Sonya Chung regularly performs with the Kennedy Center Ballet and Opera, Baltimore Symphony and American Pops orchestras. Recent theatre work includes workshopping shows at the Hippodrome and for the Washington D.C. debut of Schimagadoon.

Recent tours include projects with the Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry and performing as Concertmaster for the musical Hamilton. Previous faculty positions include the Washington Conservatory of Music and Landon School.

Andrew J Skaggs has had a long and varied career as a trombonist, composer, and conductor. Over the past three decades, he has performed and recorded in numerous styles and venues, including jazz, R&B, salsa, and pop. Additionally, he has held positions with the Charlotte Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, and the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC. His compositions have been performed around the world and are highly regarded by artists and audiences alike. His three-movement suite for trombone and piano, “Varietals,” was selected as a test piece for the National Solo Competition, hosted by the American Trombone Workshop, at which Skaggs has twice served on the judging panel. He is an avid recitalist and educator, and in 2024, he accepted an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. Mr. Skaggs lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Megan and their two boys.

Yejin Lee is an active soloist and chamber musician based in the United States. She has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues, including her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York, the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain, the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Korea. Her performances have also been featured and broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM from the Cleveland Play House. She has appeared as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Chamber Orchestra and the Accord Symphony Orchestra.

Yejin has claimed awards at prestigious competitions, including the Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, and Wideman International Piano Competition. She has also performed at leading music festivals and masterclasses at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, the Banff Music Festival, the Gijon Music Festival in Spain, and PianoTexas International Academy & Festival. She has shared musical inspiration with some of the great pedagogues and pianists of this century, including Richard Goode, Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John O’Conor, John Perry, and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling.

Yejin graduated with honors from the Oberlin Conservatory, earning degrees in both piano performance and vocal accompanying under Haewon Song and Philip Highfill. She later completed her master’s and doctorate degrees under Boris Slutsky at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Shecontinues to receive invaluable mentorship from Lambert Orkis, further cultivating her artistry.

She currently serves as a piano faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music and as a professorial lecturer at George Washington University. As a staff pianist at Shenandoah University, she actively collaborates with students in both solo and ensemble performances. In addition to her academic roles, Yejin maintains a private teaching studio and is dedicated to music education as a member of MTNA and NVMTA.

As the founder and artistic director of Matinee-M, a house concert series in McLean, VA, she is also committed to bringing classical music into the community through intimate and engaging performances.