 |
A native of Seoul, South Korea, JooSoo Son started taking piano lessons at age 6, and continued her piano studies with Younghee Shin and SunOk Ham. She began playing the organ when she was 17 under EunJoo Seo, and obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Korean National University of Arts, where she studied with Dr. Ja-Kyung Oh and Jin Kim.
Currently, JooSoo studies with Dr. Hans Davidsson at the Eastman School of Music. Having completed her Master of Music degree in 2006, she continues her studies as a doctoral student in Organ Performance and Literature. Her interests include Sacred Music, accompanying, and harpsichord, which she studies with Dr. Ulrika Davidsson. In 2007, she joined the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church in Rochester, NY, and received the Peter B. Knock Sacred Music Award, which is given annually to a musician in sacred music. JooSoo has been an active church musician, and is presently the organist at the Greece United Methodist Church in Rochester.
|