Karen Bals Zimmerman
KAREN BALS ZIMMERMAN joined the faculty of SUNY Cortland in August of 1990. Before coming to Cortland, she was Associate Professor and Chair of Keyboard Activities at Kansas Wesleyan University, and has also been on the faculty at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph. A native of Ohio, she received her Bachelor of Music degree from Ohio University. Her master's and doctoral degrees were earned at the University of Kansas, where she studied with Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, Malcolm Frager, and Jack Winerock. Zimmerman teaches applied and class piano, and music theory.