the American College of Musicians. She is a member of the Piano Guild Hall of Fame and a consultant with the National Piano Foundation where she studied with Robert Pace.

LaNelle is hesitant to talk of herself or her student’s successes. With fifty-four years of students, well over 1000, it becomes impossible to prioritize their achievements. However, you do not have to look far to notice the impact she had on the career of her son, David. LaNelle is more eager to discuss her legacy to the community – growing a generation of music consumers and families who stay in her studio year after year, sibling after sibling. She lights up a room when you get her talking about the many piano teachers she has mentored.