Rate My Professor Annie Jeng

Dr. Annie Jeng serves as Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Hailed for her brilliant pianism and acrobatic performances, the Taiwanese-American pianist has performed and taught widely as an educator, soloist, and chamber musician. She approaches music-making and teaching as a tool to discover shared humanity, dismantling traditional expectations of good music through unique programming and interdisciplinary performances. As an advocate for living composers, she has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works and performs with contemporary chamber ensembles including Khemia Ensemble, earspace ensemble, and Sounding Board. Khemia Ensemble released their sophomore album Intersections with PARMA Recordings, featuring new works for the eight-member ensemble. Other projects include the 3-D interactive animation Keys with UNCG Animation Professor Dan Hale and Rachmaninoff from Master Christopher’s Music Desegregation visual album. She has performed at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Italy, Gijón International Piano Festival in Spain, Kennedy Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Interlochen Arts Academy, and collaborated with ensembles such as Yarn/Wire, International Contemporary Ensemble, and Roomful of Teeth.