Thank you for your interest in Singer Academy! My name is Douglas Singer, and I offer piano and voice lessons in the greater Dayton, OH and Miami Valley region.

I have a Masters Degree in Piano Performance and have taught since 2002 as both a private teacher and university professor (Taylor University, University of Northern Colorado). Since 2022, we have been growing a new studio right here in the Dayton area. Come join us!

Might we chat about how Singer Academy can help you pursue your musical dreams? Please call or text today at (937) 602-0296.

Studio location: West Carrollton, OH. Conveniently located to serve West Carrollton, Miamisburg, Moraine, Dayton, Kettering, Centerville, Springboro, Franklin, Germantown, Beavercreek, and beyond.

Professional Bio

Douglas first started performing piano back in the '90s when he stood in flashing strobe lights and fog to rock keyboard for his charismatic youth group. Now a Presbyterian (but hopefully still with a Charismatic dash), he tries to bring energy, creativity, and spirit to both contemporary and traditional services at his church.

Douglas Singer loves sacred music and also plays music styles from jazz (including appearances with Keri Chryst) to rock (including an appearance with Bob Walkenhorst), from blues (including appearances with Ricky Matticks) to Broadway (at Farmland Dinner Theater and Taylor University Musical Theater). But he remains first and foremost a lover of the classical and the well-crafted.

The great repertoire -- works of the Bachs, of Barber, Bartok, Beach, Beethoven, Bernstein, Brahms, Chopin, Copland, Delibes, Dello Joio, Donaudy, Duparc, Dvorak, Faure, Ginastera, Gounod, Handel, Haydn, Kabalevsky, Joplin, Liszt, Mahler, Massanet, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Poulence, Prokofiev, Rameau, Ravel, Scarlatti, Schumann, Schubert, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Weber, Wolf, and more -- "The Professor" has immersed his life in the study of these, both as a student (Bachelors in Music Composition, Gardner-Webb University, 2004; Masters in Piano Performance from The University of Northern Colorado, 2006) and a professional (Music Accompanist, Taylor University, 2008-2012; Freelance Collaborative Pianist, Ball State University, 2010-2012; Principal Keyboardist, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, 2012-2018).

Today, with over 20 years' teaching experience, Professor Singer wants to help you find the same joy that comes from studying and playing wonder-inspiring - and at times difficult - classical repertoire.

Douglas Singer teaches the piano technique taught by his master, Errol Haun, in turn handed down from the great John Perry - a technique that will enable you to play challenging pieces with flare.

But, after blazing through an Etude or a Toccata, it can be nice to read a chord chart, invent a riff, write a hook.

You want virtuosity. But let's keep the rockstar, too.

Personal Bio

Douglas Michael Singer grew up in Stering, CO, the oldest sibling of the happy, stable family of Michael and Rhonda Singer and their five kids. With the steadfast, ongoing encouragement of both his father and mother, he first starting learning piano from his mother at age eight, and from Mrs. Lois Luft (Sterling's piano teacher par-excellence) at eleven. At fifteen, he began taking the weekly 98-mile journey to study with the great Errol Haun at the University of Northern Colorado.

In 2008, Douglas married his wife Laura (nee Demick). Today, they are the happy parents of six children, and make their home in West Carrollton, OH. They are members of South Dayton Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Kettering.

Health Notice

Singer Academy encourages students to exercise common sense, and stay home from lessons if they feel unwell beyond mild cold symptoms. We will never require students to submit to illegal public health mandates of any kind.