Carol Pharo, founder/director, holds degrees/diplomas from Penn State, New England Conservatory, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Her teachers have included Earl Wild and Lamar Crowson, piano; Stanley Hoogland, fortepiano, John Gibbons, harpsichord, and Madeleine Inglehearne, Julia Sutton and Margaret Daniels, renaissance and baroque dance.
Ms. Pharo began teaching at the age of ten and performing professionally at the age of thirteen. She brings a unique background to her work, including music history, early music performance, historical dance, and theater. She has taught and performed in England, South Africa, The Netherlands, and the United States. Ms. Pharo is currently an instructor in the Extended Day program at Young Scholars Charter School of Central Pennsylvania. Ms. Pharo currently teaches music and dance at the Park Forest Preschool and in the Extended Day program at Young Scholars Charter School of Central Pennsylvania. She plays violin in the Nittany Valley Symphony Orchestra and is organist at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ.