Keyboard Faculty
Ouachita's keyboard faculty is highly respected both locally and nationally as artists, music educators, and leaders in the world of music.
Dr. Ouida Keck
Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
Ouida Keck holds degrees in Piano Performance from Ouachita Baptist University, the University of Arkansas, and the University of Iowa. Dr. Keck has been recognized as an outstanding piano teacher by several organizations and has had numerous award-winning students. She was President of the National Federation of Music Clubs in 1999-2003.
Dr. Lei Cai
Associate Professor of Piano
Dr. Cai has collaborated with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on CDs and has recorded for Radio Shanghai. His performance of Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto was described as "one of the finest performances of this work...Cai displayed a power and crispness of technique that would make any soloist proud." (Knoxville News-Sentinel) He holds the Doctor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Florida State University.
Mr. Russell Hodges
Associate Professor of Organ and Music Librarian
Russell Hodges holds degrees in Organ Performance from Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Oklahoma, and a master's degree in Library Science from the University of North Texas. He has done extensive performing and accompanying and has led workshops in organ and church music throughout the South and Southwest.
Mrs. Becky Moore
Visiting Instructor in Music
Becky Moore holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University. She has taught at Baylor, Christopher Newport University (Virginia), George Wallace Jr. College (Alabama), and was staff accompanist at the University of Arkansas in Monticello. At Ouachita she teaches class piano and accompanies faculty, student, and guest artist recitals and the Concert Choir.