
President/CEO Sara Marie Brenner has owned a music lessons studio and been teaching music since 1992. She began her music study at age 3 with Suzuki piano lessons, and by the age of 8 was playing full Sonatas by ear. She studied with Professor JoAnn Hopper of Ohio Wesleyan University from age 8-20. As a child, she also studied violin with Dr. Robert Gillespie of The Ohio State University (''OSU''), performing in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (''CSO'') Junior Strings and Strolling Strings. In addition, she studied flute with Heidi Ruby-Kuschious of the CSO and Kathy Borst Jones of OSU, and was 1st chair flautist in the CSO Cadet Orchestra, also playing piccolo. She studied guitar, dance, theatre and voice, and was involved in the CSO Children's Choir (now Columbus Children's Chorus) performing with the CSO, Marvin Hamlisch and others. Mrs. Brenner opened for Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos at Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus, OH, and recorded her own album in 1997. In college, Mrs. Brenner studied piano and voice, political science and international relations theory at OSU, piano, voice, songwriting, musical theatre and music business at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and the Kodály method at Capital University in Columbus, OH. Mrs. Brenner serves on the Board of Trustees for OperaColumbus, is the Chair of the Northwest Columbus Area Action Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and is a member of the NFIB Ohio Leadership Council, is a member of the Public Policy Committee for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) - Columbus Chapter, and she is a member of the Olentangy Arts Council (a pro-arts organization in the Olentangy School system). She has been a featured clinician for the Ohio Music Educators Association's state convention, and handles training all new and current employees. In addition, she was elected to Powell City Council in November 2009 where she serves on the Finance Committee, Development Committee and Community Improvement Corporation Board of Directors. Sara Marie Brenner CEO | The Music Lessons Company, Inc. President/CEO | Prestige Music Studios, Inc. Tel | 888.861.MUSIC x8001 Direct Dial Phone & Fax | 888.889.7620 Email | CEO@TheMusicLessonsCompany.com |
