Jacob Clark

Associate Professor
Piano
Office: Music 219
Phone: (409) 880-7182
Email: jclark24@lamar.edu

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts, The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Music, The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Music, The University of Texas at Austin

Pianist Jacob Clark received his musical education primarily in Texas, completing his BM, MM, and DMA in piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin where his primary solo instructors were David Renner and Nancy Garrett. Dr. Clark has been awarded prizes in several competitions, mostly notably being named a prizewinner in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, Sidney Wright Accompanying Competition, the Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Performance Award, Mid-Texas Symphony Concerto Competition, Clara Schumann International Competition, and has been named a finalist and received a special judge’s citation in the American Prize Competition in the piano concerto division.

Dr. Clark joined the faculty of �鶹ӳ�� in Beaumont, TX in the fall of 2014 and is currently serving as Associate Professor of Piano and Keyboard Area Coordinator. Previous faculty appointments include assistant professor at South Carolina State University, adjunct instructor at Northern Virginia Community College and piano instructor at the prestigious Levine School of Music in Washington D.C. Dr. Clark is also active in professional organizations such as MTNA and the College Music Society. He has served as the president of Beaumont MTA, Grants Director on the Board of TMTA, and Chair of the TMTA Commissioned Composer program.

Dr. Clark and his wife, pianist Sujung Cho have a particular interested in piano duet repertoire and have performed throughout the United States and Korea as Duo Korusa. Equally academics and performers, both members of Duo Korusa have a keen interest in research and have presented lecture recitals at national and regional conferences of the College Music Society, The Piano Society of Korea, as well as at the National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Conference at Oberlin College and Conservatory and University of Arizona. Their recording of Diabelli’s Sonata in C major for Piano Four Hands has been published by , the peer-reviewed journal of CMS and is available in the of Symposium’s online journal.

Duo Korusa has worked closely with the composer Thomas Dempster, premiering his work “Congaree Voices” for piano duet and electronic track at the South Carolina Music Teachers State Conference at Anderson University and then performing it at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival at the Abrons Arts Center and Electroacoustic Barn Dance at the University of Mary Washington. Along with the �鶹ӳ�� Wind Ensemble, they commissioned Dr. Dempster to compose a new piano concerto for piano four hands and wind ensemble that was premiered in February of 2017. Awarded a grant from �鶹ӳ��’s College of Fine Arts and Communication, Duo Korusa used this funding to record the piano duet works of Marie Jaell and Jane Savage and the resulting album was released March of 2023. The most recent album includes the complete works of Beethoven for piano duet, which was funded by a grant from the Lamar Center for Resiliency and was released on the Centaur label in 2024.