• Yu-Jane Yang piano

    Yu-Jane Yang, piano



    Dr. Yu-Jane Yang is a Presidential Distinguished Professor and the Director of Keyboard Studies at Weber State University. Dr. Yang also co-chairs the Collegiate Pedagogy Teaching Committee of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and served as the State President of UMTA in 2002-2004.

    In great demand as a presenter, performer, and master class teacher, Dr. Yang has given numerous piano workshops, master classes, and concert performances nationally and internationally. She also appears frequently as an adjudicator for piano competitions, including the 1997, 2006, 2008, and 2016 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition preliminary auditions.

    Dr. Yang’s piano students have been first place winners in collegiate and pre-college divisions in numerous state, national, and international piano competitions, including the national first place winner of the 2010 MTNA Steinway Young Artist Collegiate Piano Competition, first place winners of the MTNA Southwest Division Steinway Young Artist Collegiate Piano Competition and High School Piano Duet Competition, and first place state winners of both the Collegiate and High School Divisions of UMTA Piano Concerto Competitions. Yu-Jane’s students from WSU have received piano scholarships to continue graduate studies at renowned music schools such as the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, and Cleveland Institute of Music. Her WSU Pedagogy students have also won state and national recognitions for their outstanding teaching, including seven times state winners of the UMTA Collegiate Student Teacher of the Year, the national winner of MTNA Studio Teaching Fellowship in 2009, and four-time national winners of the MTNA Student Chapter of the Year.

    Dr. Yang was awarded the Music Teachers National Association “Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter Advisor of the Year” at the MTNA National Conference (2008), selected as the Endowed Scholar/ Artist of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities at Weber State University (2010), and received the Utah Music Teachers Association’s Legacy Award (2010) for her exceptional teaching, outstanding professional achievements, and superior service to the music profession and to Weber State University. She was also named a Presidential Distinguished Professor at Weber State University (2011), given the honor as a Music Teacher National Association Foundation Fellow (2011), and selected as the John Hinckley Fellow at Weber State University (2012).