Teaching Dates 
July 3 - 12
Teaching Language
English

Pianist May Phang enjoys discovering and performing a wide range of repertoire from Bach and Liszt to Alexina Louie and Daniel Bernard Roumain. Described as “vibrant”, “colorful”, and “evocative,” May strives to deeply understand and bring fresh insights into the masterpieces of composers such as Bach and Chopin while equally committed to discovering and championing the works of today’s living
composers. She premiered the works of Armando Bayolo, Jaroslaw Golembiowski and Geoffrey Gordon, and also worked with composers such as Chen Yi and Aaron Jay Kernis.

Her debut CD Travels through Time featured works centered around Mark Twain’s satirical A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Fanfare Magazine reviewed her recent recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations (Centaur Records, 2021) as “outstanding…a fresh and illuminating look at a famous masterpiece”.

In addition to her solo work, May Phang is also an enthusiastic and sensitive chamber musician. Collaborations include the José White Quartet, the Philomusica Quartet, the Amernet Quartet and the Percussion Plus Ensemble.
 
Performances as soloist and chamber musician have taken her to venues such as the Goethe Institute in Bangkok, Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur and Place-des-Arts in Montreal, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Kennedy Center for the Arts and National Gallery in Washington DC, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Detroit Institute of Art, and to festivals such as the Singapore Festival of Arts, the Montreal International Piano Festival, the Karol Szymanowski Festival in Zakopane, Poland, and the Festival de Música de Cámara de Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Solo performances with orchestras include the Banff Chamber Players, Singapore Symphony, Montreal Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Competition prizes include the Chopin Young Pianists' Competition in Buffalo NY, Canadian Music Competition, Concours d'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Pontoise International Young Artists Competition in France.

Currently Professor of Piano at DePauw University, Indiana, and previous John Rabb Emison Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, her prior teaching positions include Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee. A former teaching artist with Young Audiences of Indiana, May frequently adjudicates competitions and presents masterclasses nationally and internationally.