Tiffany Yin is currently a Masters (MM) student at the University of Georgia studying Piano
Performance and Pedagogy with Dr. Grace Huang. Prior to moving to Georgia, she studied Piano
Performance (BM) at the University of California, Santa Barbara as a merit scholarship student
studying piano with Dr. Charles Asche and piano accompanying with Dr. Natasha Kislenko.
As a soloist, she has performed in masterclasses for concert pianist Emmanuel Ax, Yefim
Bronfman, and Yulianna Adveeda. In 2024, she won first prize at the Performing Arts of
Scholarship Foundation (PASF) competition in the adult instrumental category and also the
International Association of Professional Music Teachers (IAPMT) Grand Concours Competition in
the Romantic and Impressionistic category at the collegiate level. This year at UGA, she received
honorable mention at the concerto competition in the piano area preliminary round, and she is
invited to perform at Steinway Hall in New York City for the UGA Piano Awardees Showcase.
As a collaborator, Tiffany has accompanied student recitals and masterclasses in the strings
department at UCSB and served as a collaborative pianist of Sing!: a children’s choir program at
Music Academy of the West. Currently, Tiffany is an active piano accompanist in the Voice
Department at UGA. She also enjoys being a part of the UGA Symphony Orchestra as Keyboardist,
playing piano and celeste.
Tiffany is equally dedicated to teaching as she is to performing. She is an executive board member
of TONIC, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Collegiate Chapter at UGA. Prior to
her time in Georgia, she was a piano teacher of Crescendo- for a Cause, a non-profit organization that
offers free instrumental lessons to children who do not have music education in their school district
due to funding cuts. She currently teaches private piano and group class (Keyboard Kids) at the
UGA Community School as well as private lessons for MUSI 1700/3700: private lessons for non-major
undergrads. Tiffany is passionate about learning creative ways to become a better piano educator and
she consistently involves herself in the piano pedagogy area at UGA, attending teaching conferences
and presentations among her colleagues at the university and seasoned pianists/piano educators
through the Georgia Music Teachers Association.
