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Ki Hoon Cha, Music Director
Studied Voice pedagogy and Performance in Westminster Choir
College in Princeton ,NJ (Master degree) under Professor Thomas
Farracco. He stayed in Karls Ruhe Germany for experience of
German music atmosphere in 1988-1989. During the time he studied
German lieder with Professor of Stuttgart Musik Hochschule,
Helmut Lips. He has long list of repertoire includes opera,
oratorio, chamber and art song literature. Roles he has
performed are Tamino in Mozart Magic Flute, Alfredo in Verdi¡¯s
La Traviata, and Tenor solos in Religious Works (Haydn¡¯s
Creation, Handel Messiah , Mendelssohn's Elijah, Rossini¡¯s
Stabat Mater, Beethoven 9th symphony.)
Yevgeniy Dyo
(Violin and Viola)
Yevgeniy was born in June 6th, 1982 in Almaty,
Kazakhstan . Started playing the violin at age 5. 1987 Entered
to the special Baiseitova music school (Graduated in 2000).
Studied with Abdusadykova Svetlana, Gaukhar Murzabekova. During
this period Yevgeniy have participated in number of festivals
and competitions. Among them: 1994 Laureate of Zhubanov
International Festival. 1997 Grand Prize of festival ¡°Our
future¡± 1999 3rd prize of Berndt Wiekl violin competition.
1999-2000 Soloist of chamber orchestra ¡°Kamerata of Kazakhstan¡±
2001-2005 Studied in Kazakh National Academy of Music. 2003 1st
prize of International competition ¡°Shabyt-Inspiration¡± in
violin nomination. 2004 Grand prize of ¡°Shabyt-Inspiration¡± in
chamber music nomination. 2003-2005 Soloist of chamber ensemble
¡°Musica d¡¯accordo Astana.¡± The ensemble had several
successful tours throughout Kazakhstan. In May 2005 I
participated in Premiere of ¡°Requiem¡± CD by Karl Jenkins in
London. 2005-2006 member of Plano Symphony and Irving Symphony.
Since 2005 Yevgeniy has become a student of Vesselin Demirev and
a year later of well-known professor Eduard Schmieder at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Since January 2007
Eduard Schmieder became a professor of Temple University.
Currently DMA candidate of Temple University.
Eugin Kim (Violin and Viola)
Eugen Kim is a violinist, violist, composer and
educator. She started playing the piano at the age of 4. After
studying violin for 5 years, she gave debut concert with Daego
City Orchestra as a winner of concerto competition, performing
Violin Concerto in D major by P. Tchaikovsky. In 2003, she has
performed at "Rising Star Debut Concert" in Seoul, held by
Chosun Daily News.
It is a historical music festival in every year since 1960's in
Korea, which brings the best students of colleges of music from
all over the country, and it is held in one of the largest music
centers called Sejong Art Hall in Korea, In 2004, she was
invited as a representative of Korea in the project "Asian the
21st Century Orchestra" in Nagoya, Japan. As soon as she
graduated the college, she started her career as a soloist, a
section violinist in orchestra and educator. Gimcheon High
school of music gave a position to her as a violin instructor
when she was 22 years old. Even though she was young, she was so
passionate about teaching. Among Kim's students, there was one
student who entered one of most renown music colleges in Korea
after Kim's teaching even though this student just played the
violin for 4 years only. About a year later, Kim came to United
States to continue her studying. And also she continued the
career of professional musician in Plano Symphony Orchestra(TX),
Irving Symphony Orchestra(TX) and Symphony in C (NJ).She has
earned the degree in Master of Music from Temple University on
May, 2009. She studied with Eduard Schmieder, Julia Bushkova,
Bohumil Vankat, Eun-suk Choi, Sang-dae Kim and Seok-young Lim.
Katherine
Barbato (Flute)
Katherine Barbato received her Master¡¯s Degree in
Flute Performance from Temple
University where she studied primarily with David
Cramer. She received her Bachelor
Degree from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory where she
studied with George Pope, former
Principal Flute of Akron Symphony. During her years of study,
Katie participated twice in the National Flute Association
Masterclass Competition where she placed first and second
alternate. She was also a member of the 2003 National Wind
Ensemble that played at Carnegie Hall.
Katie had the pleasure of playing on
Cleveland¡¯s classical radio station WCLV as a featured
soloist. Currently she enjoys playing and teaching flute and
piccolo in the Philadelphia area. She is also an active
orchestral musician where she plays Principal Flute in the Bryn
Athyn Orchestra, sectional flutist and piccoloist of the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra (SPSO), and has
subbed in other Philadelphia regional orchestras. (Abington
Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra Society) She has
participated in many summer camps including Domain Forget,
Lake Placid Institute, and
Oberlin in Italy to name a few. She has worked with many world
renowned artists such as Leon Buyse,
Jim Walker,
and Walfrid Kujala and Keith Underwood.
Mami Suetsugu
(Clarinet )
Temple University, Boyer College of Music, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Studies Certificate,
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Japan Bachelor of Arts in
Music. Symphony in C, substitute, Camden, NJ.
Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, Sapporo, Japan.
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, substitute, Tokyo.
Blitz Brass, concertmaster 2004- present
Rose G. Hagopian Prize, Philadelphia. Temple
University Concerto Competition, winner, 2007
Aberdeen International Festival Competition, finalist, UK,
Senzoku Concerto Competition, winner, Kanagawa, Japan 2002
Tara Harvey (Oboe)
Tara Harvey is a freelance oboist in the
Philadelphia area. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education from
Indiana University and a Master of Music in Oboe Performance
from McGill University. Her primary teacher was Theodore Baskin
(Principal Oboe, Montreal Symphony). Mrs. Harvey performs
regularly with many area groups including Jubilate Deo Chorale &
Orchestra, Vox Ama Deus and Rittenhouse String Quartet,
Ensembles and Orchestras. Mrs. Harvey is on faculty at Eastern
University and Valley Forge Christian College.
Rajli Bicolli
(Cello )
Temple University, Master of Music Degree 2007-2009.
University of Alabama, Bachelor of Music Degree 2002-2007.
Professional Ensembles Symphony in C, Camden NJ, section
cello 2007-present. Ohio Light Opera, section cello 2008
season. Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, section cello
2003-2007. Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, section cello
2004-2007. Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, principal cello
2005-2007.
Concerto Soloist with the Starkville Symphony, MS 2007.
Winner of the Concerto Competition of the University of Alabama
2006. Settlement Music School in Cleveland, OH Concerto
Competition Winner 1999.
Temple University Preparatory School of Music 2007-2009.
New Jersey School of Music. Columbus String Program,
Columbus, MS 2005-2007
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