Playing piano since the age of 6, Matthew has always had a love for music. He started teaching himself guitar at 12, singing at 13, bass guitar at 14, and began writing and producing original music at 15. Now a college graduate, Matthew has had over 5 years of one-on-one teaching experience, primarily in his …

Seattle music teacher Luke Yanz grew up on Chicago’s south side, and began learning music at a young age. He took piano lessons for several years before getting his first guitar at age 12 (the result of a deal he struck with his parents). His first band, Cosmic Fool, began playing live while still in gramma…

Christopher Yearian has had the privilege of teaching young children to young adults, from their first lesson to their first performance, from early grade school all the way to up to college, since the 1990’s. Christopher is currently an adjunct staff member with the Mercer School of Music, serving as the …

Ruby Yeh is the second prize winner of the first International Henri Selmer Paris Clarinet Academy and Competition in 2017 and the second prize of the Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition in the United States in 2021. She was the recipient of the Verdehr Trio Award from 2017 to 2021. Ms. Yeh’s started h…

Born in Hong Kong and raised up in Atlanta, GA, Anson Yim’s musical journey started at the age of 11 when his mother bought an electric keyboard for his Christmas present. For the next few years, Anson discovered the excitement that comes with being able to play songs from different genres of music. He became…

Ahra Yoo was born in Seoul, Korea. After completing her BA in Organ Performance, she came to the USA in 2006 to pursue graduate studies in organ with Dr. Carole Terry at the University of Washington. While in her program, she was active both as a performer with other instrumentalists and as a solo performer. …

Katherine Yoon, born in South Korea, started piano when she was 6 years old. Later on at the age of 10, she also began practicing on the violin. As a young child, she attended a missionary school and was an accompanist for many of the school’s choirs where she performed at military bases, churches, broadcas…

Nina Youn, a violinist with an ever growing passion in teaching and sharing music, has a Bachelor’s in Music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Music for Violin Pedagogy and performance under the tutelage of Keng Yuen Tseng.

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Ashley was born in Ft. Collins, and has since grown up in Denver. She began learning music at the young age of 4 and has since continuously pursued music in piano and voice at every opportunity. She has continuously sang in choirs since she was 11, and taken both piano and voice lessons for many years.

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Margaret Young-Weitzel was in the faculty of Claflin University as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Washington where she studied conducting with Timothy Salzman. She also holds a Masters in Teaching and a Bachelor’s i…