Annie Kwok

Director

Annie Kwok began studying the piano at age four in her hometown of Honolulu, Hawai'i, where her teachers included Ellen Masaki and Dr. Thomas Yee. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano performance with a Music-In-Education concentration from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, studying with Bruce Brubaker. Annie has been a summer fellow of the Colburn Academy, Indiana University Piano Academy, and the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and has worked with renowned teachers such as Jane Coop, Steve Drury, Leon Fleisher, Norman Krieger, Robert McDonald, and Menahem Pressler. 

Passionate about community-driven projects, Annie has curated interactive performances as an NEC Community Performances and Partnerships fellow, Early Education Music intern at the Rock and Roll Daycare in Cambridge, MA, and member of From The Top's Center for the Development of Arts Leaders. Love of chamber music and travel led Annie to complete several international tours as a resident Lincoln Center Stage pianist, visiting 30 different countries while performing chamber music programs on ships ranging from Brahms and Schumann quintets to Radiohead and Led Zeppelin arrangements.

Annie is active as a collaborative pianist in Honolulu, frequently playing for local masterclasses, recitals, and competitions. She is the pianist for the Honolulu Chorale, and has also performed as keyboardist for the Kawaiaha'o Church Choir. As an administrator, Annie is Creative Residency Director of the Windwood Music Festival, a summer chamber music festival dedicated to providing inclusive community concerts in Alberta, Canada. She also devotes much of her time to teaching, and her students have recently won awards in the Hawaii State, Orbifold, Elite, and Osaka International Music Competitions. Annie currently maintains a full teaching studio at the Masaki School of Music.