Jenny Tang

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano

Co-Director of the Chamber Music Society

Licentiate Diploma, Royal Schools of Music, UK, at age 14; Fellow of Trinity College of Music (London); M.M. in piano performance, New England Conservatory of Music; Artist Diploma in Piano Performance, Chamber Music, Longy School of Music; Ph.D. candidate in piano performance, New England Conservatory of Music; piano, chamber music studies with Randall Hodgkinson, conducting with Tamara Brooks, Frank L. Battisti.

Ms Tang has performed solo recitals throughout New England, maintains a private studio in New York City and is a freelance conductor. She is a faculty member of the School of Choral Studies, Indian Hill School in Littleton, MA and New York State Summer School of the Arts in Fredonia, NY. As guest pianist for the Monadnock Chamber Music Series (Peterborough, NH), Ms Tang played in the New England premier of “The Show,” a new composition by Mark Kuss.

Education

  • B.M. in Piano Performance, New England Conservatory of Music
  • M.M. in Piano Performance, New England Conservatory of Music
  • Artist Diploma in Piano Performance and Chamber Music, Longy School of Music
  • D.M.A. in Piano Performance (Pending), New England Conservatory of Music

Current and upcoming courses

Beginning with a comprehensive review of musical terminology and basic materials, MUS 122 explores the fundamentals of tonal harmony, voice-leading, phrasing, and form. Topics include harmonic functions and phrase structure, cadence formation, voice-leading and figured bass, and tonal analysis. Regular ear-training practice complements written exercises. One musicianship lab per week.