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; D.M.A. candidate in piano performance, New England Conservatory of Music; piano, chamber music studies with Randall Hodgkinson, conducting with Tamara Brooks, Frank L. Battisti.
Jenny Tang, pianist, regularly performs in solo and chamber music recitals. Her engagements include such venues as Jordan Hall, Sanders Theatre, Symphony Hall, Meadow Hall and Concert Hall at Groton Hill Music, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, Berklee College of Music and Wellesley College. Jenny’s recent engagements include a lecture - solo recital titled “A Coincidence of Chaos and Order: Works of Schumann, Ligeti and Barber” for the New England Piano Teacher’s Association, and two performances as a featured piano soloist with the Vista Philharmonic Chamber Players of Groton Hill Music. She frequently collaborates with the Wellesley College Theatre Department as music director and conductor as well, and in December 2022 conducted and performed six performances of the musical Cabaret. Jenny is the Co-Director of the Chamber Music Society at Wellesley College, teaching piano, chamber music and music theory. She is also on the piano faculty at Groton Hill Music.
Education
- M.M., The New England Conservatory of Music
- Diploma, Longy School of Music
- Diploma, Longy School of Music
Current and upcoming courses
Advanced Performance Workshop
MUS344
MUS 344 offers an exciting opportunity for accomplished performing music students to develop their artistry and performance skills on a high level. Qualified students participate in this weekly performance class in addition to their weekly one-hour lessons (MUS 344-M) with their private instructors, and develop their abilities by performing frequently in class and receiving constructive feedback. Students also grow as musicians by listening to other students perform, by being exposed to the broad range of repertoire presented in class, and by participating in the process of constructive criticism. In conjunction with their in-class performances, students are asked to provide brief, written background information about their repertoire to enhance their understanding of the music and to prepare for writing program notes. Students should plan on a time investment of about 14 hours per week. Students enrolled for the full year, as is strongly encouraged, perform a jury in the Fall and full recital in the Spring. Students who choose Honors in Performance (Honors Program III) must take MUS 344 as part of their MUS 360 and MUS 370 thesis work, the two components counting as 1 unit of credit per semester.