Hailed for her “brilliant pianism” (Gramophone) and “acrobatic” performances (Take Effect), Taiwanese-American pianist Annie Jeng has performed widely as a solo and chamber musician in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Annie has commissioned and premiered dozens of new solo and chamber works, and is the pianist of contemporary chamber ensemble, Khemia Ensemble (khemiaensemble.com). The ensemble  recently released their sophomore album, “Intersections,” with Parma Recordings. She is the Founder of A Seat at the Piano (ASAP) (aseatatthepiano.com), a non-profit that is dedicated to the promotion of inclusion in the performance and study of solo piano repertoire, and recipient of the 2023 MTNA Frances Clark Award for Keyboard Pedagogy. Annie is the co-creator of the Frances Clark Center online course “Hidden Gems: Four Centuries of Piano Music by Women Composers” and the writer for the column, “Teaching Tomorrow Today” published in American Music Teachers journal. This summer, she is on faculty at Nief-Norf Summer Music Festival, as well as Mosaic Music Festival, a new festival that she co-founded located in Pesaro, Italy that empowers emerging pianists to deepen their musical excellence through wellness, piano pedagogy, and lifelong musicianship. 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. She served as the President of Greensboro Music Teachers Association (GMTA) from 2022-2025 and now serves on the board for the North Carolina Music Teachers Association (NCMTA). 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. She is currently Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (www.anniejeng.com)