Jared Eben

Born and raised in Fresno, California, pianist and composer Jared Eben is excited to start the next chapter of his music career at McLennan Community College! There he will teach Music Theory, Sight Singing and Ear Training, Music Appreciation, and accompany the McLennan Chorale.

He comes to McLennan from East Carolina University, where he previously served as Performing Artist, Musical Director, and Instructional Consultant for the school of Theatre and Dance. At ECU Mr. Eben taught Musical Theatre Fundamentals, Class Piano for Musical Theatre Majors, Musical Theatre Techniques, and accompanied department performances and dance classes. His career in theatre includes collaborations on upwards of twenty-eight musicals with numerous regional, community, and educational organizations. Recent performances include Polka Dots, Swing, Company, Once on this Island, Vanities, and Pippin with ECU; Mamma Mia and Little Shop of Horrors with Morro Bay High School; Grey Gardens and Les Misérables with Stage Works Fresno; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Center Stage Clovis; and Spring Awakening with Children’s Musical Theatre Works. 

Prior to arriving at East Carolina University, Jared served as a Teaching Assistant on full scholarship for the Department of Music at the University of California Santa Barbara and earned the Excellence in Keyboard Award. While working towards his Doctorate in Collaborative Piano, he accompanied the University Opera Singers, Women’s Chorale, as well as the voice and instrumental students in rehearsals, lessons, master classes, recitals, and other performances. Mr. Eben also was an adjunct faculty member at California State University Stanislaus, where he taught class piano and served as Accompanist II.

A well-rounded collaborative pianist, Jared has accompanied several prominent musicians in recital and has been a member of several chamber music groups. He worked with numerous regional choral ensembles and has served as accompanist for the Modesto Symphony Chorus, the California State University Stanislaus Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers, the Soli Deo Gloria Women’s Chorus, as well as many schools throughout the country.

Mr. Eben attended Chapman University where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. Under the direction of Karen Knecht, he was the South Section Winner of the Music Teachers’ Association of California 2009 Piano Competition and received the Outstanding Keyboard and Music Theory Award from Chapman University. Mr. Eben also holds a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from New York University, where he earned the Steinhardt Scholarship and studied under Eduardus Halim. While attending New York University, Mr. Eben served as adjunct instructor, teaching keyboard harmony and group piano classes, as well as elective private piano lessons. Jared is a DMA candidate (ABD) at the University of California Santa Barbara, and will be finishing his dissertation very soon!

Office: BPAC 112 * Phone: (254) 299-8240 * Email: jeben@mclennan.edu