OUR TEAM
Founder & Lead Programmer
Eric Foose
Eric Foose recently retired from a 35-year career in IT to pursue music technology and Apple MainStage full time as Founder and Lead Programmer with Performance Keyboard Solutions. He earned a BM in Jazz Piano Performance and an MBA from West Virginia University.
Eric has worked as a performer, accompanist, technical consultant, music director, and arranger in the central Pennsylvania area since 1998. His dual background in IT systems and professional music is the operational backbone of PKS — rigorous, practical, and always performance-ready.
Co-Founder & Senior Programmer
Scott Pappal
Scott Pappal is an instrumental and general music teacher in the Altoona Area School District. He has been involved with Apple MainStage for the past ten years as both a programmer and performer, and is Co-Founder and Senior Programmer with PKS. He earned BS and MM degrees in Music Education from Duquesne University.
Scott has played over 150 musical productions as a pit musician on either horn or keys. He is a founding member, hornist, and lead arranger for Altoona Brass Collective, and was previously a hornist with both the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and Johnstown Symphony Orchestra for over fifteen years.
Co-Founder & Senior Programmer
Beth Carpenter
Beth Carpenter is an elementary music teacher in the Altoona Area School District. Beth has worked with Apple MainStage for the past ten years and is Co-Founder and Senior Programmer with PKS. She holds a BA from Thiel College and a BS in Music Education from IUP, and is pursuing her Master's in Music Education at IUP.
Beth has worked as a professional choral director, vocalist, and instrumentalist, and maintains a thriving private music studio. Her deep roots in music education shape every piece of PKS programming — designed to be clear, logical, and accessible to performers at every level.
Media Maven
Diane Albert
Diane recently retired from a 30-year career in IT Customer Service, Support, and QA. As Media Maven with Performance Keyboard Solutions, she brings that same precision to PKS's communications, branding, and operations. She holds a BS in Computer Science from Mount Aloysius and an MS in Organizational Leadership from Robert Morris.
An advocate for lifelong musical arts involvement, Diane is active as a cellist with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the Gerhart Chamber Ensemble. She performs regularly as a pit musician for Altoona Community Theatre and many area high schools, is a member of the Allegheny Ukulele Kollective, and plays saxophone in the Hollidaysburg Community Band.
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