Joyce Tseng

Joyce Tseng is an experienced performer in a diverse range of musical styles and ensembles. Her past orchestral experiences include performances at the Heifetz International Music Institute, Aspen Music Festival and School, the American Viola Society Festivals, and with the Eastman Philharmonia. As a dedicated chamber musician, she has performed at festivals such as the Heifetz International Music Institute as one of the violists of the Ashkenasi/Kirshbaum Chamber Music Seminar. She has also collaborated with Eastman faculty — Margery Hwang, Peter Kurau, Renee Jolles, and George Taylor, playing the Mozart Horn Quintet in one of the If Music Be the Food concerts. She has also performed chamber music at St. John Fisher College as part of their Music Appreciation class. Additionally, she has given numerous solo performances at the American Viola Society Festivals and at the Eastman School of Music, where she earned her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees. In 2019, Joyce was the recipient of the Robert L. Oppelt Viola Prize, which is presented annually to an outstanding violist at the Eastman School of Music. In the summer of 2018, Joyce captured second prize in the American Viola Society Solo Competition in the Collegiate Division. She was the winner of the Viola Solo and String Concerto (Violin/Viola/Cello/Bass) categories in the 2014 Macao Young Musicians Competition, earning her debut performance as a soloist with the Macao Orchestra.

Joyce maintains an active schedule as a teacher, hoping to inspire the next generation of musicians. She has been serving as a Teaching Assistant for George Taylor’s studio for the past 4 years, where she has taught private lessons to undergraduate students within the studio. Outside of the studio, she teaches viola lessons to non-music majors from the University of Rochester, and to violinists at the Eastman School of Music. She also teaches small group classes for Strings Classes I & II at the Eastman School of Music, which are strings technique classes for music education majors. She is also a chamber ensemble coach at the University of Rochester, and a violin/viola mentor for the New Horizons Green Strings of the Eastman Community Music School for the 2021-22 academic year.

Joyce is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) in Viola Performance and Literature under the tutelage of Phillip Ying. Her past teachers include George Taylor, as well at Masao Kawasaki, Roberto Díaz, Robert Vernon, and Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot for summer studies. She has also performed in masterclasses by Atar Arad, Masumi Per Rostad, Hsin-Yun Huang, Victoria Chiang, Robert Vernon, Laura Bossert, Jeffery Irvine, and Michelle LaCourse.