We provide private lessons in violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, guitar, voice, flute, and trombone, as well as conducting, music composition, and theory. Our outstanding artist faculty challenges and inspires a student body of over 350 young Conservatory musicians and touches the lives of countless others through special programs.

In addition to private lessons, our musical community offers a rich variety of classes, interaction with guest artists, ensemble experiences, educational workshops, solo and group performances, and other unique opportunities in collaboration with arts organizations throughout the city.

Highlights and features

Strings, Trombone, Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin, Voice, Percussion, Flute, Piano, Guitar

Associations and certifications

National Association of Teachers of Singing

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Ken Meints

Conductor And Trombone

Ken Meints has experience conducting orchestras in Illinois, California and Omaha and is a doctoral candidate in Orchestra Conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds a Master of Music in trombone from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Greg Eden

Guitar

Greg has been playing guitar for over 30 years and holds a Master’s degree in Guitar Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. He has studied with recording artists Michael Lee Firkins, Julian Gray, and Darren Housholder.

April Buss

Flute

April Buss is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln earning a Bachelor of Music Education degree with distinction. While at UNL, she was principle flutist with the UNL Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and has been a member of the UNL campus bands and Big Red Express.

Willie Karpf

Woodwinds

Willie Karpf is a graduate of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver where he studied flute and clarinet with members of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and saxophone with Arthur Bouton

Kathy Knebel

Suzuki Piano

Kathy Knebel is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she studied with the Norwegian pianist, Audun Ravnan. She earned both a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance.

Rachel Griggs

Voice Instructor

Rachel L Aalund Griggs is a Lyric Soprano originally from Beulah, ND and finds a familiar calm in Omaha. She moved to Omaha from Fremont, NE after finishing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at Midland Lutheran College. Aalund is an associate member of National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

Ruth Meints

Executive Director

As the director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, I strive to bring cutting edge research from the field of neuroscience to the individualized music education of each student.

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