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CHEYOON LEE이채윤
Korean cellist based in New YorkCellist | Artist | Educator
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Exploring the expressive possibilities of music through performance, collaboration, and education.
The Artist
Cheyoon Lee is a Korean cellist based in New York pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Professor Ralph Kirshbaum. She holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Clara Minhye Kim, and a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Laurence Lesser. Active as a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and is a finalist of the 2026 World's Biggest Stage Competition (Cello Edition). Her artistic work centers on chamber music, collaboration, and contemporary repertoire, and she teaches through the Aspen Music Festival's PALS program and University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music's Community Engagement Program.
University of Southern California, Thornton School of MusicDoctor of Musical Arts (in progress)
The Juilliard SchoolMaster of Music
New England ConservatoryBachelor of Music
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In Performance
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.4 in C major (2026) Live
Chamber Music
Wednesday at One — Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, US. Program details to be added.
Featured Performance — Wednesday at One Honors Ensemble Chamber Music Concert, Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall. Chamber music is central to Cheyoon Lee's work, including Trio Muto at Kumho Art Hall in Seoul.
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Education
Teaching the Whole Musician
Technical foundations and artistic individuality grow together. In her teaching — at the Aspen Music Festival's PALS program, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music's Community Engagement Program, and in private instruction — Cheyoon Lee helps students build strong fundamentals while learning to think independently and find their own voice.
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A Cellist's Journey
From Juilliard Pre-College through The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory to the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music — a musical education built across two countries and three traditions of teaching.
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Education
Formation
Doctor of Musical Arts in progress at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music with Professor Ralph Kirshbaum; Master of Music from The Juilliard School with Clara Minhye Kim; Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser; earlier study at Juilliard Pre-College and at Walnut Hill School for the Arts / New England Conservatory Preparatory School.
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On Stage
Performance
Performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kumho Art Hall and the Seoul Arts Center, with festival appearances including Aspen, Bowdoin, Kneisel Hall, Meadowmount and PyeongChang. Finalist of the 2026 World's Biggest Stage Competition (Cello Edition).
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Education
Teaching
Teaching Artist with the Aspen Music Festival's PALS program and University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music's Community Engagement Program (TCEP); String Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music; Teaching Assistant for Dr. Clara Kim at The Juilliard School; and private cello instruction.
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Full Biography
Cheyoon Lee, a Korean cellist based in New York, is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Professor Ralph Kirshbaum. Her artistry is grounded in chamber music and collaborative performance, with a sustained commitment to contemporary music and to advocating for underrepresented composers such as Isang Yun and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Lee earned her Master of Music at The Juilliard School (2022–2024), studying with Clara Minhye Kim, and her Bachelor of Music at the New England Conservatory (2018–2022), studying with Laurence Lesser. Before that, she attended Juilliard Pre-College (2016–2018), studying again with Clara Minhye Kim, and Walnut Hill School for the Arts / New England Conservatory Preparatory School (2014–2016), studying with Yeesun Kim.
She is a finalist of the 2026 World's Biggest Stage Competition (Cello Edition) in New York City and a 2025 Fellow of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Earlier distinctions include winning the Juilliard Honors Chamber Music Audition (2022), first prizes at the YWCA New York Music Competition (2016) and the International Grand Music Competition (2017), second prize in the Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition (2017), and the Grand Prize of the American Protégé International Concerto Competition (2014).
Her performances have taken her to Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Juilliard's Paul and Morse Halls, the New England Conservatory's Jordan and Williams Halls, Kumho Art Hall and the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, The House Concert in Seoul, Blackmore Music Academy in Berlin, and Kaufman Merkin Concert Hall. Festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin, Kneisel Hall, Meadowmount, the PyeongChang Music Festival, and Orford Musique.
Education is integral to her work. She is a Teaching Artist with the Aspen Music Festival's PALS program (2026) and University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music's Community Engagement Program (TCEP), served as a String Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music (2025) and as Teaching Assistant for Dr. Clara Kim at The Juilliard School (2022–2025), and maintains private cello instruction.
