Violinist Yunhee Ahn has been a member of the Washington Chamber Orchestra for the past nine years. She has worked as a private violin teacher for 30 years in Boston, San Francisco, and the Washington, D.C. area, and currently teaches privately in Northern Virginia. Yunhee also volunteers as a strings teacher at the Central Music Academy in Virginia, sharing her passion for music with young students. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Mr. Eric Rosenblith.

A native of Seoul, Korea, violinist Chae Young Yeom has earned awards as a solo violinist and chamber musician numerous times.  She has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Symphony Hall, and Seoul Arts Center.  She has participated in master classes with world-renowned violinists including Mikhail Kopelman and Gregory Fulkurson. Currently, she serves as a violinist and a Manager of Artistic Programs at the New Orchestra of Washington.

Aslı received her Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the recipient of the Chip Davis Mannheim Steamroller Orchestra Award in 2007, and was the finalist of the Coeur D’Alene Young Artist Concert Competition in 2008. She teaches violin and viola in her private studio, and performs throughout the DMV area.

Praised for his authentic sense of musical artistry and limit-pushing technical proficiency, Brian Shoop holds degrees in viola performance from Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Maryland. He has received such recognitions as the Wilkins Memorial Prize at Oberlin and first prize in the Ohio Viola Society competition, plays in the viola section of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and is on faculty at Levine Music.

Principal Cello, Wonhee has been serving as the Chairman of the Maryland State’s Bach Solo completion and Young musicians competition for Cello and Violin since 2017. She was a faculty member of Peabody Institute’s Preparatory division for 15 years, and many of her students have won local competitions and positions in the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra and Peabody Youth Orchestra.

Youbin received her Master’s from the New England Conservatory, and completed her Doctoral courses at Rutgers University. Her awards include prizes at American Protégé Concerto Competition, New York International Music Concour, and Grand Prize Virtuoso International Competition. She has performed at Jordan Hall, Sejong Performing Arts Center, Seoul Arts Center, Carnegie Hall, and Walter Auditorium in Lincoln, and has appeared as a section cellist in the Boston Civic and Boston Philharmonic orchestra. She is a cellist of the Maryland Symphony, a faculty at the Mason Community Arts Academy, and maintains a private studio in Northern Virginia.

Simone is a senior Cello Performance major at the University of Maryland, and is currently studying with Dr. Eric Kutz. In his time at UMD, he has participated in masterclasses led by Inbal Segev, Yumi Kendall, and Amir Eldan. His primary summer festival engagements include the National Orchestral Institute and Interlochen Center for the Arts, and he hopes to participate in music festivals abroad in the future.

Kimberly Johnson, double bassist, studied Double Bass at Catholic University School of Music. She had the pleasure to study with Mr. William Vaughan of the National Symphony Orchestra and Ms. Linda McKnight Manhattan School of Music in New York. Throughout the season, She’s teaching bass & performing with many ensembles.

Co-founder of Good Beats, Rachel has performed everywhere from Syrian refugee camps, street schools in India’s slum, to prestigious stages including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Singapore’s Esplanade, Shanghai Cultural Center, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, and Seoul Art Center. She is a seasoned educator currently at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts.

From Baroque to Contemporary music, Gyuri Kim is a musician who loves to explore lesser known works and new music. Consistently pushing her technical ability on the flute, Gyuri has become a champion of new music and has collaborated with many composers writing new works for the instrument. She earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Flute Performance at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University under Marina Piccinini and completed an Artist Diploma at The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music under Demarre McGill. After spending some time in her native country of South Korea, Gyuri has recently moved back to Baltimore where she enjoys teaching with her private studio.

Dr. Youngik Jang is an award-winning multi-faceted guitarist, educator, and composer in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C, who has been globally performing as a soloist and chamber musician, along with many international award achievements. Dr. Jang is currently serving Montgomery College as a Professor of Music.

Jazz Percussionist Byung Kang is an in-demand drummer, educator, and session player in the DMV area. His experience studying and performing with Gary Thomas, Nasar Abadey, Blake Meister, Paul Bollenback, and Alex Norris has shaped his unique sound of traditional and modern drumming. His approach to music and the drum set has evolved since high school and continues to grow. He is the drummer for SoulTET and freelances in the DMV. Outside of his busy performance schedule, Byung is the band director at Glenelg Country School, Middle and Lower school divisions, nurturing the next generation of musicians.

Bora is a sought after pianist in the DMV, and an invited featured artist. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Orford Arts Centre, and Baroque Recital Hall in Prague. Bora had been a faculty member at University of Cincinnati Preparatory, Radford University, Governor’s School in Virginia, and Washington Conservatory of Music. As a collaborative pianist, she works at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and at NSO Youth Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center.

Ellen earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in piano performance/pedagogy from the Peabody Institute, where she was awarded a full scholarship as a graduate assistant in the piano/keyboard department. A passionate collaborative musician, Ellen loves performing with others to create meaningful musical experiences. She currently works as a staff accompanist at Peabody Preparatory and teaches at her private studio.