NANCY WEEMS, pianist and Madison Endowed Professor of Piano, Emeritus at the University of Houston Moores School of Music, has performed extensively as a concert artist in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Mexico, Russia, and Central America, in addition to her long and distinguished career as a recognized pedagogue. As a United States Artistic Ambassador, Ms. Weems represented the United States in three international concert tours in fourteen countries, including Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Korea, China, Mexico, Trinidad, and Costa Rica and presented a solo debut recital at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. She has appeared as guest artist with numerous orchestras and has given master classes in conservatories in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the West Indies, including events sponsored the Eastman School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, Korea, the International Piano Master Class Series of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. A four-city tour of the People’s Republic of China in 2016 included concerts, masterclasses and lectures in Beijing, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Chengdu.

Ms. Weems often serves as an adjudicator of international competitions in the U.S., Asia, and Europe and is a frequent presenter at music teacher conferences worldwide, including the MTNA state and national conventions and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. Her students have won top awards in numerous prestigious national and international piano competitions, including the Music Teachers National Association Competition, the Van Cliburn International, Leeds International, Bach International, Sydney International, New Orleans International and Tchaikovsky International. An impressive number of her former students maintain teaching positions at major universities and music schools in the U.S. and abroad, and many enjoy professional concert careers worldwide. Her outstanding teaching career was featured in a cover article in The Piano Magazine – Clavier Companion entitled “A Legacy of Excellence – A Conversation with John and Nancy Weems.”

Other notable awards include the Texas Music Teachers Association Outstanding Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Houston Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 1995 Moores School of Music Faculty of the Year Award, and a Grammy Award nomination in 1990.