Mia Hynes, DMA

Piano, Piano Pedagogy

Associate Professor of Music

Office: Utt 223
Telephone: 660-543-8900
email: hynes@ucmo.edu

Joined UCM Faculty in 1996.
 
A native of Bloomington Indiana, Mia Hynes has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, including appearances at the Aspen and Chautauqua festivals, the Library of Congress, and the Dag Hammerskjold Library at the United Nations. Dr. Hynes has performed live on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" with Scott Yoo, violinist and conductor of the Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble, and frequently makes recital appearances with members of the Kansas City Symphony. She and Mr. Yoo premiered works by American composers Donald Sur ("Berceuse" - 1999) and Paul Barsom ("House Made of Dawn" - 1996).

A winner of numerous competitions, Dr. Hynes garnered first prize in the 1995 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artists Auditions, and was nominated in both 1995 and 1996 for the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award at the Eastman School of Music. She received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with (and served as teaching assistant to) Nelita True. Dr. Hynes also holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University where she was a student of Menahem Pressler, and served on the teaching staff of the Young Pianists Program.

Dr. Hynes has served on the faculty of Central Missouri since fall of 1996, where she is currently Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy, and Director of the Music Preparatory Department. She conducted the Warrensburg Area Youth Symphony from 1997-2002. Dr. Hynes also serves as the piano division chair of the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Auditions, and current president of the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs.

Courses and Lessons

Keyboard Ensemble
Piano
Piano Class
Piano Pedagogy