Our Teachers
Karen Simpson, owner and founder of the Music Clinic, has been teaching music in New Hampshire since 1976. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, she holds a degree in Music Education and has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist. She teaches voice, guitar, piano, violin, and many other instruments as well as theory, songwriting, and conducting. She has directed a number of choirs and performed as a vocalist throughout New England. Karen has also judged local singing and karaoke competitions and the 2006 New Hampshire Idol competition.
Maryam Khajavi-Cullen specializes in piano and music theory. She holds a degree from the Royal College of Music of London, England. She is an accomplished pianist and experienced teacher having taught in both Europe and the United States since 1981. Maryam taught in California, opened her own studio in Colorado, and taught briefly in Vancouver, BC before coming to the Music Clinic in 2004. She loves to teach and has organized a number of piano student recitals every year.