We are excited to highlight one of our exceptional instructors, Anastasia Royal. With three years of teaching virtual piano and voice lessons at Miller Music, her three decades of teaching experience offer her students an abundance of valuable expertise. She excels in discerning each student's individual strengths and areas for improvement, offering tailored support and motivation.

Her initial training was under Lili Simon, a student of Bela Bartok, followed by studies with Julian Levitan, chair of the Music Department at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where she was awarded a four-year piano scholarship.

Anastasia has a passion for diverse musical genres. She has toured and recorded with a New Wave band in Germany as the lead vocalist and has performed with punk bands in England. For many years, produced her own one-woman shows in Chicago!

Together with her sister, they form the classical piano duo, The Royal Sisters, who have graced the stage at the International Poland Piano Festival in Nałęczów, Poland.

If you are interested in checking out Anastasia's music, links are provided below. She composes music as part of the duo Hannestasia with her Belgian husband, Hannes. Her first album, "Exclusion Park," was released in 2019, followed by "Dead Ends Are Beautiful Places" in 2022. She is in the process of recording her first solo piano album, "Inside the Piano," set for release in fall 2024.

Links to her music:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/06wX6IyruTe2lsJHOoHK0S

https://open.spotify.com/album/0iDoDC1xzfVeXSGpaHyX39

https://open.spotify.com/album/4nNN5w2EwqnuLhGCiK7897

“We feel lucky to have found Anastasia as a teacher. While her approach is unique and ingenious, she is also enthusiastic and caring at the same time. She teaches rigorous technique while encouraging creativity in her students! Because of this, my daughter’s piano playing has progressed rapidly in a few years, yet she hasn’t once lost interest, but rather can’t get enough of the piano—she enjoys these lesson that are fun.”

— Denise