Teaching Artist Statement
I love sharing a sense of fulfillment with my students, which is inspired by my deep appreciation for music and the arts as a whole. My primary focus is on helping individuals develop musicality, by engaging with them on a personal level. I want my students to learn proper technique, so that they can be free and flexible.
Teaching Bio
Mijin Choi holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota, in Collaborative Piano and Coaching, a Master of Music from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, with emphasis on Vocal Accompanying, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano from Kyung Hee University. Her work as an educator has included faculty and staff pianist appointments at SUNY Binghamton and the University of Connecticut. Summer festival work has included Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Fargo-Moorhead Opera, La Music Lirica, and Franco-American Vocal Academy. Mijin started work at UMass Amherst in the fall of 2021. She joined the piano faculty at South Shore Conservatory in 2021, and enjoys working with students of all ages and abilities.
Performance Bio
Mijin Choi is a versatile vocal coach and pianist, with more than a decade of experience working in the field of vocal, instrumental and sacred music. This includes having worked as a pianist and vocal coach in recitals, operas and opera scenes productions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. In 2018, Mijin served as the conductor for SUNY Binghamton's production of Pinocchio. She has also served on faculty at the University of Connecticut and University of Massachusetts. She started with South Shore Conservatory in 2021.