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 was 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 twenty years experience as a music educator, including fourteen years as the Norwood School District's after-school music teacher. |
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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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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.
Michael G. Ronstadt, MM Cello, Guitar, Voice, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Teacher
Musician Michael Ronstadt has traversed a wide range of musical styles from singer-songwriter, folk, jazz, classical, Americana to new age. As a cello instructor at Earlham College and Indiana University East both Michael and his students have risen to the complex and multifaceted challenges faced by today’s musicians. His versatile work has been tapped for studio and concert work by such artists as David Bromberg, Linda Ronstadt, Murial Anderson and Craig Bickhardt (SKB). He has opened up for artists like Ruthie Foster, Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), Steve Katz (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Neil Young, Death Cab For Cutie, Smashing Pumpkins and Josh Groban. He has toured and performed with the late, great Rick Rosas (Crazy Horse) and Dave Krusen (Pearl Jam).
Musician Michael Ronstadt has traversed a wide range of musical styles from singer-songwriter, folk, jazz, classical, Americana to new age. As a cello instructor at Earlham College and Indiana University East both Michael and his students have risen to the complex and multifaceted challenges faced by today’s musicians. His versatile work has been tapped for studio and concert work by such artists as David Bromberg, Linda Ronstadt, Murial Anderson and Craig Bickhardt (SKB). He has opened up for artists like Ruthie Foster, Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), Steve Katz (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Neil Young, Death Cab For Cutie, Smashing Pumpkins and Josh Groban. He has toured and performed with the late, great Rick Rosas (Crazy Horse) and Dave Krusen (Pearl Jam).
Serenity Fisher is a Cincinnati-based musician, composer, and educator. She has a long-standing history as an instructor, offering piano and voice lessons, and frequently leads creative music and piano camps in the greater Cincinnati area, including programming at the Bell Tower Arts Pavilion.
Alongside her teaching, Fisher is known for writing theatrical plays and fronting the indie-dream pop band Serenity Fisher & The Cardboard Hearts. She is also actively involved in the local arts scene, teaching master piano classes and collaborating on projects like the May Festival Children's Concerts with the Cincinnati Opera
Alongside her teaching, Fisher is known for writing theatrical plays and fronting the indie-dream pop band Serenity Fisher & The Cardboard Hearts. She is also actively involved in the local arts scene, teaching master piano classes and collaborating on projects like the May Festival Children's Concerts with the Cincinnati Opera
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Phone: 513-531-9446 Email: [email protected] Ambient Studios 2303 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 Pleasant Ridge 5906 East Woodmont. Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45213 |