Lady Imperio

Lady Abigail Imperio graduated with  a Masters of Arts in Piano Pedagogy at Andrews University. She learned to play classical music during her high school years. She pursued a bachelor’s degree in piano and sacred music at Adventist University of the Philippines with a full scholarship, and graduated as magna cum laude. She became a personal scholar of Professor Jonathan Arevalo Coo, a Filipino concert pianist who graduated from the Eastman School of Music. Under the tutelage of Professor Coo, she was one of the featured young pianists in the 150th Year Anniversary Concert for Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev’s Piano Music at Manila, Philippines. She was a finalist in the “Soundscapes”: 20th century Piano Competition held at the Lyric Steinway Gallery. During her senior year, she was chosen to perform with the Adventist University of the Philippinines Orchestra that featured periodic concertos at Insular Life Auditorium and at later at Luneta National Park in Philippines. In 2015, she performed on a chamber music concert tour at Singapore and Malaysia to raise funds for the music building of Central Philippine Adventist College. 

Lady has been teaching piano for more than 10 years in Philippines and the United States. She had students from different parts of the world like China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, United States, Mexico, among others. She had taught students from ages 5-40. She also dedicated a year as a volunteer music missionary at Central Philippine Adventist College, and participated in music camps throughout Philippines. Her philosophy of teaching is "All students will learn to love the instrument and find joy in playing the piano through small successes and."