Jie-Ling (Jennie) Tang attends the 2024 TSM Academy courtesy of the Anonymous Fellowship.

Hometown: Taichung, Taiwan

A native of Taiwan, Jie-Ling (Jennie) Tang has served as the principal violist of NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra from 2019 to 2020, and has performed as assistant principal next to Cynthia Phelps and Che-Yen Chen in TMAF Orchestra in the summer of 2022. She was presented by NPR’s From the Top as a Walnut Hill String Chamber Orchestra member in 2019. As an active chamber and orchestra musician, she has participated in music festivals including Music Festival at Walnut Hill from 2016 to 2018, Music@Menlo in 2019, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Taipei Music Academy & Festival where she was granted full scholarship in 2022 and 2023. She has performed as a chamber musician and orchestra member in numerous venues, including Jordan Hall, MIT Concert Hall, Taipei National Concert Hall, National Taichung Theater, and Weiwuying Concert Hall.

Tang has collaborated with professional musicians including Frank Huang and Cynthia Phelps. In masterclasses, she has worked with artists including Benjamin Zander, Yehudi Wyner, Helen Callus, Beth Guterman Chu, Rebecca Fischer, Chris Jenkins, David Requiro, Arnaud Sussmann, and the Parker Quartet.

Tang is a graduate of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and New England Conservatory Prep where she studied with Mai Motobuchi. She is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Hsin-Yun Huang.