Jane Perkyns has performed extensively throughout Canada, the USA, and China appearing both as soloist, and collaborative artist. She has also been heard on both regional and national radio programs and has had the honor of premiering several works both in the solo and chamber music field. Of her playing, Charles Ward of the Houston Chronicle wrote: “In finely crafted playing, Perkyns reveals the music’s harmonic roots and gentle phrasing.” She is also in demand as a clinician and adjudicator for piano workshops and competitions.
Her accomplishments have been recognized in several editions of Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. Her ongoing research in the teaching and performing areas has led to lectures and demonstrations at various musical conferences including the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, Texas Music Educators Conference, and the College Music Society regional conferences. Her article publications have also appeared in Texas Music Teacher.
Dr. Perkyns has been a member of the faculty at TSU since 1991 teaching applied and group piano, music history, theory, piano pedagogy and assisting in opera workshop and performance seminar classes. She presently serves as the Interim Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Perkyns has been the recipient of two university awards: the McCleary Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2011 and the Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Advising in 2015.
Along with her accomplishments in the classical field, Dr. Perkyns has also been active in the area of musical theatre and composition, writing and producing children’s musical theatre and teaching musical theatre classes to children with disabilities. Her musical theatre works have been performed throughout Texas. Excerpts of the production “Love is a Disability” were performed at the 2000 George Bush Medal Awards Ceremony in the presence of the President Bush, Sr.
Dr. Perkyns received her graduate degrees from The Juilliard School (M.Mus.) and the University of British Columbia (DMA).
Jane Perkyns, D.M.A. | R.S. Music Center, Rm. 241 | 713-313-1037 | jane.perkyns@tsu.edu