Be bold. Be curious.

Hailed for her “brilliant pianism” (Gramophone) and “acrobatic” performances (Take Effect), Taiwanese-American pianist Annie Jeng has performed and taught widely as an educator, soloist, and chamber musician. She approaches musicmaking and teaching as a tool to discover shared humanity and strives to explore ways to dismantle traditional expectations of “good” music through unique programming and interdisciplinary performances. As an advocate for living composers and embracing the creative process, she has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works and is the pianist of several contemporary chamber ensembles including Khemia Ensemble, earspace ensemble, and Sounding Board. Khemia Ensemble (khemiaensemble.org) released their sophomore album, “Intersections,”' with PARMA Recordings featuring new works by David Biedenbender, Nina Shekhar, Phil Sink, Nick Benavides, and Stefan Freund. Other collaborative projects include a 3-D interactive animation titled “Keys” with UNCG Animation Professor, Dan Hale, and “Rachmaninoff” from Master Christopher’s Music Desegregation visual album blending Rachmaninoff’s piano concerti with rap and drum set.  

Annie has published her research as a regular writer for the column, “Teaching Tomorrow Today” published in American Music Teachers journal, and as the co-creator of the Frances Clark Center online course “Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers.” Her latest commissioning project published by Just a Theory Press, Circles and Lines, consists of new pedagogical works by women composers that introduces contemporary piano techniques to intermediate pianists. Annie has presented at Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) conferences at collegiate, state, and national levels, the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), and College Music Society (CMS) conferences. Annie is also Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit, A Seat at the Piano (ASAP) (aseatatthepiano.com), a resource dedicated to the promotion of inclusion in the performance and study of solo piano repertoire, and 2023 recipient of the MTNA Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award. She is the current President of Greensboro Music Teachers Association (GMTA) and serves on the board for the North Carolina Music Teachers Association (NCMTA) as well as a member of several planning committees for NCKP.  

Annie received her DMA in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Michigan, where she also received her MM. She earned her BM in Piano Performance with a minor in Public Health from New York University. Her primary teachers have included Logan Skelton, José Ramón Mendez, Miyoko Lotto, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Faye Bonner. She is currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In her free time, Annie enjoys hiking, kayaking, and discovering the wonders of the outdoors.