Ozie Cargile is a Detroit-born composer, pianist, and educator who taught himself piano as a child before going on to study composition and piano at the University of Michigan School of Music. As both a composer and performer, he brings a musician’s understanding of harmony, melody, orchestration, and expression directly into his teaching.
His work as a composer has been performed by respected ensembles including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, and his music for film and media has been featured in acclaimed collaborative projects. Alongside his work as a composer, Ozie has spent more than 15 years teaching piano, composition, and musicianship to students of all ages, with a special gift for helping beginners and intermediate players understand how music actually works.
He created the QuickLessons Piano Course to help students move beyond memorizing isolated notes and begin playing with real confidence, freedom, and musical understanding. His teaching emphasizes chords, scales, progressions, ear training, songwriting, and the practical skills needed to improvise, accompany, and create original music at the piano.
Thousands of students around the world have used the QuickLessons method to strengthen their foundation and develop a more natural relationship with the keyboard. Whether teaching piano or composing for the concert hall, Ozie’s goal is the same: to help people experience music more deeply, intelligently, and creatively.
