Paula is an intuitive, spontaneous, free-spirited musician who marches to her own drum. She is an individualist and an achiever. If you tell her something can’t be done, she just might prove you wrong. She has had a strong connection to the piano since the age of seven. She is grateful to her parents for supporting her unconventional path. Although she may or may not have been the most advanced piano student, she was likely the most dedicated. Her tenacity has led her to top schools, scholarships, and wonderful opportunities such as performing at Carnegie Hall and headlining a tour around China. She often feels like her brain is full of active fireworks- each one representing a new creative idea. She has a hard time keeping up with herself and all of her creative endeavors. One day, she hopes to allow herself to lay on the couch to watch inspiring movies or get lost in a delicious novel. Instead, she spends much of her time creating books, albums, and concert series. Paula loves to paddle board, travel, practice yoga, laugh, and spend time with her husband and their two fascinating daughters. She tries to ski and ice-skate, but mostly sees these activities as a way to get fresh air and push herself out of her comfort zone. She has a strong passion for coffee, wine, and exceptional food. She loves seeing live music at quirky venues filled with history. She is most comfortable wearing yoga clothes, spending time with close friends and family, and performing. She enjoys communicating to strangers through music. Paula feels that music flows freely and organically from her hands. She loves expressing music and fills her sound with a wide palette of emotion and subtle nuances. Her greatest performance compliments usually involve tales of tears. She loves anything related to the flow state and connection, hence all of her program names- Piano Flow, Piano Connect, and Piano Flow Live. If you see her walking by, be sure to say hello. She loves meeting interesting, new people..  

Spencer Myer has been soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cape Town and Johannesburg Philharmonics, and the Indianapolis and New Haven Symphonies, among others. His 2005 tour of South Africa included a performance of Beethoven’s five piano concerti with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, followed by six subsequent return tours. An in-demand chamber musician, his artistic partners have included cellists Lynn Harrell and Ralph Kirshbaum, clarinetist David Shifrin, soprano Nicole Cabell, and the Jupiter, Miami and Pacifica String Quartets. His career was launched with three important prizes: First Prize in the 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in South Africa, the 2006 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship from the American Pianists Association and the Gold Medal from the 2008 New Orleans International Piano Competition. He is also a laureate of the 2005 Cleveland and Busoni International Competitions. He was a member of Astral Artists’ performance roster from 2003-2010. Previously on the piano faculty of Boston’s Longy School of Music, Spencer Myer is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he received the 2024 Trustees Teaching Award. He has released six CDs on the Steinway & Sons label — Piano Rags of William Bolcom, four discs with cellist Brian Thornton, and the Four Chopin Impromptus.

A love of music and movement brought Tully Hall to the Alexander Technique! She’s certified by the American Society for the Alexander Technique and has been teaching
since 1990. She was guest faculty at Stetson University’s school of music in DeLand, Florida, and has made regular teaching visits to Winter Park, Florida, and the Washington
DC area. She’s taught classes and workshops at Shenandoah University, George Mason University, Catholic University, University of Minnesota, UMD-Duluth, Gustavus
Adolphus College, 3M, and many private studios. She played the French horn professionally for many years and plays the piano and studies voice for fun. Tully has a private in-person practice in Woodbury and St Paul, in addition to giving online lessons and a bi-weekly online class. Her students cover a wide spectrum of backgrounds and motivations for taking lessons.

For over twenty years, Kathryn Karg has been composing, teaching, and performing music. Starting her own piano studio at age 14, she became the youngest member of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association (MMTA). She studied classical piano performance at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, and composition from McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, MN. Taking her love of composition and performing to a new outlet, Kathryn competed on the Miss America stage in 2011 as Miss Minnesota and won a talent scholarship for original composition as well as the top instrumentalist scholarship. During her year as Miss Minnesota, she created a piano album of all original compositions entitled Blessed Beyond Measure that she used as a fundraiser to bring in over $18,000 for Children’s Miracle Network. She has since gone on to compose music for short films, jingles, and in the summer of 2020 released her sophomore album Chaos & Creation. Her music can be found on all streaming platforms. Kathryn was the winner of the MMTA duet composition competition in 2018, 2019, 2024 & 2025 and served as VP of marketing for MMTA from 2021-2025. She was honored to have a few of her pieces of sheet music on past years and this year’s MMTA contest list. Kathryn resides in St. Paul, MN with her husband and music partner Andy. Together they own and operate their music production company, 2gether Productions, where they give private music lessons, perform live and record/produce music.