Elzbieta Brandys-O'Neill

Cheong Moo Kang   

Cheongmoo Kang, a native of Korea, is currently a first year Master’s Degree student at the Boston Conservatory.  After winning the grand-prix at Yook-Young competition in his country and also the first prize at Youth Competition at the age of 18, he joined Korean National University of Arts where he completed his Bachelor’s degree and Performance Diploma. Upon his graduation, he joined Gangnam Symphony Orchestra as a section clarinetist. During that time, he participated in the recording for entire of the Beethoven’s symphonies, and also Brahms’s. He had been worked for the school as a conductor for wind chamber orchestra and as a concertmaster in the Korean National University of Arts Clarinet Ensemble. He had also taught for the Pre-college Division in the school, he had been engaged for the Eum-Youn Summer Music Festival as an instructor. His teachers include Kwangho Oh and Jonathan Cohler.

Patricia Yee

Patricia Yee graduated with honors from the Hartt School of Music (West Hartford, CT) where she received Bachelors and Masters of Music degree in Performance and Music Education studying with prominent teachers Steven Maxym and Frank Morelli. She is currently principal bassoonist with the Lexington Symphony, where she was again a featured soloist in June 2013, and the Lexington Chamber Players.  She has been invited to be a featured soloist in the fall 2013 with the Boston Chamber Orchestra. As a freelance bassoonist she has performed with the National Lyric Opera of New York touring orchestra, The Boston and Rhode Island Philharmonics, New Haven Symphony and the Hartford Symphony, CT. Emmanuel Music, Boston Virtuosi, Orchestra of Indian Hill and many regional orchestras throughout New England.

An avid chamber musician, Patti has performed in and around the Boston area. She participated in the chamber music festival Le FestivalInternational Du Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada where she studied with Chris Millard and in July of 2010 where she studied with Giorgio Versiglia and performed at The Sebino International Music Festival, Pisogne, Italy. In 2011 she performed as a soloist with Musici Di Parmain Predore, Italy. She has performed live on WGBH “Morning Pro Music”. Most recently in the spring of 2013 she recorded wind sextet, “Rhapsodie” by Joseph Jongen at Frasier Studio WGBH, Boston. The CD will be released on September 22, 2013 at an all Jongen program at Jordan Hall, Boston.

A passionate educator for over twenty years she has served on the faculties of the Hartt School of Music extension division, the All Newton Music School, Brookline Music School, Youth and Muse International summer music festival, Boston Conservatory and for the Brockton and Walpole Public Schools. She currently maintains a private studio at her home in Dedham.