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Roberta Gary and Thomas Miles, husband and wife, have studied the Alexander Technique with Barbara Conable for several years, and have been certified by her to teach What Every Organist Needs to Know About the Body.

Roberta Gary is Professor of Organ at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches organ, a graduate seminar in organ literature, and organ pedagogy. She is currently Head of the Division of Keyboard Studies. Dr. Gary also served as a member of the AGO National Committee on Professional Education for several years.

Her degrees are from the University of Cincinnati and the Eastman School of Music. Major teachers have included David Craighead, Arthur Poister, Bernard Lagacé, William Porter, Harald Vogel, and Edward Parmentier. Particular specialties have ranged from Liszt, Reubke, Franck, and Messiaen to Bach, Buxtehude, and the meantone repertoire. Her concert appearances are represented by Independent Concert Artists.

Thomas Miles is organist at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Cincinnati, and organist at Isaac M. Wise Temple. He maintains a private Suzuki piano studio through the Cincinnati Music Academy.

His degrees are from Colorado State University, and he holds the Premier Prix in Organ from the Montréal Conservatory of Music where he studied with Bernard Lagacé. Additional study has been with Roberta Gary, William Porter, and Edward Parmentier. His Suzuki teachers have been Rita Hauck and Mary Craig Powell. He has traveled extensively in Europe on study tours, and has accompanied the Christ Church Cathedral Choir and the Cincinnati Christian Chorale during their trips to Europe.

Roberta and Thomas also contributed substantial information for organists in the book What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body.

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