Jocelyn Swigger grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she made her concerto debut at the age of 16. Her CD Rhythms and Blues: American Piano Music, was praised in Gramophone Magazine as “Just the right amount of Swagger from Swigger, with a brave coda to boot,” and listed as MusicWeb International’s Record of the Month. American Record Guide called it “racy, highly enjoyable” and said, “She is adept in projecting the crunch and swagger…as she is in evoking the delicate clouds of sound…her languid sensuality…is seductive.” Radio broadcasts include NPR stations WBFO in Buffalo NY, WSUiR in Wichita KS, and WIPR in Interlochen WI. Her most recent recording is of all the Chopin etudes, recorded with original ornaments on a Paris Erard piano tuned to a historical temperament. A BlogCritics review called it “An hour of pure musical pleasure.” Her next recording, of classical art songs by female composers with soprano Susan Hochmiller, is forthcoming from Centaur Records. Jocelyn hosts two very occasional podcasts: Play It Again Swig (an audio practice diary) and Just Piano Improv. You can find them on iTunes and at jocelynswigger.com.

She is Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies of the Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College, and she is on the piano faculty at Interlochen Arts Camp. She has also taught at Fort Lewis College, the Hochstein Music School, CUNY Queensborough, and Adelphi University, and she played as a collaborative artist and accompanist for the Manhattan School of Music, the Castleman Quartet Program, the Boys Choir of Harlem Academy, and the Juilliard School. She has presented at the MTNA national conference as well as regional CMS and PMTA conferences. She performs as a solo and collaborative pianist in the United States, Europe, and South America, and has appeared as performer and teacher at the Ameropa chamber music festival in the Czech Republic and Spain. In 2013 she joined the faculty of the Richmond CMI European Chamber Music Institute for their European tour. She spent the summer of 2008 on a Fulbright Scholar Teaching Grant in Asunción, Paraguay, teaching piano and chamber music. She holds undergraduate degrees from Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers are Rebecca Penneys and Evelyne Brancart.

Jocelyn is a musical omnivore. An advocate of new music, she has premiered works by composers including Dennis DeSantis, Payton MacDonald, Gavin Chuck, Aaron Grad, Buzz Jones, Greg Mertl, Forrest Pierce, and Allan Krantz. She has appeared on Composers Forum concerts at Eastman, Oberlin, Cornell, and NYU, and was a board member and frequent performer for Ossia New Music at Eastman. In recent years, her interest in early music has led her to study and perform on the harpsichord and fortepiano. In addition to her life as a classical musician, she has also performed on accordion, vocals, and occasional electric bass in the indie folk rock band Gettysburg Pirate Orchestra. Her current projects include chamber music, expanding the classical canon, improvising in the classical style, and writing and performing music for social justice (sometimes on the ukulele). More information at jocelynswigger.com. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.