Mary Tidwell served as Professor and Chair of the Music Department and Fine Arts Division at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas from 1993-2011. She has taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Indiana-Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as maintaining a large private piano studio for many years. Beginning the fall of 2011, she will be on the faculty of Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas.

Ms. Tidwell is honored to be included in multiple editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Who’s Who of American Women.

Ms. Tidwell has performed throughout the southeast, including performances as soloist in the Ravel Concerto with the Baylor Symphony Orchestra and as part of a duo’s performance of the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos with the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra. She has been named to the faculty of the Baylor Summer Keyboard Institute and the Sheila Paige Keyboard Wellness Seminar.

Ms. Tidwell obtained both the Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance (magna cum laude) and Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Literature from Baylor University. Her teachers have included Ruth Burr, Michael Ard, Roger Keyes, Jane Abbott-Kirk, and Sheila Paige.