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Jarod Yap
collaborative piano
Jarod is earning a master's degree at The Juilliard School studying with Lydia Brown. Awards include Second Prize in the 2023 J. Earl Lee Collaborative Piano Competition and the 2022 Frank Liu Jr. Prize for Creative Innovations at The H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge. Jarod has participated in masterclasses with Dominik Wagner and Andrew Bain, and serves at Juilliard's Pre-College Division as a studio pianist and at The School for Strings as a staff pianist.