Eric Jenkins

Pianist and vocal coach Eric Jenkins is Staff Accompanist and Collaborative Piano Area Coordinator at Kennesaw State University. He was previously a member of the accompanying and applied piano faculty at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley from 2014-2017, where he served as coach-pianist for the nationally award-winning Bravo Opera Company. Additionally, Dr. Jenkins was on the collaborative piano faculty at Emory University and a vocal coach with the Georgia State University Opera Theater. 

Dr. Jenkins has been active as a recitalist, working with renowned instrumentalists and vocalists in the United States and internationally, throughout Canada, Austria, France, Turkey, and Cyprus. Most recently, he has collaborated in chamber performance with principals and members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at venues throughout the Atlanta metro area. He has been active with The Atlanta Opera, serving as pianist and music director with the 96-Hour Opera Project, a project designed to support the careers of BIPOC emerging composers and librettists, and as rehearsal pianist for mainstage productions, including the upcoming world premiere of Forsyth County is Flooding with the Joy of Lake Lanier by Marcus Norris and Adamma Ebo. 

Beginning in 2010 Dr. Jenkins served for several years as répétiteur for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. He made his concerto debut in 2008, performing Benjamin Britten’s Piano Concerto with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and most recently has performed with the Atlanta Symphony as an orchestral keyboardist. 

Dr. Jenkins earned a DM and MM in Collaborative Piano from Florida State University, where he served as a graduate assistant in opera coaching and as music director with the outreach program.