At home playing with instrumentalists and singers, Dr. Carson Rose Schneider is a versatile pianist in demand by companies and recitalists around the Midwest.

Based in Minneapolis, MN, the roster of companies and Universities she has worked with includes Lakes Area Music Festival, Source Song Festival, Lyric Opera of the North, Skylark Opera Theatre, An Opera Theatre, St. Olaf College, University of Minnesota, and more. Up next, she will be Music Directing a children’s tour and Michael Ching’s Speed Dating, Tonight! with Lyric Opera of the North. She is also the Coordinator and Music Director for Skylark Opera Theatre’s Skylark for Seniors, a concert series in senior living residencies.

While she enjoys and is comfortable playing a variety of styles and genres, she is especially passionate about new works, chamber music and art song, and connecting with audiences in intimate and immersive venues. Recent projects include her first album credit with mezzo-soprano Georgia Jacobson on composer Linda Kachelmeier’s album Harsh Things to Beauty, and she was also Music Director and pianist for Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers with Skylark Opera Theatre in May 2023.

She also has a private video recording and coaching studio and is the Music Director at the Union Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Elk River, MN. She has a DMA in collaborative piano and coaching from the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Timothy Lovelace.