Saxophone StudioSam Au-YeungMASTER OF MUSICSTUDENT PROFILE A budding Hong-Kong-born saxophonist, Sam Au-Yeung is a second-year master’s student at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he majors in Saxophone Performance and Literature under the tutelage of Prof. Chien-Kwan Lin. Before this, Sam graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with First…
Piano Accompanying StudioYuhan WangPiano AccompanyingSTUDENT PROFILE Yuhan Wang, born in Sichuan, China, began her piano studies at the age of six. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Musicology from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, learning piano with Dr. Julan Wang and researching the history of Western Music with Dr. Lixia Ban. As a…
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,…
