Academy Of Music Sciences

John Funk, Academic Director of Academy of Music Sciences International, studied both Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy at The Ohio State University School of Music, where he received both the Gertrude Kuhfahs and George Haddad Scholarships in piano and studied under Dr. Donald Gren. A respected private teacher and pianist in southern and central Ohio for nearly two decades, John Funk has also composed numerous solo piano works and has studied period keyboard instruments with Penelope Crawford, among others. Mr. Funk has published several articles on Keyboard Performance Practices and Piano Literature. In 1999, Mr. Funk established the Alice Kindler Concert Series and Scholarship Fund for Central Ohio teachers and advanced students in memory of his first teacher, the late Alice Kindler. Mr. Funk has regularly performed on harpsichord in Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute and studied at the Oregon Bach Festival. In addition to teaching privately, Mr. Funk also has conducted numerous workshops and seminars in Columbus, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois and has served as pianist for Bible Study Fellowship International. John Funk currently serves as Pastor at Conner’s View Primitive Baptist Church in Meadows of Dan, Va. and Community Primitive Baptist in Stuart, Va. John Funk has produced two compact disc recordings and recently authored, "The Scale Book: An Introduction to the Harmonic Rudiments of Music."