Dr. Janice Park
- Education:
- Chapman University, Bachelor of Music
University of Southern California, Master of Music
University of Southern California, Doctor of Music
Biography
Janice Park, DMA, is an Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Secondary Piano at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music at Chapman University, where she has taught since 1995. She teaches Applied Piano and Piano Studio class. She is a two-time recipient (2025 and 2018) of The Shaun Naidoo Legacy Award for Outstanding Contributions to The Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, which is awarded by the Students of the Conservatory of Music. In 2025, she also received the Honors Award from the faculty.
Dr. Park is a renowned pedagogist whose students regularly receive top honors at festivals and competitions at the state, national, and international levels. She frequently gives master classes and serves as an adjudicator. Dr. Park was invited to give a master class at the MTAC 2018 State Convention.
Dr. Park has taught Music Theory, Piano Pedagogy, and Piano Literature class, and was the pianist for the Treble Choir (previously Women’s Choir) at Chapman. She was also a faculty member at the Irvine Valley College for 15 years, and previously taught at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and was an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Southern California. She has served on the faculty for Irvine Music Festival summer program and as a coach for Junior Chamber Music.
Dr. Park is an active solo, ensemble, and collaborative musician. She was invited multiple times by Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings to perform both chamber and solo music. She was the featured pianist for two separate world premiere concerts, one locally and one in South America.
Dr. Park is currently Vice President and Program Chair of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) Orange County Branch. She is also a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT), and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Club of Orange County. She authored an article which was published in the journal, Keyboard Companion.
A native of South Korea, Dr. Park came to USA to further her musical education after graduating Seoul Music & Arts High School. She received both Master and Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Chapman University.
Her mission is to give her students the same quality of education and care she received from Chapman.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Collaborated with the Chapman Opera Director, Dr. Marc Callahan, to produce a recording project with works for Baritone and Piano, which were all composed by the Chapman composition faculty.
- Co-directed and performed in the Chapman Alumni Faculty & Staff Showcase Recital at Salmon Recital Hall. The recital took place during the Chapman Parent Spring Summit to showcase for current and prospective students the types of academic careers that our graduates can pursue. This was my passion project, which I started planning pre-pandemic, and with the support of 17 of my alumni colleagues, we finally made it happen in 2024.
- Performed with cello professor, Dr. Yoshika Masuda, the Director of String Studies at Chapman University, at the Music Teachers’ Association of California, Orange County Branch.