& re ~-<~.,j I ( Greg Butler and the instrument which has made him famous. the age of four and five respectively, under the instruction of Leona Riggs. Of the eight years under her instruction, the pair were tutored in four years of solo piano and four years of duo work. The pair's success led them to Mona Bates, a prominent teacher from Toronto, who gave them further instruction in piano. Throughout their teenage years, the duo performed throughout Ontario. Butler attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and received a doctorate of musical arts degree in performance and literature. - Sept >. )o