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Jiyoun Chung
(she/her)

Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University
Composer
Illinois, USA
String Quartet Smackdown V

Jiyoun Chung is a pianist composer, originally from Korea. Her pieces have been performed at festivals and concerts in the USA, Mexico, Europe, and Asia such as National/International Conferences of the College Music Society, The Mizzou New Music Initiative, Darkwater Women in Music Festival, USF Composition in Asia International Symposium and Festival, The Locrian Chamber Players Concert, American Composers Orchestra Earshot, String Quartet Smackdown V, Music by Women Festival at Mississippi University for Women, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Singapore Asian Composers Festival, Graduate Association of Music and Musician at University of Texas-Austin and Red Note Festival and more. Her pieces have been performed by Ensemble Dal Niente, Invoke, Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Chamber Choir, Locrian Chamber Players, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus, Catchfire Collective, Jonathan Levin, April Kim, and many others.

Chung received her Bachelor in Composition from Hanyang University in South Korea, and Master’s degree in Composition and Piano Performance from Illinois State University, and her DMA in composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She currently teaches at Illinois Wesleyan University.

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