Gail Berenson, Ohio University Professor Emerita of Piano, is a dedicated teacher, performer, author and noted expert on musician wellness issues. She is the recipient of the 2002 School of Music’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the School of Music’s 2016 Distinguished Service Award. A longtime and powerful advocate on musicians’ health issues, she has founded significant wellness initiatives and committees for NCKP (1989), MTNA (2008), ISME (2012) and CMS (2015). She continues to be an active and passionate collaborative pianist and has performed and lectured in over thirty states and in eleven countries. Past President of Music Teachers National Association, an association of 23,000 members, she was named an MTNA Fellow in 2007, was the recipient of the 2015 MTNA Distinguished Service Award and, most recently, the Frances Clark Center's Outstanding Service Recognition Award in 2019. Her students are successfully performing and teaching in independent studios and on college faculties throughout the world.