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Short Biography
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Cheyoon Lee is a Korean cellist based in New York pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where she studies with Professor Ralph Kirshbaum. She holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Clara Minhye Kim, and a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Laurence Lesser. Active as a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and is a finalist of the 2026 World's Biggest Stage Competition (Cello Edition). Her artistic work centers on chamber music, collaboration, and contemporary repertoire, and she teaches through the Aspen Music Festival's PALS program and University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music's Community Engagement Program.
Education
Education & Training
2025
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
Doctor of Musical Arts (in progress) — studies with Professor Ralph Kirshbaum
2022 – 2024
The Juilliard School
Master of Music — with Clara Minhye Kim
2018 – 2022
New England Conservatory
Bachelor of Music — with Laurence Lesser
2016 – 2017
Professional Children's School / Juilliard Pre-College
High School Diploma — with Clara Minhye Kim
2014 – 2016
Walnut Hill School for the Arts / New England Conservatory Preparatory School
With Yeesun Kim
Professors
Teachers & Mentors
2025
Ralph Kirshbaum
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
2022 – 2024
Clara Minhye Kim
The Juilliard School
2018 – 2022
Laurence Lesser
New England Conservatory
2016 – 2018
Clara Minhye Kim
Juilliard Pre-College
2015 – 2016
Yeesun Kim
New England Conservatory Preparatory School
Recognition
Awards & Recognition
2026
World's Biggest Stage Competition (Cello Edition) — Finalist, New York City
2025
Bowdoin International Music Festival — Fellowship
2022
Juilliard Honors Chamber Music Audition — Winner
2022
Kumho Foundation Young Chamber Concert
2021
Tan Grant Family Award Scholarship — Recipient
2021
House Concert Chamber Audition — Winner
2021
Kumho Art Hall Young Chamber Artist Concert Audition — Winner
2019
New England Conservatory Chamber Music Gala Concert — Winner
2018
New England Conservatory Presidential Distinction Award Scholarship
2017
Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition — 2nd Prize
2017
International Grand Music Competition — 1st Prize
2016
YWCA New York Music Competition — 1st Prize
2015
New England Conservatory Concerto Competition — Finalist
2014
American Protégé International Concerto Competition — Grand Prize Winner
2014
New England Conservatory Competition — Music Award
2013
Fone Classic Competition — 2nd Prize
2012
Yewon Arts School Music Concours — 2nd Prize
2012
Korean Young Artist Concert Concours — 2nd Prize
2010
Fone Classic Competition — 3rd Prize (October)
2010
Guri City Philharmonic Concours — 2nd Prize (August)
Artistic Statement
On Interpretation
I think of interpretation as a discipline of attention. A score does not arrive with its meaning settled; it asks questions — about proportion, about character, about where a phrase is truly going — and the performer's work is to answer them honestly, with the technique to make the answer audible. That work is slow, and it is never finished. The same piece at twenty and at thirty is not the same piece, because the person asking the questions has changed.
Chamber music is where this understanding is tested most directly. In a rehearsal room, no interpretation survives on authority alone: it has to persuade the people across the stand, who are hearing things you are not. I value that exchange — the moment a colleague's phrasing reopens a passage you thought you had decided — because it keeps interpretation alive rather than embalmed. Playing with others is not a compromise of an individual vision; it is how a vision becomes three-dimensional.
I am equally interested in whose voices fill our programs. The repertoire grows when we program composers who were pushed to its margins — musicians like Isang Yun and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, whose work asks different questions of the cello than the canon does. Advocacy, for me, is not a gesture; it is repertoire research, practiced over seasons.
Finally, I believe a performance is completed by its listeners. Not in the sense that an audience dictates anything, but that communication is the point of the craft: the years of solitary practice exist so that, for the length of a concert, a room full of people can follow an argument made entirely of sound — and leave hearing their own inner life a little more clearly.
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Performances
A portfolio of solo, chamber, contemporary, and collaborative work — the stages, festivals, and repertoire that shape Cheyoon Lee's artistry. Recordings and programs are added as they are released.
