Joon Kang

Location: New York City and Zoom

Specializes in: Jazz, Pop, Neo Soul, Gospel, and Songwriting

Biography

Joon Kang taught himself the piano at the age of 18. Two years later, he earned a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. Joon has performed and recorded with keyboard legends Don Randi and Matt Rollings and has studied with six world-class pianists: Nikolai Mishchenko, Alain Mallet, Robert Christopherson, Laszlo Gardony, Jason Yeager, and John Paul McGee. Joon holds a Bachelor’s in Songwriting from Berklee College of Music. As a teacher, Joon is passionate about helping students develop a relationship with their inner creative voice and express their emotions with music. In addition to teaching, performing, and writing songs, Joon is completing a Master’s degree in Piano at Berklee NYC.

Teaching Philosophy

To teach means more than to pass down one’s knowledge: It is to mentor and facilitate growth, like a gardener attending to his garden, and to pass on one’s spirit and joy to one’s students. Since every student is unique, for students to grow on both musical and personal levels, one-size-fits-all pedagogy is not ideal. It is my personal mission to truly get to know each student and understand what makes them unique, and then create a tailored program for them based on their goals. My goal is to help unlock each student’s creative voice, enable them to translate that into music on the piano, and play with total freedom and expression.