Dramatic tenor Tai-Ho Woo has received his most training and education in Italy after his receiving B.M degree from Hanyang University College of Music in Korea. He attended Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome and Academia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. His teachers include world-renowned tenor Mario del Monaco and Franco Corelli.

Upon completing his voice training in Italy he began performing many title roles of operas that include La Bohéme, Lucia di Lammermoor, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, Rogoletto, Don Carlo, La Traviata, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, and Turandot in the United States, Korea and Europe. His special appearances include a special New York City Radio program on “Future Opera Star” in 1980 and a concert organized by the City of New York for New York residences.
In 1987, Mr. Woo established the Korean-American Opera Company in New York and produced and presented more than ten operas including La Bohéme, Carmen, and Elisir d’Amore. His other activities in New York include the establishment of New York Music Academy and the New York Musicians’ Association.

Upon returning to his native country Korea in 1992 he has been continuously active on producing many operas in major concert halls, that include Bizet’s Carmen at Sejong Cultural Center.

In addition to his opera performances and opera productions he has given more than 18 solo recitals in the United States and Korea.

He has been on the faculty of Myungji University Conservatory of Music in Korea.

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Ms. Kook, after graduating from Hanyang University College of Music in Korea, continued her voice training at Mannes School of Music in New York with full scholarship and received her MM. and PGD degrees in Music.
She has been singing title roles of many operas throughout the United States and in Korea, that include Cio-Cio-San, Violetta, Mimi, Musetta, Micaella, Liu. Gilda, Lucia, Susanna, Rosina, Marguerite, Sophie, and Angelica throughout U.S. and in Korea. Young-Soon Kook recently performed title roles of La Traviata and Yu Kwan-Soon (Korean version of Joan of Arc) in the world premier at National Theatre, Grand Opera House in Seoul.

Having performed Madama Butterfly for more than 40 times with many opera companies including Augusta Opera and Annapolis Opera she is well known as Cio-Cio-San. Ms Kook also sang Liu (Turandot) with New Jersey State Opera in New Jersey Performing Art Center, the title role of Esther at Seoul Grand Opera House, both Micaella (Carmen) and Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte) in a concert version at Allice Tully Hall.

Ms. Kook’s Oratorio and Orchestral appearances include a guest soloist in Mozart's Bicentennial Festival in Lincoln Center, An evening of Opera highlights at the Civic Opera House in Chicago, Korean Lyric Songs in Kennedy Center, Mozart’s Coronation Mass at Seoul National Theatre, Handel’s Messiah at Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall in New York and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, and Haydn’s Creation Mass at John Harms Center in New Jersey and with Russian Kazan Symphony Orchestra in Korea.

Ms Kook was the prizewinner at Dong-Ah Music Competition in Korea, Jovanovski Award in Baltimore National Vocal Competition and winner at New York Singing Teacher's Association Contest. Presently she is on the faculty of the Music Conservatory of Westchester, Westchester, New York.

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Korean born pianist Dr. Myung-Hee Chung has received numerous national and international awards, including first prize at the 1977 William Kapell Maryland International Piano Competition, the 1976 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Performer's Competition, the 1978 Portland Symphony Orchestra Competition and the 1980 Juilliard Concerto Competition. She was a prizewinner in the 1980 Gina Bachauer International Competition and a finalist in the 1981 Busoni International Competition.

She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the Far East and she has performed with many major orchestras including the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Baltimore, Portland, New Philharmonic, and Seoul Philharmonic.
Her recent performance engagements include solo engagement of Gershwin Piano Concerto and Rhapsody in Blue in England and Wisconsin; Grieg Piano Concerto in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; and solo and chamber music at the Edgerton Chamber Music Festival in Wisconsin, at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, and at Special 911 Concert at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Piano solo recitals were given in many cities in Wisconsin, including Madison, Watertown, Beloit, and Whitewater as well as in other cities in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the United States; including Boston, Los Angeles, Capri, Italy; Seoul, Korea; Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Mexico City in Mexico. She was a soloist with many orchestras; including Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, and Concertante di Chicago. Dr. Chung was an active chamber musician as a member of Seraphin Trio for four years at the University of New Mexico, performing numerous concerts with violinist Leonard Felberg and cellist Joanna deKeyser. She was also collaborating with many other artists such as Eugenia Alikanova, first violinist of Moscow String Quartet, with David Kim, the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Alison Balsom, English solo trumpeter, and a variety of musical instruments as well as vocalists.

Dr. Chung received Bachelors and Masters degrees in music from The Juilliard School studying with Martin Canin. She continued her studies with Gary Graffman at the Manhattan School of Music where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Her teachers include Andre Watts, Tong-Il Han, Chung-Choo Oh and Kisun Yun.
Dr. Chung taught at the Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri and at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico as a tenured Associate Professor. In August 1995, she joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin where she is currently a full Professor and the Keyboard Coordinator.
Her CD and DVD recordings are available from the Fontana Artists Management, Naperville, Illinois.

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