Dr. Jeanette Louise Yaryan began performing and studying the piano at age three, winning numerous awards, scholarships, and competitions throughout the years. She holds two MM degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. Professional endeavours have included performing at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Boston Court Theatre in Los Angeles. An accomplished soloist known for her colourful and powerful interpretations, she is also passionate about multidisciplinary performances, and enjoys incorporating varied elements in her work as an artist, including her original spoken word and musical arranging. Always interested in many styles of music, Dr. Yaryan is an avid chamber musician, studied Jazz, has worked extensively as a musical director for theatre productions, and worked for decades as a professional church pianist, organist, choir director, and vocal coach.

Currently, Dr. Yaryan is the Classical Piano Program Director at the prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program, an international boarding arts secondary school where Jeanette has taught private piano lessons, chamber music, advanced music theory, collaborative piano, multidisciplinary performance, vocal coaching, and musical theatre. A gifted administrator, she has also served as the Music Department Chair (2019-2021) and the Assistant Head of School (2021-2025). She has been an invited pedagogue in China, Australia, and the UK, and has spoken at international conferences in Malaysia, Italy, Brazil, Scotland, and England. She is renowned for giving masterclasses for solo piano, collaborative duos, chamber music, and multidisciplinary performances.

Dr. Yaryan enjoys living in the artistic and eclectic community of Idyllwild, California, with her cats, Luna, Phoenix, and Kujaku. Her students know her for her rich sense of humour and as one who “loves math, and puns,” and she adores travel, languages, “foodie” things, live comedy, art museums, and contemporary opera.