Brief Description of Dr. Carney’s Teaching Qualifications

Teaching Experience

Over 25 years experience teaching children and adults of all ages and skill levels through his private studios in Missouri and Texas.
Students have received top prizes in local, regional, and international piano competitions.
Over a decade in higher education as piano professor and department chair at Southwest Baptist University. Prior positions on the faculty of North Central Texas College and as Coordinator of Instruction at The Master's Touch School of Music in the Dallas area.
As a university professor, Dr. Carney taught applied piano, piano pedagogy, piano literature, group piano classes, chamber music, vocal literature, music theory/sight singing & ear training, and music appreciation.
Dr. Carney has also served on the faculties of summer music programs in Michigan (Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp) and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

2010, Doctor of Musical Arts, Major in Piano Performance: University of North Texas.
2002, Master of Music, Major in Piano Performance: Louisiana State University.
2000, Bachelor of Music, Major in Piano Performance: Missouri State University.
Studies with internationally recognized teachers at at each of the above institutions and summer music programs in Aspen, Colorado, and Brevard, North Carolina.
Dr. Carney was also a university administrator for several years and received his Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Leadership and Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Numerous positions in professional associations including President of the Missouri Music Teachers Association (MTNA state affiliate).
Dr. Carney has been invited to present at numerous national and international conferences throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. National and international conferences include those of the College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, European Association for Music in Schools, World Piano Conference, National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and others.
Frequent adjudicator of piano competitions and festivals.
Dr. Carney’s professional affiliations include the Music Teachers National Association, Missouri Music Techers Association, Springfield Music Teachers Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.

Solo and chamber concerts throughout the US and Europe.
Competitive performances have yielded many top prizes including first place in the Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition, first place in the Missouri Music Teachers’ Association State Auditions (upper level, collegiate), and special recognition as a Presser Scholar. (click here to find out more about Dr. Carney’s performing background).