Faculty
Elizabeth
Suh-Lane, Artistic Director, has concertized throughout the world with
the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and the Academy
of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. She has given solo and chamber music recitals throughout
the United States, Europe, South America and Japan. Chamber music venues include
the international festivals of Tanglewood, Britten-Pears, Schleswig-Holstein and
Bach Aria. Locally, she has appeared as a soloist with the Kansas City Symphony,
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and the Kansas City Youth Symphony, among others.
She is the founder and artistic director of the Bach Aria Soloists. Elizabeth was
a Chancellor’s Scholar at the UMKC Conservatory of Music, and a Phi Kappa Phi Fellow
at the Yale School of Music where she received her Masters of Music.
Chung-Hoon
Peter Chun, Chung-Hoon Peter Chun was appointed as the Assistant Professor
of Viola at University of Kansas, at the age of 28. He is a versatile musician who
has given numerous recitals and chamber music performances across the U.S., as well
as performing internationally in Korea and Japan. In the spring of 2005, he is scheduled
to make his conducting debut at the LG Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, with the Donizetti
opera L’elisir D’amore. Peter Chun has appeared at such summer festivals as Yellow
Barn, Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society, and has been a resident artist at
the International Musical Arts Institute (Maine) since 1997. He is the violist of
Quartet Accorda, a group based in Kansas City that is gaining wide notoriety with
their highly acclaimed performances frequently broadcast in Maine, Kansas and Missouri.
Born in Seoul, Korea, Peter Chun emigrated at age 12 with his family to the U.S.
He was trained at the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Walter Trampler,
Marcus Thompson, and Eric Rosenblith.
Cellist
Matthew Johnson is a graduate of the the University of Southern California,
where he studied with Ron Leonard and Andrew Shulman. A dedicated chamber musician,
Matthew has performed in many cities throughout North America and Europe. Recent
activities include performances in the Sarasota and Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
music festivals. Mr. Johnson moved to Kansas City in 2003 after winning a job as
cellist in the Kansas City Symphony. Since moving to the Kansas City area, Matthew
has been active as a recitalist and dedicated teacher, maintaining a private studio
in Overland Park, KS.
He also performs regularly with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and recently joined
the Bach Aria Soloists. Matthew has received numerous awards and has soloed with
orchestras in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, including the American Youth Symphony
and the Utah Symphony.
Paula
Kosower, cello, has given concerts in Europe, North and South America,
China and North Korea. She recently performed at the Ravinia Festival and Mostly
Music Festival in Chicago, and performs regularly with Chicago-based contemporary
sextet, CUBE, the cutting-edge Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and the
Chicago Symphony. Ms Kosower teaches a course in cello pedagogy at Northwestern
University, private lessons at the Northwestern University String Academy and chamber
music at the Merit School of Music where she is a member of the faculty piano trio.
She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University
where she was a student of Janos Starker
*Andy
Simionescu, violin, has appeared as soloist with the symphonies of
Houston, North Carolina, Montreal, Vienna, and Tokyo in halls such as Carnegie,
Lincoln Center, Alice Tully, The White House, and Kennedy Center. As a duo with
wife, Pamela Frank, they appeared with Buffalo, and Austin's Symphony orchestras.
Alexander performs regularly at numerous summer festivals including the Bowdoin,
Rockport, Utah, Martha's Vineyard, Mostly Mozart, and Bravo!. He has performed over
300 concerts with the Bowdoin Trio, winner of 1984 Concert Artists Guild International,
and is a member of the Raphael Trio. Andy recently recorded Bartok “Violin Duos”
with superstar cellist, Matt Haimovitz, on the critically acclaimed “Goulash” cd.
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**Sunghae
Anna Lim, violin, has performed throughout the United States, Central
America, Europe and Japan and enjoys a varied career as chamber musician and teacher.
She is a founding member of the Laurel Trio, winner of the 1995 Concert Artists
Guild Management Award and ProPiano Competition, and violinist of the New Millennium
Ensemble, the Naumburg Award-winning sextet. She has participated in Marlboro, Tanglewood,
Ravinia and Prussia Cove Festivals, and has recorded for Koch International, CRI
and Newport Classics. Ms. Lim received a B.A. from Harvard University in German
History and Literature and completed her Diploma at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She
teaches violin at Princeton University.