Music St. Marks 48

Hyerim Yu - Voice, Composition Hyerim Yu is a singer/song writer, Musical theatre writer, and an educator. She released her own debut album ‘I am free’ on Aug, 2015. As a Christian singer-song writer, she performed on various broadcasting, such as CBS, CTS, FEBC, and CGNtv in Korea from 2006 to 2015. She worked as a Full-time professor at Phnom penh International Institute of the Arts on 2013, and worked as an adjunction professor at Seo-Kyung University and Mokpo-science Un...iversity on 2012, 2014 to 2015 in Korea. Miss. Yu received her Bachelor of music Degree in 2008 for Contemporary Christian Performing Arts at Hoseo University. Now she is studying Musical Theatre Writing in New York University and serves as a worship leader at Now You Worship.

Soyoung Kim - Violin A native of South Korean, So Young Kim began studying the violin at the age of four. She went to the International Summer Music Academy Seeheim-Jugenheim in Germany in 2004 and 2005. She served as a concert master in Christian Life High School String Orchestra for 4 years. She got gold medals from Wisconsin School Music Association Solo and Ensemble State Festival in Violin, Piano, and Small and Large Ensembles divisions. In 2007 and 2009, she played in W...SMA Honors Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. She also participated in Elm City Summer Chamber Festival in 2008 and 2010. She currently plays in Queensboro Symphony Orchestra. So Young Kim holds a bachelor’s degree from Peabody Institute and continuing her studies with a renowned artist Daniel Phillips at Mannes School of Music from this fall. Her previous teachers include Tae Hyang Lee, Eunji Park, Kwangho Lee, Alexander Mandl and Keng-Yuen Tseng.

Yoon Sang Timothy Cho - Violin From Seoul, South Korea, Yoon Sang Timothy Cho is a dedicated conductor and violinist in New York City. His current posts are Music Director and Conductor of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Manhattan Music Festival and Amadeo Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Cho made guest conducting appearance with K Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015. He has worked as the assistant conductor with Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and New York Classical Symphony Orchest...ra. Mr. Cho began his career in San Jose, CA with award-winning violin performances with San Jose Young Artist Concerto Competition and California Philharmonic Youth Concerto Competition. Tim has also toured with San Jose Youth Symphony as the concertmaster in various countries in Eastern Europe and South America where the orchestra was awarded with the Ambassador Award for Cultural Diplomacy by the U.S. Ambassador, the Hon. April H. Foley. Mr. Cho received his Bachelor of Music Degree in 2014 for Violin Performance under Isaac Malkin at Manhattan School of Music. He received his Master of Music Degree in 2016 for Orchestral Conducting under Maestro George Manahan at Manhattan School of Music.

Hwansu Kang - E.Bass, Contra Bass Hwansu Kang was born in South Korea with strong talent in music. He has been involved in music since the age of 11. He began playing electric bass under direction of Sung Kwang Kim, mostly Gospel, Contemporary Jazz style, but always had wonder about ‘the root’ of music. When he was looking into the history of jazz, he was already attending The New School for Jazz and Contemporary music in New York City at his age 17. He was impressing Billy Harper and is playing in Billy Harper quintet. He’s now continuing his studies with Billy Harper, David Wong, Hal Galper, George Cables and more in New York.

Jae young Jeong - E.Guitar/Acoustic Guitar Jae young Jeong is a guitarist, composer and educator who began his musical life in adolescent years. At the age of 16, he started to learn classical guitar at music academy and changed his main instrument to electric guitar after one year. In 2000, he was enrolled into Seoul Jazz Academy to learn music more deeply. During that time, he was able to learn various style of music and get many opportunities playing in concerts, gigs, and... recording sessions. After graduating from Seoul Jazz Academy, he studied privately with some good jazz guitarists in Korea. While that time, he could learn more jazz guitar techniques and different styles of playing. In 2007 he was admitted to Berklee College of music as a World Tour scholarship student. During the school life, he performed with many talented students and studied with Mick Goodrick, Tim Miller, Hal Crook, Greg Osby, Sheryl Bailey and Darren Barrett. He also was selected as a leader to perform in ‘Jazz Guitar Night Showcase’ at the BPC performance center. In 2012, Jae young began to study for his master's degree in jazz studies from NYU Steinhardt, where he studied with Artist Faculty members Peter Bernstein, Brad Shepik, Kenny Werner, Ralph Alessi, Andy Milne, Ralph Lalama, Billy Drewes and John Scofield. Jae young has performed at several jazz clubs in Manhattan with his friends. Jaejeongmusic.com