Performance History
Concerts, Festivals & Masterclasses
Solo, chamber, and orchestra concerts, festivals, and masterclasses, as listed in Cheyoon Lee's resume.
Solo Concerts
2026
Solo recital — The House Concert, Seoul, South Korea
2026
Solo recital — Drawing the Music Artist Recital, Seoul, South Korea
2026
Solo recital — Hermann Art Hall (May 2026)
2025
Chamber recital — Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
2024
Solo recital — The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York, US
2022
Performance — Blackmore Music Academy, Berlin, Germany
2022
Solo recital — New England Conservatory, Williams Hall, Boston, US
2018
Professional Children's School Commencement Concert — Kaufman Merkin Concert Hall, New York, US
2018
Senior Recital — The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York, US
2017
Performance — Blackmore Music Academy, Berlin, Germany
2017
Solo Recital — Metropolitan Koryo United Methodist Church, New York, US
2016
YWCA Winner's Concert — Kaufman Merkin Concert Hall, New York, US
2015
American Protégé Concerto Competition Winner Concert — Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York, US
2013
Solo recital — Just Vivace Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2013
Solo recital — Young Grace Hall Young Artists Concert Recital, Seoul, South Korea
Chamber Music Concerts
2024
Chamber Music Recital — The Juilliard School, Morse Hall, New York, US
2018
The Juilliard School Pre-College Chamber Music Concert — Paul Hall, New York, US
2014
Walnut Hill School for the Arts Honors Ensemble Chamber Music Concert — Kaiter Center, Natick, US
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Wednesday at One Honors Ensemble Chamber Music Concert — Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, US
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Lunchtime Concert String Quartet Festival — Priegee Art Hall, Seoul, South Korea
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Honors Ensemble Chamber Music Recital — The Juilliard School, Paul Hall, New York, US
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“Piano Trio Muto” Young Chamber Concert — Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, South Korea
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The House Concert July Festival “Trio Muto” Recital — Seoul, South Korea
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Tongui-dong “Trio Muto” Young Artist Concert Recital, South Korea
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New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Chamber Music Gala Concert — Jordan Hall, Boston, US
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Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Recital — Maine, US
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Walnut Hill School for the Arts Kimber Farm Charity Concert — Natick, US
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Walnut Hill School for the Arts Chamber Music Concert — Kaiter Center, Natick, US
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TEDx in Natick Opening Chamber Music Gala Concert — Natick, US
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Walnut Hill School for the Arts “Telethon” Charity Concert — Natick, US
Orchestra Concerts
2024
The Juilliard School Orchestra Commencement Concert with Marin Alsop — Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, US
2023
The Juilliard School Orchestra Concert with Manfred Honeck — Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, US
2021
New England Conservatory Philharmonia Concert with Hugh Wolff — Jordan Hall, Boston, US
2018
The Juilliard School Pre-College Orchestra Concert with Adam Glaser — Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, US
2016
New England Conservatory Preparatory School Youth Philharmonic Concert — Boston, US
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The Juilliard School Orchestra Concert with David Robertson — Carnegie Hall, New York, US
Festivals
2026
Aspen Music Festival — Principal Pool Artist
2025
Bowdoin International Music Festival — Fellowship
2021
Meadowmount School of Music — worked with Hans Jørgen Jensen, Westport, NY
2019
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival — worked with Ronald Copes, Blue Hill
2017
Orford Musique — worked with Laurence Lesser, Orford, QC
2017
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music String Seminar — worked with Ralph Kirshbaum, Los Angeles, California
2017
GMMFS PyeongChang Music Festival & School — worked with Clara Minhye Kim, PyeongChang, South Korea
2016
New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Iceland Tour
2016
Just Vivace Music Festival — South Korea
2015
Korean Chamber Orchestra Music Festival — South Korea
Masterclasses
2024
Blackmore Music Academy — cello masterclass with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Berlin, Germany
2024
The Juilliard School — cello masterclass with Frans Helmerson, New York, US
2023
Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society — piano trio masterclass with Ida Kavafian, New York, US
2021
Kumho Art Hall — piano trio masterclass with Jihye Lee, Seoul, South Korea
2018
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music String Seminar — cello masterclass with Ralph Kirshbaum, Los Angeles, US
2017
Blackmore Music Academy — cello masterclass with David Geringas, Berlin, Germany
2017
Orford Musique — cello masterclass with Laurence Lesser, Orford, QC
2015
Walnut Hill School for the Arts — cello masterclass with Paul Katz, Natick, Boston, US
Repertoire
Repertoire
Solo Cello Pieces & Contemporary Pieces
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
- Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
- Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
- Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
- Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
- Benjamin Britten — Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello, Op. 72 (1964)
- Gaspar Cassadó — Suite for Cello Solo (1926)
- George Crumb — Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Lament for Cello and Piano (2000)
- Isang Yun — Nore for Cello and Piano (1964)
Cello Sonatas with Piano
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
- Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
- Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
- Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
- Johannes Brahms — Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
- Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
- Benjamin Britten — Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65
- Franz Schubert — Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
- Dmitri Shostakovich — Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
- Sergei Prokofiev — Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119
- Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45
- Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135
- Martinů Cello Sonata No. 2, H. 286
- Lutosławski Grave (Metamorphoses for Cello and Piano)
Cello Concertos
- Luigi Boccherini — Cello Concerto in D major, G. 479
- Cello Concerto in B-flat major, G. 482
- Antonín Dvořák — Cello Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 104
- Edward Elgar — Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
- Joseph Haydn — Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
- Édouard Lalo — Cello Concerto in D minor
- Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125
- Camille Saint-Saëns — Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
- Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
- Dmitri Shostakovich — Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
- Bloch Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra
Cello Etudes & Caprice
- Jean-Louis Duport — 21 Études for Cello Solo
- Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco — 11 Caprices for Solo Cello
- Alfredo Piatti — 12 Caprices for Solo Cello, Op. 25
- David Popper — High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73
Cello Virtuoso Pieces
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Seven Variations on a Theme from Mozart's The Magic Flute, WoO 46
- Frédéric Chopin — Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
- Gabriel Fauré — Élégie, Op. 24
- David Popper — Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
- Niccolò Paganini — Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini (Moses Variations)
- Martinů Variations on a Theme of Rossini
- Popper Elfentanz (Dance of the Elves), Op. 39
Chamber Music — Piano Trio
- Anton Arensky — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
- Piano Trio No. 2 in F minor, Op. 73
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1
- Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
- Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1
- Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, “Archduke”
- Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11, “Gassenhauer”
- Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
- Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
- Frédéric Chopin — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
- Ernest Chausson — Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
- Claude Debussy — Piano Trio in G major
- Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
- George Enescu — Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor
- Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor
- Gabriel Fauré — Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
- Felix Mendelssohn — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
- Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 254
- Piano Trio No. 3 in B-flat major, K. 502
- Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K. 548
- Sergei Rachmaninoff — Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
- Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
String Quartet
- Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
- Claude Debussy — String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
- Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106
- Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2, “Fifths”
- String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3, “Emperor”
- String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74 No. 3, “Rider”
- Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
- Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
Others
- Ernő Dohnányi — Sextet in C major, Op. 37
- Valerie Coleman — Revelry (for Wind Quintet and Piano)
- Viet Cuong — Windmill
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Events
An archive of past performances and milestones.
Archive
Past Events & Milestones
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Watch & Listen
Performance videos, photography, and recordings — an archive that grows with each season.
Watch
Videos
Schumann Cello concerto in a minor 1st&2nd movements
Beethoven Cello Sonata No.4 in C major (2026) Live
A. Dvorak Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65 — Trio Muto[금호영체임버] A. Dvorak Piano Trio No.3 in f minor, Op.65 / 트리오 뮤토
TRIO MUTO · PIANO TRIO — Kumho Young Chamber Concert
Kumho Art Hall Yonsei · Recorded Aug 6, 2022
Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65: Allegro, ma non troppo; Allegretto grazioso; Poco Adagio; Finale. Allegro con brio
Cheyoon Lee — performance video
Photography
Gallery
Portraits and performance photographs of Cheyoon Lee. Select any photograph to view it full-size in the lightbox.
