Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Solo Performances
Chamber Performances
Notable Concerts
Awards & Grant
Master-Class Presented
Websites
Timeline
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Young Woong Cho

48 Dwight St, Apt 5, Brookline,MA

Summary

Internationally acclaimed pianist, collaborative artist and chamber musician. Dedicated, diligent educator bringing successful history of teaching students of all levels and ages. More than 18 years of teaching experience. Founder & Music director of The Stage of Musical Inspiration (The SMI), an international non-profit music organization. Founding member of the ensemble, The Music.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Piano Department Chair(Coordinator)

Brookline Music School
Brookline, MA
06.2024 - Current
  • Leading the Piano Department at Brookline Music School, including 20 piano faculty members and 300+ piano students.
  • Organizing two(or three) thematic concerts per each academic year, two master-classes by world-renowned piano teachers and one piano faculty workshop.
  • Hosting the piano department meeting at each semester.

Teaching Artist, Piano

Brookline Music School
Brookline, MA
02.2022 - Current
  • Teaching over 35+ students per week.
  • Provided individual piano lessons to students of all ages.
  • Assisted in organizing school-wide recitals.
  • Participated in community events related to outreach programs, performed at several senior houses in the greater Boston area as a faculty member of Brookline Music School.

Collaborative Pianist

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
09.2021 - Current
  • Providing accompaniment for weekly performance classes, lessons and students' degree recitals.
  • Playing at over 50 recitals and concerts over per semester.
  • Collaborating with diverse musicians in different genre.

Vocal Coach

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
09.2021 - Current
  • Teaching vocal students history, techniques and principles of singing and collaborating with other instrumentalists.

Music Theory Faculty

Korean Institute of Piano Pedagogy
Seoul
05.2020 - Current
  • Instructing weekly music theory classes from Boston to Seoul remotely via Zoom.

Piano Faculty

Sharon Music Academy
Sharon, MA
11.2019 - 08.2022
  • Taught piano at all levels and ages. Differentiated teaching techniques based on students' musical background.

Principal Accompanist

St. John's Korean United Methodist Church
Lexington, MA
09.2019 - 12.2020
  • Played both piano and organ for Friday and Sunday Services.

Piano Instructor

Boston University School of Music
Boston, MA
09.2015 - 05.2020
  • Instructed group piano classes for music majors and non‑music majors at Boston University's School of Music.

Piano Faculty

Centre Music House
Framingham, MA
11.2014 - 12.2016
  • Taught piano for students of all levels and ages, including adult students. Used proper piano methods, such as Dorothy Taubman technique. Provided students' recitals each semester.

Piano Faculty

City Of Cambridge Community Development Department
Cambridge, MA
09.2014 - 12.2016
  • Conducted piano classes at two community schools: Martin Luther King Jr. and Longfellow.
  • Provided students' recitals each semester.

Piano Accompanist

Newton Public Schools
Newton, MA
09.2014 - 12.2016
  • Worked as an accompanist for weekly choir programs at public elementary schools in Newton.

Principal Accompanist

Overflowing Church
Queens, NY
09.2012 - 06.2015
  • Played the piano for church choirs and other instrumentalists participating in Sunday services.

Music Teacher

New York Adult Daycare Center
Flushing, NY
06.2012 - 08.2014
  • Taught weekly music classes for Korean‑American senior citizens.

Music Teacher

Evergreen Senior Daycare Center
Flushing, NY
06.2012 - 08.2014

Music Teacher

KCS Flushing Neighborhood Senior Center
Flushing, NY
02.2011 - 08.2014

Education

Doctor of Musical Arts - Piano Performance

Boston University
Boston, MA
05.2020

Artist Diploma - Piano

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
05.2014

Master of Music - Piano

Gnesin's Academy of Music
Moscow, Russia
06.2010

Bachelor of Music - Piano

Gnesin's Academy of Music
Moscow, Russia
06.2008

Skills

  • More than 18 years of experience as chamber musician and collaborative artist
  • Ability to play a wide range of musical styles (Classical, Pop, Contemporary Christian Music)
  • Excellent sight-reading skills
  • Fluent in Korean, Russian and English
  • Experience teaching in groups and individually
  • Positive personality
  • Differentiated teaching techniques

Solo Performances

• Solo Recital, Van Vleck House & Gardens, Montclair, NJ, April 2024

• Solo Recital, Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC, May 2023

• Solo Recital, Brookline Music School, Brookline, MA, March 2023

• Solo Performance, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabukdo, Jeonju, South Korea, December 2022

• Solo Performance, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA, July 2022

• Solo Recital, St.Martin's University, Lacey, WA, March 2021

• Solo Recital, Daejeon Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Center, Small Hall, March 2021

• Solo Recital, Busan Cultural Center, Chamber Hall, South Korea, March 2021

• Solo Recital "Moonlight in Pangyo", Pangyo Arts Center, South Korea, November, 2020

• Solo Recital for "Concert Janghang series", Janghang Arts Center, South Korea, October, 2020

