Piano Accompanying StudioChaeeun LeePiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Chaeeun Lee was born in Incheon, South Korea. She started playing the piano at the age of 6 with her debut performance at the age of 11. She received her Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Texas Christian University with full piano scholarship under the tutelage of Dr. Michael…
Piano Accompanying StudioDerek Hamersly Piano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Derek Hamersly began his piano studies at age 8 in Santa Cruz, California. Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with University Honors in 2019, he received both a B.F.A. in Piano Performance and a B.S. in Physics. His former instructors include Dr. Susan Bruckner, Dr. Hanna Wu Li,…
Piano Accompanying StudioCalvin GusePiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Pianist Calvin Guse is in his first year pursuing his MM in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Dr. Andrew Harley. A native of Wisconsin, he completed his undergraduate studies at UW-Madison in 2022, where he obtained degrees in piano performance and…
Piano Accompanying StudioAndrew ChenPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Taiwanese-American pianist Andrew Chen is currently pursuing his MM degree in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Harley. He studied piano with Betty Woo and violin with Dan Flanagan at the University of California, Berkeley, performing both as…
Piano Accompanying StudioZeLin HuangPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE ZeLin Huang was born in China and began playing the piano at an early age, studying with Dr. Huijun Zeng, Belarusian pianist Katia Rorova, Professor Yewei Huang, and Professor Jialin Zhang. In 2018, he studied in the Piano Department of the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, graduating with…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJames Jeffery James Jeffery is a second-year undergraduate Organ Performance major in the studio of David Higgs at the Eastman School of Music. He is currently employed as a VanDelinder Fellow at Christ Church, Rochester. He previously studied with Daniel Brownell at First UCC Milford, CT. He has held the…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicMihail Strezev Mihail Strezev was born in Moldova into a family of three generations of musicians. His passion for music began at a young age, and he spent 18 years studying piano. However, he eventually decided to follow in the footsteps of his mother, Anna Strezeva, an accomplished concert organist,…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicJonghee Yoon Jonghee Yoon is currently pursuing an Advanced Diploma with Nathan Laube at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Jonghee received her master’s degree in sacred music and organ performance at East Carolina University, and a bachelor’s degree from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul. She has…
Organ, Historical Keyboards and Sacred MusicDominic Fiacco Dominic Fiacco is a sophomore organ performance major at the Eastman School of Music, where he studies with Prof. Nathan Laube. He is a VanDelinder Fellow at Christ Church Rochester and sings in Prof. Stephen Kennedy’s Schola Cantorum. Fiacco has given recitals at the Cathedral Church of St.…
