APSU Double Reed Roundup!

Clinicians

 Oboist Dr. Jung Choi, a native of South Korea, has quickly established a career of both performing and teaching. She was honorably mentioned twice as the finalist for the Gillet-Fox international oboe competition and started teaching and giving master classes at a collegiate level. Having made her concerto debut in the age of 16, she has since appeared soloist with Seoul Yego Orchestra, SNU wind ensemble, Buchoen Youth Philharmonic, Seoul Youth Philharmonic, Seoul Chamber Orchestra and Eastman Philharmonia. She has also appeared internationally as a chamber musician in Germany, France, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. While she was working on her Master’s degree at the Eastman school of music she was appointed as the oboe/english horn player at the Binghamton Philharmonic. She taught at the Nazareth College and Roberts Wesleyen College in Rochester, NY as well. After graduating from Eastman she was appointed as the assistant principal for the Korean Symphony Orchestra and gave up to 90 concerts annually. She also taught oboe at the prestigious Seoul National University, her alma mater.  She has recorded music for movies, musicals, and K-pop songs. She also appeared on a Korean national Television show collaborating with a poet performing oboe. She recently completed all the requirements for her doctorate degree in oboe performance at the Eastman under Mr. Richard Killmer

Dr. Yoon Joo Hwang, Assistant Bassoon Professor at the University of Central Florida, has taught and performed throughout the United States, Asia and Europe. In 2015, she was selected as a featured performer at the IDRS in Japan and she performed for the IDRS in 2019 in Tampa. Recently, Dr. Hwang has served as a judge for Florida MTNA competitions and was invited to give master classes at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Academy, and the Shenzhen Arts School in China. Dr. Hwang earned a D.M.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder under Yoshi Ishikawa and an M.M. at UCLA under John Steinmetz. While studying in Germany, she worked with Günter Blahuschek of the Bamberger Symphoniker and Yoshinori Tominaga of the Universität Mozarteum in Austria. Dr. Hwang studied at USC with Shawn Mouser, and received a Performance Diploma from Boston University under Matthew Ruggiero.

Dr. Amy Gillick (event host) is the double reed professor at Austin Peay State University. She has previously taught at Virginia Tech, Azusa Pacific University, Moorpark College, Concordia University, and UCLA. She is currently a member of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, subs with the Nashville Symphony, and gives recitals and presentations around the world, most recently in Granada Spain, and Brazil. She studied at UCLA (MM & DMA) and California State University, Long Beach. Her main teachers there were Charles Coker and John Steinmetz.