• Solo Recital, Seocheon Arts Center, Seocheon, South Korea, August, 2019

• Solo Recital for "Concert Janghang" series, Janghang Arts Center, South Korea, July 2019

• Tour in Kagoshima, Japan, September 2019

• Solo Recital, Porto Conservatory, Porto, Portugal, December 2016

• Solo Recital, Gunsan Arts Center, Gunsan, South Korea, August 2016

• Solo Recital, Seocheon Arts Center, Seocheon, South Korea, July 2016

• Performed at 5th Taubman Piano Festival, Leshowitz Recital Hall, Montclair, NJ, June 2016

• Solo Recital, South Orange Public Library, South Orange, NJ, August 2015

• Performed at "Women in Black and White" concert, Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA, February 2015

• Solo Recital, South Orange Public Library, South Orange, NJ, January 2014

• Solo Recital, South Orange Public Library, South Orange, NJ, May 2013

Chamber Performances

• Duo Amabile Second Annual Concert, "This is my Story, this is my Song", Tacoma Trinity Church, WA, April 2024

• Tacoma Christian Music Academy Fundraising Concert, Tacoma Good Shepherd's Church, Tacoma, WA, April 2024

• Brookline Music School Faculty Artist Series "Four Seasons in Brookline", Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA, January 2024

• Tigran Maytesian Violin Recital, Mokpo, South Korea, December 2023

• Hea-Mee Kim Cello Recital, Daejeon, South Korea, November 2023

• The 4th Up-Dream Ensemble Annual Concert, Iksan, South Korea, November 2023

• When New York Meets Faroe Islands, Cellist Kristina A Vali & PIanist Young Woong Cho Duo Recital, Klaksvik, Faroe Islands, September 2023

• When New York Meets Faroe Islands, Cellist Kristina A Vali & Pianist Young Woong Cho Duo Recital, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, September 2023

• Duo Amabile Recital, St. Martin's University, Lacey, WA, April 2023

• Four Pianist, For Piano, Olympia, WA, April 2023

• The Music 5th Annual Concert "Chopin", Jeonju, South Korea, December 2022

• Hannah Hyekyeong Lee & Young Woong Cho Duo Recital, Gyeongju, South Korea, August 2022

• Duo Amabile First Annual Concert, Busan, South Korea, August 2022

• Wednesday Brunch Concert "Hea-Mee Kim Cello Recital", Daejeon, July 2022

• Hannah Hyekyeong Lee & Young Woong Cho Duo Recital "Bohemian Forest", Daegu, July 2022

Notable Concerts

  • 100 for the 100th, celebrating Brookline Music School's 100th Anniversary year, Brookline, MA, June 2024
  • The 194th Gwangju City Choir's Regular Concert, Gwangju Arts Center, Gwangju, South Korea, December 2023 (Beethoven' Choral Fantasy)
  • Friendship Concert (celebrating 140th anniversary year of diplomatic relationship between the United States and South Korea), Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA, May 2022

Awards & Grant

* Competition Prize

2023 Charleston International Competition: First Prize (Age 26+, Piano-Four Hands)

2023 Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition: First Prize (Piano-Four Hands, Professional)

Alexander & Buono Foundation Competition: Honorable Mention
2023 American International Music Competition: First prize (Piano Four-Hands)
2023 American virtuoso international music competition: First prize (Chamber Music)

* Grant

Mass Cultural Council: Cultural Sector Recovery Grant for Individual Artist (2023) 

Master-Class Presented

• Saint Martin's University

Timeline

Piano Department Chair(Coordinator)

Brookline Music School
06.2024 - Current

Teaching Artist, Piano

Brookline Music School
02.2022 - Current

Collaborative Pianist

Montclair State University
09.2021 - Current

Vocal Coach

Montclair State University
09.2021 - Current

Music Theory Faculty

Korean Institute of Piano Pedagogy
05.2020 - Current

Piano Faculty

Sharon Music Academy
11.2019 - 08.2022

Principal Accompanist

St. John's Korean United Methodist Church
09.2019 - 12.2020

Piano Instructor

Boston University School of Music
09.2015 - 05.2020

Piano Faculty

Centre Music House
11.2014 - 12.2016

Piano Faculty

City Of Cambridge Community Development Department
09.2014 - 12.2016

Piano Accompanist

Newton Public Schools
09.2014 - 12.2016

Principal Accompanist

Overflowing Church
09.2012 - 06.2015

Music Teacher

New York Adult Daycare Center
06.2012 - 08.2014

Music Teacher

Evergreen Senior Daycare Center
06.2012 - 08.2014

Music Teacher

KCS Flushing Neighborhood Senior Center
02.2011 - 08.2014

Doctor of Musical Arts - Piano Performance

Boston University

Artist Diploma - Piano

Montclair State University

Master of Music - Piano

Gnesin's Academy of Music

Bachelor of Music - Piano

Gnesin's Academy of Music

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