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Ann Kang Program Director for Music Performing Arts

Degrees
Doctor of Musical Arts, Piano, Peabody Conservatory

Master of Music, Piano, Music Theory Pedagogy, Peabody Conservatory

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, University of California at Berkeley

Languages Spoken
English, Korean, French, German
Bio
Dr. Ann T. Kang is Director of the Music Program. She teaches piano, chamber music, music theory and musicianship. She has been called a pianist of 鈥渁dmirable polish and sensitivity鈥 by the Baltimore Sun. Performance highlights include the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C; Sunset Center in Carmel, California; The Stella Adler School in New York City; The Foundation des Etats-Unis in Paris, France; The St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine and the Eglise de Corporaux in Fribourg,Switzerland. She received her Doctorate and Master鈥檚 Degrees in piano (along with a second Master鈥檚 in music theory pedagogy) from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. Her primary teachers were Julian Martin and Boris Slutsky at Peabody. She worked closely with Sharon Mann during her undergraduate years. Other important influences include Leon Fleisher (Peabody) and Herbert Stessin (Aspen). She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, Gijon International Piano Festival (Spain) and the Banff Piano Festival (Canada). She has taught at the Peabody Conservatory and the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Kang attended the University of California at Berkeley, attaining her bachelor鈥檚 degree in English literature.

In 2008, she was diagnosed with focal dystonia in her right hand, which halted her performing career. Since then, she has focused on teaching and occasionally performing chamber works.
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For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • MUS-021 Private Instrument Study: Piano

  • MUS-022 Private Instrument Study: Piano

  • MUS-121 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Piano

  • MUS-122 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Piano

  • MUS-334 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Junior Recital, Piano

  • MUS-434 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Senior Recital, Piano

  • PERF-045 Chamber Ensembles

Spring 2025

  • MUS-021 Private Instrument Study: Piano

  • MUS-022 Private Instrument Study: Piano

  • MUS-045 Chamber Ensembles

  • MUS-121 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Piano

  • MUS-122 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Piano

  • MUS-434 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Senior Recital, Piano

Partnerships & Affiliations


  • Member since 2007

  • Pi Kappa Lambda
    Inducted in 2005

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Presser Award, Presser Foundation
  • Second Prize, Yale Gordon Piano Competition

Exhibitions/Performances

  • Featured soloist of the International Conductors鈥 Festival, Kiev, Ukraine (www.internationalconductorsfestival.org)
  • Six concerts as pianist and director of the Conservatory Avant-Garde Ensemble (CAGE) at the Peabody Conservatory
  • Performances at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, and Stella Adler School, NY, with saxophonist Noah Getz

Professional Presentations

  • Pre-concert lecturer and guest speaker at Conversations in Music,聽 Canton Symphony Orchestra, Canton, OH