Music Lessons
Ambient Studios Music Academy is a full-service music school located in the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio. We offer a number of different musical programs for all ages and abilities, including private, semi-private, and group instrumental lessons. We are committed to providing high-quality music education in a challenging yet comfortable learning environment.
Teachers
All of our programs are taught year-round by well-educated and highly talented musicians who are passionate about teaching music and instilling the love of music into the lives of others. We believe that we all are music makers…that each and every one of us has the ability to create music and share that music with others.
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Ambient Studios Producer/Engineer David Prues began piano lessons at age eight. During his high school years, he began playing drums and singing at shows around the greater Cincinnati area. David began composing and producing commercial music shortly after graduating high school, working for Panoptic Media. There he created jingles and soundtracks for films, videos, commercials and documentaries. He now has over twenty five years of production experience performing and/or recording with international artists such as Grammy award winner Tyler Childers, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bootsy Collins, Multi-Grammy award winner Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul, & Mary), Guthrie Trapp guitarist for John Oates, Canadian songwriter Hall of Famer Sylvia Tyson, Paul Delph, Michael Jonathon of WoodSongs, The Nashville Celts, Harry Sparks founder of Famous Old Time Music Company, John Goodsall guitarist for Brand X, and C.C. Thomas music director for Diana Ross. Prues is also the technical producer of The Jerry Springer Podcast.
Prues holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Xavier University, with an emphasis in music technology. David has written countless compositions heard across the globe on networks such as Lifetime, MTV and VH-1. He is the head of Ambient Studios and Ambient Studios Music Academy. A multi-instrumentalist, Prues teaches piano, drums, voice, guitar, and music theory and has over fifteen years experience as a music educator. |
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Tracy Walker has been the recipient of two CAMMY Awards (Cincinnati Enquirer), 2 CEA Awards (Cincinnati CityBeat Newspaper) and the prestigious Taft Museum of Art Duncanson Artist in Residency Honor among others celebrating her achievements in music. She has also opened shows for legends, Patty Labelle and the late Joe Cocker. Tracy doesn’t merely write and play a song, she crafts and inhabits it, as though the songs she sings are shelters from the emotional storms of the world, and sometimes Tracy’s songs are storms themselves, raging right back at the universal tempests we all face. Tracy has developed a reputation as a fierce performer both solo as well as with her band and in 2018 celebrating her 25th anniversary in music!
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James Hart is a classically trained pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor whose 39 year career has spanned both Europe and the U.S. His eclectic approach to music has given his career much variety. In Munich, Germany he was engaged by the Bavarian State Opera, was a professor of music at the Munich Conservatory and was a studio musician at the acclaimed Bavarian Film Works Studios performing on numerous film and television scores and records. After eight years there, he moved to Los Angeles to continue his career composing film and television scores. In Cincinnati since 1991, James Hart has been scoring commercials, teaching electronic music, jazz and classical piano, voice, and music theory both privately and at Xavier University. He also performs as pianist and conductor in classical and jazz concerts both here and in Europe. For the past 8 years he's also been engaged as principal pianist and assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Ballet.
Stan Ginn is a drummer/percussionist in Cincinnati. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Since then he has studied privately with teachers in New York City, San Francisco, and Havana, Cuba. He has performed and/or recorded with a wide variety of artists including Louie Bellson, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Pan Ramajay, Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalapeño Band, Songo, Janet Pressley, Bailando Desnudo, Donna Summer, Monk, Phil Hawkins, the 4Track All-Stars, and many more. He can currently be seen with Phil Degreg's Brasilia, Dave Hawkins and Celtic Core, Bossa do Retro, and his own groups Pancaribbean and Mambo Diablo.
In addition to his performance career, Stan has also been involved in music education for over 20 years teaching private and group lessons as well as providing educational programs in schools.
In addition to his performance career, Stan has also been involved in music education for over 20 years teaching private and group lessons as well as providing educational programs in schools.
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Phone: 513-531-9446 Email: record@ambientstudios.org Ambient Studios 2303 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 |