Dr. Jonathan Jung
Lee University will host a faculty recital with Dr. Jonathan Jung, piano, and Dr. Hyeri Choi, violin, on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Squires Recital Hall, located in the Humanities Center.
Dr. Jung and Ms. Choi will perform works by Sergei Prokofiev and Johannes Brahms, as well as an original piece by Dr. Jung, “Poème for Piano and Violin.”
Dr. Jung joined the faculty of Lee’s School of Music as an assistant professor of piano in the fall of 2017. He previously taught at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Jones County Junior College.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Jung performs regularly across the United States. He has performed with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra and Korean Philharmonic Orchestra of New Zealand. As a composer, Dr. Jung’s original pieces have been performed in Carnegie Hall, Hatch Recital Hall, and Brevard Music Center.
He has received awards in the Christchurch National Piano Concerto Competition, Eastman Concerto Competition, Kapiti Coast National Piano Competition, and Kerikeri Piano Competition.
Dr. Jung earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree, Master of Arts in Theory pedagogy degree, and Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. He received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Auckland.
Dr. Choi is an assistant professor of violin at Idaho State University and the appointed concertmaster at the Idaho-Civic Symphony.
She served as a guest concertmaster of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra in 2016, assistant concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes from 2012-16, and principal second violin of the Seoul Metropolitan Youth Orchestra in Korea.
As the First Prize winner of the 2014 American Protégé International String and Piano Competition, Dr. Choi performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. She also performed a solo recital in the Musicales Concert Series at the George Eastman House.
Dr. Choi has performed internationally at the Kirishima International Music Festival in Japan and the Music Alp Festival in France.
Dr. Choi received her doctorate and master’s degree from Eastman School of Music, and her bachelor’s degree from Ewha Woman’s University in Korea. She also earned her Orchestra Performance Certificate from TOHO Orchestra Academy.
For more information on the recital or the Lee University School of Music, email music@leeuniversity.edu or call (423) 614-8240.
Dr. Hyeri Choi