Biography
Award-winning pianist and composer Jennifer Nicole Campbell has been described as a “sensitive colorist and intelligent musician” (New York Concert Review). Her diverse awards include two 1st prizes in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition (2010), 1st prize in the 1000 Islands International Chopin Competition, and both the Presser Scholar Award and Alumni Award from Peabody Conservatory. She has performed at halls including Lincoln Center, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the Musikhauset Aarhus in Denmark, and the Explorer’s Club in New York. As soloist, Ms. Campbell has performed with the Lansdowne Symphony, the Newark Symphony, the Wilmington Community Orchestra, the Immaculata Symphony, and the Delaware County Symphony where she served as Artist-in-Residence for 5 years. She has appeared on U.S. and Danish Television and radio, and was featured in the PBS documentary about the 5th Julia Crane International Piano Competition.
In addition, she has been the first place winner of the MTNA competitions in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, the West Chester University Piano Competition, and the Marian Garcia Piano Competition among others. Ms. Campbell has also participated in the 6th New York International Piano Competition, the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark, and the 2014 Hilton Head International Piano Competition.
An avid composer, Ms. Campbell’s music has been performed by numerous prominent artists. Her Piano Trio No. 1 received its premiere performance by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2007, and her solo piano works have been premiered through the United States including halls at Stony Brook University, the University of Miami, the University of Buffalo, and Peabody Conservatory. Ms. Campbell’s works have been featured on recordings including the Winterthur Estate’s Garden Fair CD, the sacred music album Puer Natus, and her solo piano debut album Perceptions of Shadows, which has been aired on Philadelphia’s WRTI and New York’s WQXR. In addition, Ms. Campbell’s compositions have also been performed in Vienna, Zurich, and Odessa, Ukraine. Her recent commissions include Embers of Memory for the Newark Symphony Orchestra and Ancestral Echoes for Melomanie. She also composes numerous works for the Academy of International Ballet, with whom she has served as Composer In Residence from 2017-2021. Her sacred works have been performed by choirs in the Philadelphia region.
Ms. Campbell is also an enthusiastic chamber and ensemble musician. She has taken part in numerous chamber music festivals including Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Maryland Wind Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Serafin Summer Music, and Peabody Bassoon Week In addition to performing in piano trios, quartets, and piano duo ensembles, Ms. Campbell worked as an accompanist at Peabody Conservatory for over 5 years, where she coached with John Shirley-Quirk, Denyce Graves, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, William Sharp and Ah Young Hong among others. She has done collaborative work with numerous institutions including Immaculata University, the University of Delaware, Cecil College, and others.
A passionate music educator, Ms. Campbell maintains a private piano studio outside Philadelphia, and is also adjunct faculty at Immaculata University and the Music School of Delaware. A frequent lecturer, she enjoys presenting workshops on topics of meaning and inner transformation through music of diverse genres, whether Bach’s Mass in B minor or Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera. Ms. Campbell holds her M.M. and B.M. degrees from Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University on scholarship studying with Brian Ganz. Additionally, Ms. Campbell has worked with Leon Fleisher, Seymour Lipkin, Richard Goode, and Matti Raekallio among others. She studied both composition and piano with David Auldon Brown before her studies at Peabody. She is the former President of the Main Line Music Teachers Association, and is also on the board of the Association of Church Musicians of Philadelphia. To find out more about Ms. Campbell’s upcoming concerts and commissions, please visit: www.jennifernicolecampbell.com
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