ASO String Academy

Last rehearsal of our first week here at the A*O String Academy Summer Strings Camp 🎶🤩🎻

Beautiful things are happening!!

Views from our Spring Recital 🌸

We are SO proud of our students’ progress this term. Such beautiful sounds were heard around Morgan Hall!

Next up: the String Academy Summer Strings camp! Reach out to us here with any questions.

It’s showtime!

Join us in Morgan Hall at the A*O’s Stella Boyle Smith Music Center for our spring solo recitals -

Happening NOW May 1st at 5PM & another chance to hear our wonderful students this Sunday May 3rd at 12PM

Join us this summer for a two-week musical adventure!

Contact us for more information 🎶🎻

Check out what we’ve been up to this spring! 🎻🌸♥️

Last weekend was our Spring Gala concert featuring performances from beginning, intermediate, and advanced group classes as well as soloists from each studio.

Would your child be interested in something like this? Don’t hesitate to reach out and become part of our family at the A*O String Academy!

Showcasing our amazing A*O String Academy Faculty 🥰🎶🤩

Meet Joanna Klett:

Joanna Klett began her music studies on piano at the age of 6. Studies on the cello began a few years later through the University of Northern Iowa Suzuki School. Upon graduating from high school, she pursued a piano performance degree at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Through a partnership with a neighboring school, Calvin College, Joanna was also able to perform in the Calvin College Orchestra cello section under the direction of John Varineau. She later transferred to Western Michigan University to focus on cello performance.

Joanna earned her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Western Michigan University with a Minor in Philosophy. She continued her studies and earned a Master of Music in Cello Performance at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In addition to her collegiate studies, she attended several summer music festivals, including Encore School for Strings (Cleveland Institute of Music), Meadowmount School of Music, and the National Orchestral Institute (University of Maryland). Her principal cello teachers include Jonathan Chenoweth, Bruce Uchimura, Owen Carmen, and Pansy Chang.

Upon completing her Masters, Joanna began teaching cello and piano in both Cincinnati, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio. In Cincinnati, she developed and maintained an active studio of over fifty cello and piano students at West Chester Academy for 10 years, which included group piano classes and an adult cello performance class. In Oxford, Ohio, Joanna was the cello instructor for Miami University’s Young Musicians’ Program for 9 years, teaching private lessons, group classes, and summer cello camps.

In 2018, Joanna moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and joined the staff of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra as Education Coordinator. In 2019, she became the Cello Instructor for the A*O’s String Academy.