Our Faculty
Director
Dr. Sha Wang
Dr. Wang is a performing concert pianist, chamber musician, as well as a sought-after piano pedagogue. Dr. Wang has performed in concert series at Carnegie Hall, Peter Norton Symphony Space, and the Kosciuszko Foundation Auditorium in NYC; Dame Myra Hess Concert Series at the Chicago Cultural Center, Richard Nixon’s Library, Steinway Society of Southwestern PA, as well as other concert venues throughout the country. She has appeared on WQED FM Pittsburgh, WFMT 98.7 Chicago and other media outlets in Asia and Europe. She was also featured in a concert for the late U.S. President Gerald Ford. As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with artists such as pianist Lang Lang, and chamber musicians from major orchestras worldwide. She was the first prize winner at the 16th International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington, D.C. and advanced into the Jose Iturbi International Music Competition, the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and the Honens International Piano Competition. She is also the winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Audition and the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition. Dr. Wang is a frequent adjudicator for national and international music competitions, a clinician at State and National conferences and various masterclasses. Her students have won national and international music competitions as well as performing on the most prestigious stages worldwide. Dr. Wang is the executive director of the Pittsburgh International Performance Competition and Festival. Her current concertizing schedules include Carnegie Hall in New York and Mozarthaus & Museum in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Wang is a tenured professor and music department chair at Geneva College, PA.
Sha Wang is a Yamaha Artist.
Manager
Dr. Hyun Joo Park
Faculty
Ms. Brianna Eddy
Brianna is a Doctorate of Piano Performance student at West Virginia University where is she also a graduate teaching assistant. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Keyboard Performance from Central Washington University, a Master of Music in Keyboard Performance from Central Washington University and is an honours graduate with a Master of Music in Instrumental Performance and Pedagogy from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK. Following her Carnegie Hall debut with the CWU Chamber Choir, Brianna has performed in Italy, Germany, and across the United Kingdom in solo and chamber performances. She as well was a part of the 88 Pianist’s music project which broke a world record in partnership with the University of Cambridge. She was awarded the CWU Peggy Shaake four-year full tuition music scholarship to study piano, and the CWU School of Graduate Studies Summer Creative Fellowship and Research grant to travel to Vienna, Austria to study classical music history. Apart from teaching internationally, Brianna enjoys competing in the Miss America Scholarship Organization and many national level pageant systems, where she has been a three-time national talent winner, often placing into the top five for the overall title.
Mr. Jeffery Israel
Jeffrey is a recent graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington where he earned a Bachelors in Piano Performance and Classical Studies. During his time in Indiana, Jeffrey studied with the late Edmund Battersby and Jean-Louis Haguenauer. Additionally, he studied piano pedagogy with Dr. Vicki King. Jeffrey has worked as both a soloist and collaborative pianist. He has performed house concerts, given recitals at nursing homes, and played at many weddings. As a collaborator, Jeffrey has years of experience as a vocal accompanist; he has performed in numerous voice recitals, lessons, and masterclasses as well as working as a rehearsal pianist for Indiana University’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society. While in Bloomington, Jeffrey worked as a private teacher of both young students and collegiate peers, and he frequently taught as a substitute for teachers at Indiana University’s Piano Academy.