Press Kit
Press & Biography
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Full Biography
Full-length biography, published on the About page in the formal biography section.
Read on About →Interview
Bold Journey Magazine interview, 2025 — “Meet Cheyoon Lee,” as listed in her resume.
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Four studio portraits and two performance photographs — Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall — in the gallery above.
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Teaching the Whole Musician
The goal is not only to train good cellists, but to educate whole musicians — people who listen deeply, think independently, and carry a lasting relationship with music.
Approach
Cheyoon Lee's teaching joins two formative traditions. From her Korean training she carries discipline, patience, and a collectivist respect for the ensemble — the understanding that you hold your part because others depend on it. From her American training she carries storytelling and self-expression: the expectation that a student will develop a point of view and learn to defend it in sound.
Lessons therefore begin with listening before playing. Students learn to hear a phrase before they produce it, to diagnose a problem before reaching for a remedy, and to prepare thoughtfully — scales, etudes, and slow practice treated not as chores but as the laboratory where technique and imagination meet.
Photographer: Jino Park
Teaching Philosophy
Positively Impacting Others
“How can I, as a musician, positively impact others?”
This is a question Cheyoon Lee has asked herself for as long as she can remember. Her answer began to take shape when she became a teaching assistant at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, where nurturing students with dedication and responsibility — drawing on her experience as both a performer and an instructor — became a passion.
Her teaching draws on two musical cultures. Her training in Korea emphasized technique and virtuosity, and its highly competitive environment also taught her to manage performance anxiety and stress. Her training in the United States has emphasized contextual knowledge — historical, biographical, and theoretical research used to deepen a performance. She integrates both, teaching a more artistically inclined approach to technique tailored to each student’s specific needs.
As a teaching assistant to Dr. Clara Minhye Kim at Juilliard Pre-College, she taught students of different cultural backgrounds, temperaments, and learning capabilities, and learned their unique life stories. Alongside applied lessons, she taught music theory and music history in ways that were accessible and engaging. She continually researches teaching methods, inspired by Hans Jørgen Jensen and his books Cello Mind and Practice Mind, and a goal of hers is to write a research paper on her own practice and teaching methods, to be published as a guide for students and educators alike.
Performing is part of her teaching. She performs and records works by underrepresented musicians — including Isang Yun’s Nore, in which she draws on her immersion in kugak, traditional Korean music, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Lament, whose lack of supporting material made interpreting and introducing it to audiences especially exhilarating; after one performance, several colleagues began learning the piece themselves. A further goal is to create a chamber music ensemble focused on contemporary music by underrepresented composers — a way to communicate musically across borders, challenge stereotypes, and collaborate deeply with colleagues.
Philosophy
Principles of the Studio
No. 1
Foundations & Individuality
Technical foundations and artistic individuality grow together. Strong fundamentals are not the opposite of expression — they are what makes expression possible.
No. 2
Thoughtful Preparation
Scales, etudes, and slow practice, approached with intention. Students learn how to practice, so that progress does not depend on the teacher being in the room.
No. 3
Independent Thinking
Students are taught to solve problems, not to copy solutions — to develop their own voice rather than imitate their teacher's.
No. 4
Listening Before Playing
In ensembles, students learn to listen first and to carry their part reliably, because colleagues depend on it — musicianship as a form of responsibility.
No. 5
Peer Learning & Mentorship
Ensembles are communities. Students learn from one another, mentor those behind them, and discover what their playing gives to a group.
No. 6
Repertoire & Identity
Repertoire should reflect students' identities as well as the canon — confidence and curiosity grow when musicians hear themselves in the music they study.
Experience
Teaching Experience
Aspen Music Festival — PALS Program
Teaching Artist
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music Community Engagement Program (TCEP)
Teaching Artist — group cello instruction
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music
String Teaching Assistant
The Juilliard School
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Clara Kim
Private Studio — Korea
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