Raquel Faiello-Teare (Music Director) Raquel Faiello-Teare is a highly sought after collaborative pianist based in northeast Ohio. Known for her musical sensitivity and fluent keyboard skills across genres, Raquel maintains a lively performance schedule working with instrumentalists, vocalists and choral ensembles in a variety of settings. In addition to the concert stage, she is at home in the pit orchestra, where she has served as rehearsal accompanist and keyboardist for numerous productions. Having received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kent State University (piano performance and community counseling, respectively) and a master’s degree in piano performance from Bowling Green State University, Raquel became an adjunct faculty member at Kent State main campus, where she has been teaching and playing piano in some capacity since 1994. She also served as an adjunct faculty member and coordinator of accompanying at the University of Mount Union from 2017-2026. In addition to her performance activities, Raquel maintains a small, private piano studio in her home in Akron. She is the pianist at Temple Emanu El in Orange Village and enjoys subbing for several area synagogues and churches as part of her freelance work. Her most recent endeavor is substitute keyboardist for the ELO tribute band, “Into the Blue.”