Kay Bagwell has always loved the piano. She started lessons at age 9, and her parents never let her quit.  In high school, she learned that she enjoyed being an accompanist and went to school to learn more.  She graduated from Trinity Baptist College with a degree in education and music. 

Since becoming a full-time piano teacher in 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina, she's learned to cultivate a love of learning and growing with her piano lessons.  Students enjoy a respite from all other concerns when they are together studying and learning something new about the piano.  Teachers are the catalyst that make learning interesting, and she strives to make every lesson as enjoyable and useful as possible.

To better serve her students, Kay became a National Certified Teacher of Music in 2020 from the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).  She is very active in local workshops and conferences and is continually learning about teaching people the piano. She still enjoys accompanying choirs and church services around the area.

She also likes developing the piano community around her. As an active member of Raleigh Piano Teachers (RPTA), she served as past treasurer and Young Artist Auditions Chair.  She also serve as the treasurer for the North Carolina Music Teachers Association (NCMTA).

Since moving to Springfield, Missouri at the end of 2025, she has enjoyed exploring the Ozarks.  She is an avid science fiction reader when she finds some free time and dreams of making a quilt one day.