Kylie Krahn has been a piano instructor at Reed Music Studios since 2022. Music has always been an integral part of Kylie’s life, starting first with piano lessons at the age of seven.

In middle school and high school in Viroqua, WI, she was involved in orchestra, band and choir, along with working as an accompanist and as a soloist for multiple ensembles.

Kylie competed in solo ensemble competitions as a soloist and as an ensemble member for multiple instruments. For her last two years of competing, Kylie achieved perfect scores at State solo ensemble competition for her two solo piano pieces alongside earning exemplary nominations for both performances. In her last year of high school. Kylie participated in Dorian as the main orchestra’s first chair for cello and had a solo during the event.

Outside of school Kylie volunteered weekly at nursing homes by playing piano for the residents from the age of nine until she graduated from high school.

Kylie graduated from Viterbo University in December 2023, as a double major for a Bachelor of Arts in piano studies and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. At graduation she had the honor of being chosen as the commencement speaker. In college she accompanied choirs, composed music, studied music theory, participated in choirs, and had a senior piano recital with her colleague, Katherine Preusser. Kylie travelled to Austria and performed as part of Viterbo’s concert choir as they journeyed and sang across the country.

Alongside piano, Kylie has studied the cello, flute, voice, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, ukulele, harp, and has had experience in other instruments. For these instruments Kylie studied with Chelsey Rodgers, Dr. Mary Ellen Haupert, Dr. Meredith Mihm, Dr. James Wilson, Lauren Riels, Monika Sutherland, Elizabeth Cifani, Bradley Lebakken, and Brad Thew, alongside independent learning.

Outside of the piano studio Kylie enjoys spending time outside hiking and with her friends, family, and pets. She is an avid animal lover and enjoys putting her focuses toward health and wellbeing through mindfulness and weightlifting. She loves to shop, cook, and she is always up for a game of tennis when the weather is nice.