Department of Music

Yoon Chung received his Bachelor’s degree in piano performance at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his Master’s degree in the same field at Rice University and Artist Diploma at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

His teachers include Zalina Gurevich, Christopher Harding, Brian Connelly, and Leslie Amper. He received further musical instructions from Anton Nel and Ann Schein at Aspen Music Festival and from Sandra Wright Shen at Brevard Music Center. He has received additional music instructions and coaching from Peter Takács, Elisabeth Pridonoff, Levon Chilingirian, members of the Danish String Quartet, Vadym Kholodenko, and Peter Serkin.

Yoon currently serves as a faculty member at Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School and at Providence College, teaching piano and music theory. He also composes in his spare time, and he received composition instructions from Daniel Crozier, Bright Sheng, Paul Schoenfeld, and Paul Brust.