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Acclaimed as a “confident, skilled performer” and a “magnetizing force” at the keyboard, American pianist Brianna Jaeger is an active concert pianist and composer, based in Northern Virginia. She has appeared internationally as a concert artist, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kaufman Music Center, York University, Schlosskirche Cathedral, Steinway Piano Gallery, and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, including
collaborations with ensembles such as the Paragon Philharmonia, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Choral Ensembles, among others. When she is not behind a piano, Brianna frequently participates in engagements on organ, harpsichord, and as a coloratura.
At the age of 12, she received her first award in association with PBS, followed by honors in the South Carolina Concerto Competition. Since then, she has garnered international awards, including 1st place at the Rocky Mountain International Piano Competition in Canada, 2nd place at the 2022 International Grand Prix Music Competition hosted in NYC, and other festival honors in Austria, Italy, and the United States. In 2025, she was one of only 20 pianists invited worldwide to compete in the Chopin in Cyprus Festival in Nicosia.
A passionate advocate for new and experimental music, Brianna performs works by modern composers such as Benjamin Broening, Ligeti, Emma Lou Diemer, and Donnacha Dennehy, and frequently engages with electro-acoustic productions. She has collaborated with groups such as Alarm Will Sound orchestra, EDGE Ensemble, and various other entities to produce and record works by living composers. In 2022, she premiered Dr. Richard Pressley’s "Cantus: Hommage a Messiaen" at the Contemporary Art Music Project in Tampa, Florida. Brianna is also a seasoned composer and arranger. She has been commissioned to write music for keyboard instruments, chamber ensembles, dance, marching band, and religious services, including two commissions by Shenandoah University. Drawn to an eclectic sound, her personal influences include Messiaen, Arvo Pärt, Kaija Saariaho, Max Reger, chant, and traditional Jewish music.
Brianna earned her Master of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory in 2021, under the tutelage of Ieva Jokubaviciute and Dr. Alexander Bernstein. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in piano from Charleston Southern University, where she studied with Mr. Eugene Koester, Dr. Brad Parker, and conducting with Dr. Nicholas V. Holland, III. Her academic research spans Beethovenian elements in Schubert, presenting music through the lenses of philosophy, mathematics, and linguistics, and Holocaust musicology. She has presented numerous lecture-recitals on the music of World War II, including premieres of reconstructed works from the Holocaust, a project for which she was a semifinalist for the Fulbright Scholarship.
As the owner of SongBird Music Studio, LLC, Brianna offers private music lessons and collaborative piano services throughout Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. She has taught general music and choir at private schools, and she has previously directed classes and seminars at Shenandoah Conservatory, Salem College, and Charleston Southern University, where she formerly served on adjunct faculty. Her students have participated and competed in local and international music festivals, from appearances in regional events to performances at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and university acceptances from leading conservatories for music studies. Brianna is a member of MTNA and an honor roll teacher with The Royal Conservatory of Music.
For media and performance inquiries, contact: jaegerpiano@gmail.com
For educational inquiries, contact: songbirdstudiollc@gmail.com
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