Pianist Eden West is an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She currently studies with Logan Skelton and Ana Maria Otamendi, and she is pursuing degrees in Piano Performance and Music Education, receiving academic honors as a nine-term James B. Angell Scholar. Recent engagements include a répétiteur position with No Fly Productions in Ann Arbor (2025), Music Academy of the West (2025), the Collaborative Piano Institute (2024, 2025), and SongFest (2023). She has worked as a pianist in dance classes for the MPulse Dance Institute, Michigan Youth Dance Festival, and has worked as the pianist for the Young People’s Theater. She has also worked as a choral pianist for the Ann Arbor Youth Chorale and the Northside Community Church.
Recent awards include the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award and the National Federation of Music Clubs Virginia Allison Collaborative Award.
An avid advocate for music education, she served as President of the University of Michigan’s National Association for Music Education chapter for two consecutive years, organizing professional development opportunities for studying music educators and budding teachers alike. She is also a violinist, having performed on the stage of Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI with the Pioneer Symphony Orchestra and the University of Michigan Campus Orchestra.
During the academic year, she works as a staff pianist for the voice department and regularly accompanies recitals, voice lessons, dance classes, and instrumental masterclasses. For two years in a row, West was selected as both a soloist and collaborator to record music of underrepresented composers through the Michigan Recording Project. Around the state of Michigan Eden has competed in various competitions, winning the White Lake Solo Competition and being a finalist in the Michigan Youth Arts Concerto Competition. She has also performed on the radio, most notably the Interlochen Public Radio at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.