Background

Wendi started learning the piano at age 4 and began teaching piano, music, and digital technology after being discovered by Yamaha at age 12. She has played at concerts, competitions, nursing homes, weddings, and hospitals.

Wendi is a member of the National Piano Guild. The National Guild of Piano Teachers is the largest nonprofit organization of piano teachers and students worldwide, dedicated to enhancing music education.

Wendi is also a member of Music Teachers National Association—the preeminent source for music teacher support, where members embody like-minded values and commitment to their students, colleagues, and society as a whole, while reaping the rewards of collaboration, continuity, and connection throughout the lifetime of their careers. The mission of MTNA is to advance the value of music study and music making to society and to support the professionalism of music teachers.

She is an emeritus Board of Directors at MusicBreeds, a nonprofit that works with economically disadvantaged communities to ensure youth who love music have access to instruments, music teachers, music production classes, life and business skills, entrepreneurship classes, and mentors who can guide them whether they want to pursue a college degree in music or go onto a career in the music industry. 

Wendi was born in Tokyo, raised on a dairy farm in Vermont, studied in Paris, volunteered in Bolivia, worked in Prague, has traveled to over 65 countries, and lives in Manhattan with her family. Wendi graduated with both her BA and MBA from Cornell University, and her certificate in integrative health from IIN and Columbia.

wendi.huestis@gramercymusicschool.com