NYU Steinhardt undergraduate piano students have come to Music and Performing Arts Professions from around the world, as well as from across the United States. They represent diverse cultures and traditions. However, they are united in their love of music, their dedication to the discipline and rigorous training that a musical career requires, and their enthusiasm for the academic opportunities offered by the University. They are devoted to their personal practice yet understand that, to be successful in today's highly competitive musical environment, they must uphold a strong commitment to their academic courses, in music and related disciplines. They see their undergraduate years at NYU Steinhardt as a vital time for personal discovery and professional development.
Through frequent interaction with their peers in Chamber Music, Master Classes, and Program Meetings, NYU Steinhardt piano students live and work in a competitive but highly supportive environment. As one student described her reasons for choosing NYU: "The community feeling distinguishes us from most other schools. Also, most of our faculty continue to be active in the performance world. They use their professional contacts to help us launch our own careers." Undergraduates at NYU Steinhardt are steadily nurtured by the Artist Faculty, who offer not only teaching in private lessons, but also advisement and professional guidance as their students move through the program.
NYU Steinhardt graduate students also represent the international community. Many come to Music and Performing Arts Professions from conservatory backgrounds, in the United States and abroad. Others, having built careers in music, now return to the University for the intense study required to secure significant positions in academia. All are attracted by the substantive course offerings at NYU Steinhardt, which allow them to grow as performers while acquiring experience in related fields, such as Music Business, Music Technology, and Music Education.
Annie Jeng is pursuing a
Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance and a minor in Public Health at NYU
Steinhardt (EGD: 2013). She is currently
in the studio of Artist Faculty, Miyoko Lotto. A native of Washington D.C., she
began her piano studies with her mother and Faye Bonner, later studying with
Anne-Marie McDermott in New York. 
Deirdre O'Donohue, is the recipient of numerous musical awards, including First Place in the Colorado State Federation Piano Competition, Second Place in the Colorado All-State Piano Competition, Second Place in the Pramberger Piano Festival, and Honorable Mention in the Lamont Solo Honors Competition. 
Fall 2009, began piano study at the age of four. In 2000, he began private lessons with Norma Verrilli in Fairfield, CT, and since then he has performed in master classes with Anthony di Bonaventura and Antonio Pappano, among others. He was also accepted as a student at the Tanglewood Institute, where he worked with Max Levinson. As an active collaborative pianist, Mario works very closely with singers in the operatic and song repertoires and has also had experience teaching both privately and as an intern in private schools in Connecticut. Currently, Mario is a student of Artist Faculty member Marilyn Nonken.
Jeff Lankov, a current student in the graduate program at NYU Steinhardt, is a pianist, musical director, and composer active in classical and popular styles. Recent appearances have included solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and a recording of the piano music of George Gershwin. His diverse repertoire includes concertos of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Gershwin, and Bernstein, and his solo programs often feature works by living composers and unusual juxtapositions. Past concerts have included music for toy piano and prepared piano, his own solo-piano transcription of Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps," and compositions by the American composer Robert Xavier Rodríguez.