Mok, Gwendolyn
Date Updated
8-6-2026
Department
School of Music and Dance
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2022
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Educational Background
State University of New York At Stony Brook, Musical Arts, Doctor of Music 1986
State University of New York At Stony Brook, Masters of Music 1982
Yale University, Bachelor of Arts 1979
Juilliard School of Music,1963-1975
Administrative and Professional Experience
A frequent collaborator, Gwendolyn Mok has appeared as soloist with many Bay area organizations, including the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley, Livermore-Amadore Symphony Orchestra, as well as being a regular guest on the San Francisco Chamber Series in Davies Hall, Chamber Music Sundaes series, and Berkeley Chamber Performances. She is a regular guest with the Ives Collective and the Alexander String Quartet and has appeared as a featured artist on the San Francisco International Piano Festival.
Service
In 2019, Mok received a Lifetime Achievement Award from California Association of Music Teachers in recognition of her longstanding leadership and significant service in California.
Selected Publications
In 2015 San Jose State University named Dr. Mok, President’s Scholar for her scholarship and research in her area.
Pianist Gwendolyn Mok has been recognized as one of the top interpreters of Maurice Ravel. In the December 2025 issue of The Gramophone, critic Jed Distler picked Mok’s performance of LeTombeau de Couperin from Ravel Revealed as one of top four recordings from the last century. Dr. Mok has taught and performed the complete works of Ravel around the world. Her recent podcasts about his two piano concertos have been seen over 180,000 times and her lessons on Ravel’s Sonatine and Pavane pour an Infante Defunte are featured on Tonebase, a popular teaching platform.
Gwendolyn’s discography includes Ravel’s G major Concerto with the Philharmonia and Saint Saens’ Africa with the London Philharmonic for CALA/Hyperion records. She has several recordings with the Orchestra of St. Lukes’, including Tres Tangos with Astor Piazzolla, Eros with Dawn Upshaw and conductorJohn Adams, and four volumes of Stravinsky with conductor Robert Craft. Her humanitarian work raises funds for the International Rescue Committee and the United Way U.K. Dr. Mok was Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at San Jose State University from 2003-2019. She maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule which can be found on her website:
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