Hyojin Ahn
Piano Instructor

SoBe Music Institute
751 Euclid Avenue, Suite 2
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
305 674-9220 

TEACHING:

• SoBe Music Institute (SoBe Institute of the Arts) - Piano Instructor (2008 - current)

• Private Piano Studio, Houston, TX (2002-2007) -Beginners to advanced, ages 6-65 - Classical, flok, jazz, pop genres - Composition, improvisation, music theory, harmony, ear training - Organized student recitals.
  
• Choir Director, Saint Albert Catholic Church, Houston TX (2003-2005) - Directed youth choir - Prepared for weekly masses; selected & arranged music
• Rice University, Teaching Assistant, Houston TX 2002-2005 - Taught weekly private piano lessons to non-piano majors
• Secondary Music Teacher Intern, Seoul Art High School, Seoul, Korea (1999) - Classes in Fundamentals of Music

EDUCATION:

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance, Rice University, Houston, TX 2008
• Master of Music in Piano Performance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2002
• B.M. in Piano Performance, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 2000

  Principal Teachers: Brian Connely, Arthur Greene, Philip Bush
  Masterclasses: Stephen Drury, Ian Pace, Wolfgang Rihm
  Chamber Coaches: Gunther Schuller, Lynn Harrell, John Kimura Parker
  Conductors: Michael Tilson-Thomas, Larry Rachleff, James Conlon

HONORS:

• Presser Award - $7500 Travel Grant
• Jacob FLier International Competition, Second Prize
• Sallie Sheperd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement

SELECTED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:

• Acanthes Duo Piano Concert tour of Norway and the Netherlands
• The Conservatory Project, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, D.D.
• Soloist, the Berlin RIAS Youth Orchestra, 2005

CURRENT ORCHESTRAL POSITION:

• Orchestral Piano Fellowship in the New World Symphony 2007-Current