EducationBM Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
MM Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
DMA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
Courses Taught
Group Piano
About
Korean-born pianist Jae Hwang received her Bachelor of Music, Master
of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Rutgers University under Samuel Dilworth-Leslie. At Mason
Gross, she was recipient of the Joe Scholarship, the Music Excellence,
and the Burian Awards for High Academic Achievements. As a soloist and
chamber musician she has performed in music festivals held at Rutgers,
Round Top (Texas), Fontainbleau (France), Oriolo Romano (Italy), and in
the country of Colombia. As the recipient of many awards and prizes,
she received First-Prize in the Marguerite Downey Memorial Piano
Competition, and the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition (Master Class
Division), and was the winner of Premio “Etruria” at the Corsi
Internazionali “Etruria” in Italy.
In 1995, Miss Hwang recorded a CD with the marimbist Greg
Giannascoli, and performed and taught at I Festival International de
Musica in Colombia, South America during the summers of 1995 – 1999. As
a member of the Beijing Piano Quartet, she toured Colombia, receiving
an enthusiastic review in El Mundo, as “presenting the best chamber
music concert in the history of Medellin.” In 1998, she gave a debut
recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall as a winner of Artists
International Awards. In 2000, she worked as a vocal accompanist at
Duke University. Recently, she worked as a vocal coach in the studios
of Susanne Mentzer and Neil Rosenshein. She is currently a faculty
member at DePaul University.
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