Pedro Medeiros

Adjunct Instructor of Piano

I Serve in...

Music, Theatre & Dance Department

Education

• DA, Piano Performance, Ball State University
• MM, Piano Performance, University of South Dakota
• BA, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Career Highlights

Dr. Pedro Medeiros is a pianist and piano teacher currently living in Muncie, IN. He has worked at Taylor since spring of 2024. During his studies, he had the chance to learn from exceptional pianists and mentors, including Dr. Luis Claudio Barros during his BA at the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina in Brazil, Dr. Alessandra Feris during his MM at the University of South Dakota, and most recently Dr. Raymond Kilburn during his DA at Ball State University. Both in his master’s and Doctoral years, he was awarded a Graduate Assistantship.

In piano competitions, Pedro has participated in several of them, including first place in the MTNA Young Artist South Dakota State Division in 2018 and 2019.

Alongside a busy teaching and performing schedule, Pedro focuses part of his time developing his teaching skills. His Doctoral dissertation explored the 12 Street Corner Waltzes by Francisco Mignone, a composer from his home country. In Pedro’s dissertation, he explored the connections between urban popular music and the 12 Waltzes of Mignone and how it impacts on the approach to piano technique and interpretation on the 12 Street Corner Waltzes.

Pedro has a student-centered teaching philosophy; he understands and identifies that each student has different goals and objectives when playing the piano. Then, he leads his student to reach their highest potential with teaching strategies that instigate the student to also learn more independently.