When MADELEINE CROUCH was learning to play the piano, she made the mailman stop on the front porch to listen to her latest pieces. As part of Don Dillon Associates, a firm providing a variety of administrative services to non-profit and professional trade organizations, Madeleine has served as executive director to several music industry groups, including the Retail Print Music Dealers Association, the National Association of School Music Dealers, and the International Society of Bassists. Madeleine continues to explore the yellow brick road of her winding career path as a freelance writer, and enjoys interviewing teachers for her column in KEYBOARD COMPANION.