Erica Tauscher Tran is a pianist and pedagogue who is passionate about teaching the instrument she loves as well as performing as a solo and collaborative pianist.  Born into a family of musicians, she started piano lessons at the age of three and has been teaching piano for over 10 years.

Erica received her Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Kansas, where she studied with Richard Reber and Steven Spooner.   In 2009, she was the first prize piano winner in the Kansas City Musical Club and in the same year won first prize at the Kansas State Collegiate Auditions, Junior/Senior Level.   Erica continued her education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, and completed her Masters of Music in Piano Performance in 2012 under the guidance of Eduardus Halim (the last pupil of Vladirmir Horowitz).

Erica was previously a member of the adjunct faculty at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development as well as a faculty member at the International School of Music in Bethesda, Maryland where she taught piano to almost 40 students.

She now resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Paul.