Jean Park, DMA

Dr. Jean Park is a pianist and educator that has newly moved to the Triangle area.  As a soloist, Jean Park won first place in the graduate division of the Schubert Club's competition. She has also received other accolades in competitions and was selected for many full scholarship music festivals such as Round Top Music Festival, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, National Music Festival, Aurora Chamber Music Festival, and many others. Additionally, Jean has performed in many concerts and masterclasses throughout her career. Jean performed a live solo performance that was broadcast on air on WSMR RADIO and a recording of her playing is in the soundtrack for the film Don't Let the Night End available on Amazon prime video. As an avid chamber musician, Jean can be seen collaborating with many of her colleagues and also with the Ardora Trio, for which she is the pianist. 

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As an experienced piano teacher, Jean Park has always had a waitlist, whether she was teaching in Seattle, New York City, or San Antonio. Her students have won many awards for their playing including second place at the Eastside Performing Arts Festival in Seattle, second place in the New York State Music Teachers Association competition, and second place in the Janice Kay Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition in San Antonio, among others. Jean also helped her student prepare for and successfully audition into the Manhattan School of Music precollege program.  Active in her field, Jean has served as a board member for the University of Washington MTNA Collegiate Chapter, Piano Teachers Congress of New York, the San Antonio Music Teachers Association, and currently, the Cary Apex Piano Teachers Association. (For more about her private piano studio see parkpianostudio.com.)

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In demand as an adjudicator, Jean has served as an adjudicator for more than twenty events such as Texas State University's Concerto and Aria Competition, Texas Music Teachers Association Student Affiliate Performance Contest, Texas Music Teachers Association San Antonio Regional Performance Contest, Janice Kay Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition, Playful Piano Competition, Raleigh Piano Teacher's Association Young Artist Audition, Cary Apex Piano Teachers Association Sonatina Competition,  Federation Raleigh Area Piano Festival, Piano Teachers Congress Incentive Program, and many others.

Jean has her Bachelor's of Arts in Music from University of Washington, where she studied with Regina Yeh.  Jean then received her Master's in Music from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Daniel Epstein and Andre-Michel Schub.  Other principal teachers include Mary Toy and Eteri Andjaparidze.  Jean Park completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, where she studied with Gilbert Kalish. 

 

Jean Park first began teaching at the college level at Stony Brook University, where she was a piano teaching assistant. Then, Jean served as piano faculty at the University of Incarnate Word and San Antonio College from 2018-2023. Jean Park is currently serving as piano faculty at Duke University and Meredith College. She also coaches chamber music ensembles for the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute.

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