Margin Zheng

Additional Info:

I am a keyboardist (piano, harpsichord, electronic keyboards) with 10+ years of experience with various forms of accompanying/collaborative keyboard work. Currently I am the Accompanist for the Senior Choir of the Pennsylvania Youth Chorale. I love collaborating with other performers and am eager to make music with you!

I graduated from Haverford College in Spring 2023 with a B.A. in music (with honors) and in mathematics. In college I played in various student instrumental chamber ensembles. My solo performance experience included my senior thesis recital, in which I performed a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque period to the 21st century. In April 2020 in my first year of college, I performed a virtual, interactive piano concert, reinterpreting UK-based composer Lola Perrin’s Significantus to reflect upon collective care within the climate crisis and the pandemic.

In college, I also studied also studied harpsichord both as a solo and as an accompaniment instrument. I have some familiarity with reading figured bass, enough to write out my own realization but not to improvise on the spot.

Even as a high schooler, I was busy with collaborative piano work. I frequently accompanied ensembles, most often choirs, including PMEA District 11 Choir (2017-2019), PMEA Region 6 Choir (2017-2018), PMEA All-State Choir (2017), PMEA All-State Concert Band (2018), NAfME All-Eastern Orchestra (2019), and various school ensembles, including one year in a jazz band.

From 8th to 12th grades, I played keyboard synth for school musical pit orchestras (shows in chronological order): Les Miserables, Big Fish, The Secret Garden, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Spamalot. Multiple times I played the primary Keyboard 1 part.

I have a DipABRSM in Piano Performance (awarded in 2018). I am also a composer, vocalist, and violist.

You can hear samples of my piano playing here: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1N1uzpaaGGQuNlwWM4Wsosm4X7lpqcuR

Fees

$ 60.00 Dollars Per Hour

Instruments

Piano, Harpsichord, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Musical Theatre