Lecturer of Music
Collaborative Piano
Office: 232 Fine Arts
Phone: (731) 881-7409
Email: cjean@utm.edu

Chan Mi Jean is the Lecturer in Music at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where she specializes in Collaborative Piano. Jean is an emerging solo pianist, chamber musician, and opera coach who has made her international appearances including performances in Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Thailand, and the United States.

As an active chamber musician, Jean has performed with various musicians on a wide range of repertoire and appeared in music festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Oberlin in Italy, Napa Valley Music Festival, and Vancouver International Song Institute. During her doctorate studies in Madison, WI, Jean was featured in Wisconsin Public Radio with instrumentalists from the Madison Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and was selected as the pianist for the prestigious Perlman Trio in 2016-17. Jean was the winner of the Irving Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition with Oboist Dr. Emily Knappen and has received an Honorable Mention in the American Prize Instrumental Solo Competition for her recent recording with UT Martin tuba professor Dr. Steve Darling. As a solo pianist, Jean has won multiple national competitions and performed concertos with orchestras. She avidly performs at guest recitals, presents lectures at different conferences, and actively works on recording projects with diverse composers internationally.

As a passionate believer in music outreach and education, Jean has served as the pianist for the Reimagining Opera for Kids (ROK) in Bloomington, IN in 2012-14, and is currently serving as the pianist and musical director of The Magic Flute Outreach with the UTM Music Department. In addition, Jean is an assistant teacher for Korean Language and Culture Classes at UTM and has been serving as an advisor to Korean Student and Culture Club since Fall of 2020.

A native of Seoul, Korea, Jean has received her D.M.A. in Collaborative Piano from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a minor in Opera Coaching; M.M. and P.D. in Piano Performance from Indiana University; and B.A. in Music Performance from Asbury University. Prior to joining UT Martin, Jean has served as the Apprentice Coach for the Virginia Opera.